OntologySummit2014

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= Ontology Summit 2014: Big Data and Semantic Web Meet Applied Ontology =

9th in the series of a 3-month open annual event, by and for the Ontology Community. This Summit is co-organized by Ontolog, NIST, NCOR, NCBO, IAOA & NCO_NITRD

see: our Website, and OntologySummit


 * Focus and Objectives
 * Process, Organization & Workspace
 * The Team
 * Calendar & Events
 * Join us!
 * ... in the News
 * Additional Resources

What's New:

 * 2014_01_16 - Thursday: OntologySummit2014: "Big Data and Semantic Web Meet Applied Ontology" Launch Event - Co-chairs: MichaelGruninger & LeoObrst - Panel / Briefings: GeorgeStrawn, RamSriram, MichaelGruninger, MarkMusen, BarrySmith, PeterYim, MikeBennett, AndreaWesterinen, GaryBergCross, ChristophLange, KrzysztofJanowicz, MatthewWest, KenBaclawski, DanBrickley, AnatolyLevenchuk, ToddSchneider, FrancescaQuattri, AmandaVizedom, OliverKutz, TimFinin - ref. details at: ConferenceCall_2014_01_16


 * 2014_01_23 - Thursday: OntologySummit2014: session-02: "Track A: Common Reusable Semantic Content - I" - Co-champions: MikeBennett, AndreaWesterinen, GaryBergCross - ref. details at: ConferenceCall_2014_01_23


 * 2014_01_30 - Thursday: OntologySummit2014: session-03: "Track B: Making use of Ontologies: Tools, Services, and Techniques - I" - Co-champions: ChristophLange, AlanRector, ... - ref. details at: ConferenceCall_2014_01_30


 * 2014_02_06 - Thursday: OntologySummit2014: session-04: "Track C: Overcoming Ontology Engineering Bottlenecks - I" - Co-champions: KrzysztofJanowicz, PascalHitzler, MatthewWest - ref. details at: ConferenceCall_2014_02_06


 * 2014_02_13 - Thursday: OntologySummit2014: session-05: "Track D: Tackling the Variety Problem in Big Data - I" - Co-champions: KenBaclawski, ... - ref. details at: ConferenceCall_2014_02_13

... [ Full proceedings for the session below are available online; just click on the respective ConferenceCall__ session page, and look under the "Archives" section ] ...


 * 2013_12_05 - Thursday: OntologySummit2014 (Pre-Launch) Community Brainstorm Session - Co-chairs: MichaelGruninger & LeoObrst - ref. details at: ConferenceCall_2013_12_05

Ontology Summit 2014 Focus:
Theme: "Big Data and Semantic Web Meet Applied Ontology"

Description, Goals & Objectives:
This is our 9th OntologySummit, a joint initiative by NIST, Ontolog, NCOR, NCBO, IAOA & NCO_NITRD with the support of our co-sponsors. The theme adopted for this Ontology Summit is: "Big Data and Semantic Web Meet Applied Ontology"

Since the beginnings of the Semantic Web, ontologies have played key roles in the design and deployment of new semantic technologies. Yet over the years, the level of collaboration between the Semantic Web and Applied Ontology communities has been much less than expected. Within Big Data applications, ontologies appear to have had little impact.

This year's Ontology Summit is an opportunity for building bridges between the Semantic Web, Linked Data, Big Data, and Applied Ontology communities. On the one hand, the Semantic Web, Linked Data, and Big Data communities can bring a wide array of real problems (such as performance and scalability challenges and the variety problem in Big Data) and technologies (automated reasoning tools) that can make use of ontologies. On the other hand, the Applied Ontology community can bring a large body of common reusable content (ontologies) and ontological analysis techniques. Identifying and overcoming ontology engineering bottlenecks is critical for all communities.

OntologySummit2014 will pose and address the primary challenges in these areas of interaction among the different communities. The Summit activities will bring together insights and methods from these different communities, synthesize  new insights, and  disseminate knowledge across field boundaries.

Following earlier Ontology Summit practice, the synthesized results of this season's discourse will be published as a Communiqué.

Process & Deliverables:
Similar to our last 8 summits, this OntologySummit will comprise of three-and-a-half (3.5) months of virtual discourse (over our archived mailing lists) and virtual panel sessions (over augmented conference calls), and culminate in a 2-day face-to-face workshop/symposium held on April 28 & 29, 2014 (Mon & Tue) at NCO_NITRD (Arlington, Virginia, USA) during which we, among other things, present our distilled thoughts in a collaboratively developed communique. (ref.)

Co-chairs, Tracks and Champions:

 * Summit General Co-chairs: Professor MichaelGruninger (IAOA; U of Toronto) & Dr. LeoObrst (ONTOLOG; MITRE)


 * Symposium Co-chairs: Dr. RamSriram (NIST) & Professor TimFinin (UMBC)

Content Tracks

 * Track A: Common Reusable Semantic Content - Co-Champions: MikeBennett, AndreaWesterinen, GaryBergCross
 * Track B: Making use of Ontologies: Tools, Services, and Techniques - Co-Champions: ChristophLange, AlanRector, ...
 * Track C: Overcoming Ontology Engineering Bottlenecks - Co-Champions: KrzysztofJanowicz, PascalHitzler, MatthewWest
 * Track D: Tackling the Variety Problem in Big Data - Co-Champions: KenBaclawski, ...


 * Track E: Hackathon (and related activities) - Co-Champions: DanBrickley, AnatolyLevenchuk, ... (KenBaclawski)
 * Track F: Communique and Publications - Lead-Editors: MichaelGruninger & LeoObrst ; Co-champions: ToddSchneider, FrancescaQuattri
 * Track G: Community Resources (Library, Data Collection, Ontology Repository, etc.) - Co-champions: AmandaVizedom, OliverKutz

Support Teams

 * Team R: Public Relations (includes Sponsor Relations & Website Development) - Co-champions: ___, MarcelaVegetti (website), ... (MatthewWest)
 * Team M: Program management (includes operations, logistics, production) - Co-champions: PeterYim, ...

Workspaces:

 * Track A: Common Reusable Semantic Content
 * OntologySummit2014_Common_Reusable_Semantic_Content_CommunityInput (open)
 * OntologySummit2014_Common_Reusable_Semantic_Content_Synthesis (maintained by: MikeBennett, AndreaWesterinen, GaryBergCross)


 * Track B: Making use of Ontologies: Tools, Services, and Techniques
 * OntologySummit2014_Ontology_Tools_Services_Techniques_CommunityInput (open)
 * OntologySummit2014_Ontology_Tools_Services_Techniques_Synthesis (maintained by: ChristophLange, AlanRector, ...)


 * Track C: Overcoming Ontology Engineering Bottlenecks
 * OntologySummit2014_Overcoming_Ontology_Engineering_Bottlenecks_CommunityInput (open)
 * OntologySummit2014_Overcoming_Ontology_Engineering_Bottlenecks_Synthesis (maintained by: KrzysztofJanowicz, PascalHitzler, MatthewWest)


 * Track D: Tackling the Variety Problem in Big Data
 * OntologySummit2014_Tackling_Variety_in_BigData_CommunityInput (open)
 * OntologySummit2014_Tackling_Variety_in_BigData_Synthesis (maintained by: KenBaclawski, ... )


 * Track E: Hackathon (and related activities)
 * OntologySummit2014_Hackathon_CommunityInput (open)
 * OntologySummit2014_Hackathon (maintained by: DanBrickley, AnatolyLevenchuk, ... )


 * Track F: Communique and Publications
 * OntologySummit2014_Publications (maintained by the co-champions: ToddSchneider, FrancescaQuattri)
 * OntologySummit2014_Communique/Draft (maintained by the communique editors)
 * OntologySummit2014_Communique (maintained by the co-lead editors)


 * Track G: Community Resources (Library, Data Collection, Ontology Repository, etc.)
 * 'OntologySummit2014_CommunityResources_CommunityInput (open)''
 * OntologySummit2014_CommunityResources (maintained by the co-champions: AmandaVizedom, OliverKutz)
 * OntologySummit2014 Ontology Summit Community Library (hosted on Zotero.org)
 * OntologySummit2014 Ontology Repository (hosted on OntoHub)


 * Team R: Public Relations (includes Sponsor Relations & Website Development)
 * OntologySummit2014_PublicRelations (maintained by ___, ___)
 * OntologySummit2014_SponsorRelations (maintained by ___, ___)
 * OntologySummit2014_WebsiteDevelopment (maintained by MarcelaVegetti, ___)


 * Team M: Program management (includes operations, logistics, production)
 * OntologySummit2014_ProgramManagement_CommunityInput (open)
 * OntologySummit2014_ProgramManagement (maintained by PeterYim, ... )


 * Online Forum - active discussion is also carried on over the [ ontology-summit ] mailing list - see participation details here
 * When starting a new thread on the list, please prefix the subject line with one of the following track labels, and make sure message content are on topic (i.e. that the discussion/message relates well to the subject line):
 * for Track A: Common Reusable Semantic Content
 * for Track B: Making use of Ontologies: Tools, Services, and Techniques
 * for Track C: Overcoming Ontology Engineering Bottlenecks
 * for Track D: Tackling the Variety Problem in Big Data
 * for the Track E: Hackathon discussion
 * for discussions relating to the communique
 * for Symposium related matters
 * for Public Relations related matters
 * ... etc. (sure you can get the gist of it!)
 * a combination like  (where "aaaaa" could be "extrinsic-aspects", etc.)
 * no prefix, if they don't belong to any discussion track
 * Discussion that are not focused on the theme of this summit (but is ontology-related) should be deferred to the [ ontolog-forum ] mailing list


 * Shared-file workspace (document repository) at: http://ontolog.cim3.net/file/work/OntologySummit2014/
 * this space is accessible via a webdav client ... Ref. details here ... contact  if you have a question


 * Organizing Committee workspace - see /GettingOrganized


 * Community Library (bibliography) - http://www.zotero.org/groups/OntologySummit2014/items


 * Ontology Repository - http://www.ontohub.org/repositories/ontology-summit-2014


 * Website - http://ontolog.cim3.net/OntologySummit
 * alt: http://ontolog.cim3.net/OntologySummit/2014 & http://ontolog-02.cim3.net/wiki/OntologySummit2014

The Team

 * Co-organizers:
 * ONTOLOG (LeoObrst, PeterYim)
 * NIST (RamSriram; Emeritus: SteveRay)
 * NCOR (BarrySmith)
 * NCBO (MarkMusen)
 * IAOA (MichaelGruninger)
 * NCO_NITRD (GeorgeStrawn)


 * Organizing Committee:
 * MichaelGruninger - General co-chair (IAOA; U of Toronto)
 * LeoObrst - Co-convener; General Co-chair (ONTOLOG; MITRE)
 * SteveRay - Co-convener (Emeritus:NIST; CMU)
 * PeterYim - Co-convener (ONTOLOG; CIM3)
 * RamSriram (NIST)
 * BarrySmith (NCOR; U at Buffalo)
 * MarkMusen (NCBO; Stanford)
 * GeorgeStrawn (NCO_NITRD)
 * AlanRector
 * AmandaVizedom
 * AnatolyLevenchuk
 * AndreaWesterinen
 * ChristophLange
 * DanBrickley
 * FrancescaQuattri
 * GaryBergCross
 * KenBaclawski
 * KrzysztofJanowicz
 * MatthewWest
 * MikeBennett
 * OliverKutz
 * PascalHitzler
 * ToddSchneider
 * MarcelaVegetti
 * CarolBean


 * Advisory Committee:
 * ... (coming!)


 * Co-Sponsors: ... ('Co-sponsors' are organizations who are providing technical or funding support, and/or endorsing the purpose (i.e. the goal and objective) of this Ontology Summit)
 * ( ... co-sponsors solicted; please email  or the OntologySummit2014 Co-chairs for details, or to confirm your sponsorship)
 * ... (coming!)

You are cordially invited to join us!

 * Like all activities Ontolog has been hosting, this is open to everyone.
 * Do join us if you concur with the theme and objective of this endeavor and would like to participate in, or follow the progress of the discourse


 * specific individuals who may be interested include (but not limit to):
 * members of ontology, semantic web and big data communities
 * potential user organizations
 * potential funders of ontology R&D and ontological engineering work
 * people in policy, industry, standardization, research, academia and the web working on sharing knowledge, semantic interoperability, knowledge representation, artificial intelligence ... who are engaged in the research, development, engineering and implementation of these subject matters


 * Please join us in the "Ontology Summit 2014" virtual discourse (as one of the conveners of this initiative),
 * If you are already an Ontolog Member:
 * to participate in the "Ontology Summit 2014" virtual discourse, please subscribe to the [ontology-summit] forum (the convener's mailing list), by sending an empty (no message body is needed) message to: ontology-summit-join [at] ontolog.cim3.net
 * to browse the forum archives, see: http://ontolog.cim3.net/forum/ontology-summit/
 * if you run into any problem, please send your subscription request directly to 
 * If you are not already an Ontolog Member, and is interested to join the community:
 * please take a look at the details in our "Membership" section on the Ontolog WikiHomePage.
 * if you have additional questions or have run into any problem, please email 

Discussion Archives & Shared-File Workspace

 * Mailing List Discussion Archives:
 * [ontology-summit] - Ontology Summit 2014 participants' discussion Archives - http://ontolog.cim3.net/forum/ontology-summit/ (open)
 * to participate in the virtual discourse, please subscribe to this [ontology-summit] forum (the summit participants' mailing list), by sending an empty (no message body is needed) message to: ontology-summit-join [at] ontolog.cim3.net
 * anyone responding to the RSVP for any of the summit events will be taken as having expressed interest to participate, and will be subscribed to this [ontology-summit] mailing list (write  to let him know, if that is not the case.)
 * [ontology-summit-org] - Ontology Summit 2011 Organizing Committee List Archives - http://interop.cim3.net/forum/ontology-summit-org/ (password protected)


 * Shared-File Workspace:
 * All summit participants - http://ontolog.cim3.net/file/work/OntologySummit2014/ (open)
 * Organizing committee - http://interop.cim3.net/file/work/ontology-summit-org/OntologySummit2014/ (password protected)


 * Key [ Discussion Pages] on the wiki

Event Calendar: Open Sessions

 * Master calendar: (still subject to modification)
 * Thu 2013.12.05 - (Pre-Launch) Community Brainstorm
 * Fri 2013.12.06 - first organizing committee meeting
 * Thu 2014.01.16 - Launch Event
 * Thu 2014.01.23 - session-02 - Track-A: ___ virtual panel session
 * Thu 2014.01.30 - session-03 - Track-B: ___ virtual panel session
 * Thu 2014.02.06 - session-04 - Track C: ___ virtual panel session
 * Thu 2014.02.13 - session-05 - Track D: ___ virtual panel session
 * Thu 2014.02.20 - session-06 - Track E: Hackathon Launch
 * Thu 2014.02.27 - session-07 - Synthesis-I; development of Communique table-of-content
 * Thu 2014.03.06 - session-08 - Track _: ___
 * Thu 2014.03.13 - session-09 - Track _: ___
 * Thu 2014.03.20 - session-10 - Track _: ___
 * Thu 2014.03.27 - session-11 - Track _: ___
 * Thu 2014.04.03 - session-12 - ...
 * Thu 2014.04.10 - session-13 - (Communique Review ...?)
 * Thu 2014.04.17 - session-14 - (Communique Finalization ...?)
 * Thu 2014.04.24 - session-15 - ...
 * Mon & Tue 2014.04.28 & 29 - Symposium (F2F)
 * Thu 2014.05.__ - Postmortem

Event Archives:

 * see [ above]
 * OntologySummit2014 Kick-off - 2014_01_16 - Thursday: OntologySummit2014 Launch Event - ConferenceCall_2014_01_16
 * Pre-launch brainstorm session - 2013_12_05 - Thursday: OntologySummit2014 (Pre-Launch) Community Input & Planning Session - co-chairs: MichaelGruninger & LeoObrst - ConferenceCall_2013_12_05
 * OntologySummit2014 Theme - community brainstorm session - ConferenceCall_2013_09_19
 * OntologySummit2013 follow-up (postmortem) session - including ideas for OntologySummit2014 - ConferenceCall_2013_05_23

OntologySummit2014_Symposium - Mon & Tue 28~29 April 2014 - at NCO_NITRD, Arlington, Virginia, USA

 * The Symposium is hosted by the NCO_NITRD, in the Greater Washington DC Area, near the Ballston Metro Station.
 * Venue: NSF Board Room - Rm. I-1235, Stafford-II Building, 4121 Wilson Boulevard, Arlington, VA 22230, USA.


 * Registration and Access details ... (coming!)

Organizing Committee Sessions

 * see: /GettingOrganized
 * 1st Organizing Committee meeting - Fri 2013.12.06 (those who are planning to join the committee should mark their calendars and come to this meeting) - see details [ here]
 * First co-organizers meeting - setting the directions - Fri 2013.11.01

Ontology Summit 2014 in the News, Blogosphere & Literature:

 *  ... (insert content here, latest at the top)


 * 2014.01.14 - "O2014 Ontology Summit: Big Data and Semantic Web Meet Applied Ontology" on UMBC ebiquity, by TimFinin - see: http://ebiquity.umbc.edu/blogger/2014/01/14/2014-ontology-summit-big-data-and-semantic-web-meet-applied-ontology/


 * Please use " #OntologySummit2014 " or "#OntologySummit2014" (case insensitive) as twitter hashtag (elsewhere, too)


 * shortened url for the OntologySummit2014 homepage (i.e. this page):
 * http://bit.ly/OntologySummit2014
 * http://goo.gl/TNgVR4 ... or, QR code: http://ontolog.cim3.net/OntologySummit/2014/goo-gl-TNgVR4-qr.png


 * shortened url for the OntologySummit2014 Communique :
 * http://bit.ly/OntologySummit2014_Communique
 * or, http://goo.gl/PXTO01 ... or, QR code: http://ontolog.cim3.net/OntologySummit/2014/goo-gl-PXTO01-qr.png

Additional Resources

 * Homepage of OntologySummit2013, Ontology Evaluation Across the Ontology Lifecycle - http://ontolog.cim3.net/cgi-bin/wiki.pl?OntologySummit2013
 * Homepage of OntologySummit2012, Ontology for Big Systems - http://ontolog.cim3.net/cgi-bin/wiki.pl?OntologySummit2012
 * Homepage of OntologySummit2011, Making the Case for Ontology - http://ontolog.cim3.net/cgi-bin/wiki.pl?OntologySummit2011
 * Homepage of OntologySummit2010, Creating the Ontologists of the Future - http://ontolog.cim3.net/cgi-bin/wiki.pl?OntologySummit2010
 * Homepage of OntologySummit2009, Toward Ontology-based Standards - http://ontolog.cim3.net/cgi-bin/wiki.pl?OntologySummit2009
 * Homepage of OntologySummit2008, Toward an Open Ontology Repository - http://ontolog.cim3.net/cgi-bin/wiki.pl?OntologySummit2008
 * Homepage of OntologySummit2007, Ontology, Taxonomy, Folksonomy: Understanding the Distinctions - http://ontolog.cim3.net/cgi-bin/wiki.pl?OntologySummit2007
 * Homepage of UpperOntologySummit (2006) - http://ontolog.cim3.net/cgi-bin/wiki.pl?UpperOntologySummit

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