1. SDK Cluster Ontology Working Group Meeting Welcome Rudi Studer Institute AIFB, University of Karlsruhe http://www.aifb.uni-karlsruhe.de/WBS FZI Research Center on Information Technologies (WIM), Karlsruhe http://www.fzi.de/wim Ontoprise GmbH, Karlsruhe http://www.ontoprise.de AIFB Grenoble, April 7-8, 2005

2. 2 SDK Mission Statement n Strengthen European Research and Industry in Semantic Web and Semantic Web Services n Work towards international standardization together with US-based programs, like DAML n Promoting project‘s research results to industry and academia through joint dissemination n Strength world-wide research and standardization in Semantic Web and Semantic Web Services field

3. 3 Objectives n Industry –Joint dissemination to industry (road show) –Joint standardization efforts n Education –Joint tutorials n Research –Joint dissemination to research (ESWS/ESWC) –Alignment of research efforts

4. 4 SDK Projects n DIP (Data, Information and Process with Semantic Web Services) n http://dip.semanticweb.org/ n KnowledgeWeb n http://knowledgeweb.semanticweb.org/ n SEKT (Semantically-Enabled Knowledge Technologies) n http://www.sekt-project.com/

5. 5 SDK Organizing Committee Operative Manager: Christen Ensor

6. 6 Current SDK Working Groups n Semantic Web Services (WSMO) –Chaired by Chris Bussler and Dieter Fensel n Ontology Management –Chaired by Rudi Studer n Standardisation Coordination Group (SCG) –Chaired by Elmar Dorner

7. 7 SDK Ontology Management Working Group n Coordinate research activities that are related to all aspects of ontology management, especially –methods and tools Ontology mediation Ontology evolution –language aspects –architectures / APIs n Previous Meeting: –SDK Ontology Working group meeting at SDK Kick-Off (Karlsruhe, April 2004)

8. 8 Agenda for Thursday, the 7th of April 2005 n 10:00 - 10:30: Welcome (Rudi Studer) n 10:30 - 12:30: Evolution session, led by UKARL n 12:30 - 14:00: Lunch (Buffet in the lab's cafeteria) n 14:00 - 16:00: Mapping session, led by INRIA n 16:00 - 16:30: Coffee break n 16:30 - 18:30: OM tool fair session, led by Ontotext n 20:00: Dinner at Chez Margo in Grenoble

9. 9 Agenda for Friday, the 8th of April 2005 n 9:00 - 10:30: Three work sessions in parallel (Evolution, Mapping, OM tool fair) n 10:30 - 10:45: Coffee n 10:45 - 12:30: Continued work sessions n 12:30 - 13:30: Lunch n 13:30 - 15:30: Continued work sessions or individual one-to-one talks n 15:30 - 16:00: Plenary, summary, wrap-up

10. 10 SDK Ontology Management Working Group n Feedback to this meeting n Next meetings: –What objectives Information sharing Reuse of methods / tools joint technical work –What structure Plenary Working groups Bilateral meetings –What timing and location Attached to other meeting Stand-alone meeting