1. On-To-Knowledge: Dissemination and Use Hans Akkermans Free University Amsterdam VUA

2. Hans AkkermansOn-To-Knowledge Dissemination2 Dissemination and Use: D30 (website) & D34 (plan) General dissemination and use strategy Consortium-wide actions Partner-specific actions Status and conclusion www.ontoknowledge.org Deliverable D30

3. General Dissemination Strategy and Consortium-wide Actions

4. Hans AkkermansOn-To-Knowledge Dissemination4 What Do We Disseminate? Vision: the Semantic / Knowledge Web Ontologies as a key technology to achieve this Results: OTK info service toolset Ontology language plus web inference layer Methodology: How-to guidelines for roll-out Industry case study experiences

5. Hans AkkermansOn-To-Knowledge Dissemination5 Vision: Exploiting the World- Wide Information Resources IT, and especially Internet/WWW, have boosted potential for knowledge acquisition and sharing BUT: BUT: information resources are heterogeneous, distributed, semi-structured, & enormous in size HENCE: On-To-Knowledge HENCE: need for KM tools for selective semantic (meaning-oriented) access => On-To-Knowledge Move from keyword search to query answering Move from keyword search to query answering Move upwards in the data-info-knowledge chain Move upwards in the data-info-knowledge chain Vision: knowledge web Vision: towards the next-generation “semantic” (Tim Berners-Lee, W3C) or knowledge web

6. Hans AkkermansOn-To-Knowledge Dissemination6 The Contribution by On-To-Knowledge Knowledge sharing issue: Knowledge sharing issue: hyperlink browsing and keyword search do not tell you much, and are a waste of time Much better: Much better: you ask questions to information resources, and just get the answer Hyperlink structure does not really help! OTK toolset: achieve meaningful semantic user access

7. Hans AkkermansOn-To-Knowledge Dissemination7 Implementing the Vision: OTK Toolset and its Use OTK Tools: User query access Semantic representation & analysis Intranet/WWW information extraction

8. Hans AkkermansOn-To-Knowledge Dissemination8 OTK Consortium-wide Dissemination Actions (1/2) Spread the word: the semantic / knowledge web  publications, presentations, demonstrations e.g. EU eBeW-2000 Conference Madrid and many others  OTK website (D30) and project brochure (D33)  http://www.ontoknowledge.org Join forces with like-minded EU projects  OntoWeb thematic network in preparation  Joint workshop of projects (IBROW, COMMA, AKT, MKBEEM, C-Web, ENRICH, …) proposed (D31, D32)

9. Hans AkkermansOn-To-Knowledge Dissemination9 OTK Consortium-wide Dissemination Actions (2/2) Help to set web semantic standards  Active participation in W3C working groups on RDF and semantic web  Links to related programmes in US (DARPA/DAML)  US DAML programme considers to use OTK’s OIL language as its standard (OIL “shell” model) Facilitate industry take-up  How-to guidelines for roll-out (WP5 Methodology)  Focus on “Lightweight” semi-automatic approaches  Company-specific actions at targeted market segments

10. On-To-Knowledge: Company- specific Dissemination Actions

11. Hans AkkermansOn-To-Knowledge Dissemination11 BT KM user interface tools, application study experiences Internal dissemination and transfer within BT International publications and presentations Demos to external visitors

12. Hans AkkermansOn-To-Knowledge Dissemination12 Swiss Life Application case study experiences Internal dissemination (board, business units) International presentations and publications Involvement in KM conference organization Support role in student education

13. Hans AkkermansOn-To-Knowledge Dissemination13 EnerSearch Virtual Organization experiences Shareholder companies involvement  IBM (US/WW), ABB (SE/CH), Iberdrola (ES), ECN (NL), PreussenElektra (D), EDP (PO), Sydkraft (SE) EU Utilities workshops Key idea: Key idea: website hyperlinks + ontology = meaningful structure

14. Hans AkkermansOn-To-Knowledge Dissemination14 AIFB Karlsruhe Ontology editing tools, roll-out methodology International publications and talks KM courses KM conferences and seminars organization Participation in US programme (DAML/Stanford)

15. Hans AkkermansOn-To-Knowledge Dissemination15 Free University Amsterdam Coordination, OIL ontology-based web inference layer, dissemination website and workshops International publications and talks Inititiative for OntoWeb EU thematic network Regular KM courses and student degree work Industry and executive courses in KM W3C working groups

16. Hans AkkermansOn-To-Knowledge Dissemination16 CognIT Information extraction tools Exhibitions and demonstrations New client prospects White papers and publications KM course Norway OTK server for dissemination

17. Hans AkkermansOn-To-Knowledge Dissemination17 Aidministrator XML/RDF semantic query engine, semantic visualization tools International publications and talks Tool demonstrations New client prospects W3C working groups Interactive generation of subtype intersections

18. Hans AkkermansOn-To-Knowledge Dissemination18 OTK Dissemination and Use in Summary Very active dissemination by all OTK partners Spread the word: the semantic / knowledge web Join forces with like-minded EU projects Help to set web semantic standards Facilitate industry take-up http://www.ontoknowledge.org