OntologySummit2008

= OntologySummit2008: "Toward an Open Ontology Repository" =

Homepage for the 2008 Ontology Summit, a joint NIST-Ontolog-NCOR initiative.

What's New
on 29-April-2008
 * The OntologySummit2008_Communique was crafted, fine tuned and adopted at the [OntologySummit2008/FaceToFaceAgenda summit face-to-face workshop]


 * Agenda & Proceedings for the Apr-28~29 OntologySummit2008 (face-to-face) Workshop at NIST (Gaithersburg, Maryland, USA) is at: OntologySummit2008/FaceToFaceAgenda
 * some Pictures from the 28~29-April-2008 OntologySummit2008 (face-to-face) Workshop at NIST (Gaithersburg, Maryland, USA) are now available at: http://ontolog.cim3.net/file/work/OntologySummit2008/2008-04-2829_F2F-workshop/pic/


 * 2008_04_10 - Thursday: Joint OOR-OntologySummit2008 Panel Discussion: "Developing an Ontology of Ontologies for OOR" - Co-chairs: BarrySmith &amp; MichaelGruninger; Panelists: MichaelGruninger, PeterHaase, NatashaNoy &amp; ElisaKendall - ConferenceCall_2008_04_10


 * 2008_04_03 - Thursday: Joint OOR-OntologySummit2008 Panel Discussion: "An Open Ontology Repository: Rationale, Expectations &amp; Requirements - Session-2" - Chair: LeoObrst &amp; FabianNeuhaus; Panelists: DougLenat, DekeSmith, MarciaZeng, DeniseBedford, PatHayes, MalaMehrotra &amp; RobRaskin - ConferenceCall_2008_04_03


 * 2008_03_27 - Thursday: Joint OOR-OntologySummit2008 Panel Discussion: "An Open Ontology Repository: Rationale, Expectations &amp; Requirements - Session-1" - Chair: LeoObrst &amp; FabianNeuhaus; Panelists: WilliamBug, EvanWallace, JohnLMcCarthy, KenBaclawski, PeterBenson &amp; RexBrooks - ConferenceCall_2008_03_27


 * 2008_02_28 - Thursday: Joint OOR-OntologySummit2008 Panel Discussion: "Ontology Registry and Repository Technology &amp; Infrastructure Landscape" - Co-chairs: LeoObrst &amp; FrankOlken; Panelists: BruceBargmeyer, MikeDean, MarkMusen, FarrukhNajmi &amp; PeterYim - ConferenceCall_2008_02_28


 * You and your evolving ideas.
 * For optimal results from this ongoing Summit, your involvement is critical. Keep the Workspaces and Discussions active and moving forward by participating in and starting new Discussion Threads, engaging in associated events, and proposing direction and potential solutions to the issues raised.
 * A record of the ongoing dialog can be found at the 'ontology-summit' discussion list archives - at: http://ontolog.cim3.net/forum/ontology-summit/
 * Check for frequent updates to the Summary Workspaces, that provide discussion thread summaries, collected statements and resource citations and more food-for-thought(and discussion):
 * OntologySummit2008_RepositoryArchitecture
 * OntologySummit2008_OntologyOfOntologies
 * OntologySummit2008_QualityAndGatekeeping
 * OntologySummit2008_StateOfArt
 * OntologySummit2008_Communique/Draft


 * major topics that will be covered in the online discourse has been identified during the Content Planning Meeting - ConferenceCall_2008_02_01
 * see description of "Next Step" and "Topic Structure" at: http://ontolog.cim3.net/cgi-bin/wiki.pl?OntologySummit2008/Idea#nid18QH


 * Thursday, 07-Feb-2008 - The Joint NIST-Ontolog-NCOR OntologySummit2008, entitled: "Toward An Open Ontology Repository" was officially launched, at this virtual event chaired by Dr. Steven Ray (NIST). Please refer to details on the session page, at: ConferenceCall_2008_02_07 ... Audio archives of the session is now available!


 * A solicitation on the community's input on the "Topic" for OntologySummit2008 has been initiated - see: discussion thread started by SteveRay on 2007.12.21)

Theme: "Toward an Open Ontology Repository"
Description, Goals & Objectives:


 * The theme of the 2008 Ontology Summit is the vision of an Open Ontology Repository. This vision forms the basis of the international Open Ontology Repository community, and this year's summit will support the effort to produce such a repository (or set of repositories) by serving as a venue - both virtual and face-to-face - in which many of the issues relating to the design, implementation, and ongoing use of an ontology repository can be discussed and ultimately resolved. In particular, these issues will include the themes of the 2006 and 2007 Ontology Summits (Upper Ontologies, and a framework for classification of ontologies, respectively), and this year's summit will thus also provide an opportunity to revisit the conclusions reached at those two prior meetings.

The Team

 * Organizing Committee:
 * MarkMusen (NCOR, NCBO, Stanford-BMIR)
 * LeoObrst (Ontolog, MITRE)
 * SteveRay (NIST)
 * MichelleRaymond (Honeywell)
 * BarrySmith (NCOR, SUNY-Buffalo)
 * PeterYim (Ontolog, CIM3)


 * Content Committee:
 * MichelleRaymond (chair)
 * LeoObrst
 * MichaelGruninger
 * BarrySmith
 * RexBrooks
 * PatHayes
 * RaviSharma
 * PeterYim
 * FabianNeuhaus
 * FrankOlken


 * Logistics Committee:
 * SteveRay (chair)
 * PeterYim
 * KenBaclawski
 * CarlMattocks


 * Advisory Committee:
 * AldoGangemi (LOA-CNR, Rome; Project NeOn)
 * AndrewSchain (NASA)
 * AnnWrightson (CSW Group, UK)
 * BruceBargmeyer (LBNL, UC Berkeley)
 * ChrisMenzel (CL; TAMU)
 * ChristopherBaker ( Institute for InfoComm Research, Singapore)
 * ChristopherChute (Mayo; HL7)
 * ChrisWelty (IBM Research)
 * DeborahMcGuinness (RPI)
 * DeniseBedford (WorldBank)
 * DieterFensel (STI-Innbruck)
 * DougLenat (Cycorp)
 * DuaneNickull (UN/CEFACT; Adobe)
 * ElisaKendall (OMG; CL; Sandpiper Software)
 * EnricoMotta (KMi, Open University, UK; Project NeOn)
 * EvanWallace (NIST; OMG; W3C)
 * FarrukhNajmi (OASIS; Wellfleet Software)
 * FrankOlken (NSF; LBNL)
 * HyunboCho (Pohang University of Science and Technology, Korea)
 * IvanHerman (W3C)
 * JohnBateman (U of Bremen)
 * JohnSowa ( VivoMind Intelligence )
 * KenBaclawski (NEU)
 * MarkGreaves (Vulcan)
 * MatthewWest (Shell International Petroleum)
 * MichaelGruninger (U of Toronto)
 * MikeDean (BBN)
 * MitsuhiroOkada (Keio University; CIRM; JCOR)
 * NicolaGuarino (LOA-CNR, Trento)
 * OlivierBodenreider (NLM, NIH)
 * PatCassidy (MICRA)
 * PatHayes (CL; IHMC)
 * PeterHaase (AIFB, U of Karlsruhe; Project NeOn)
 * RickMurphy (GSA)
 * RobRaskin (NASA/JPL)
 * StefanDecker (DERI-Galway)
 * TomGruber
 * TommieMeyer (KSG, Meraka Institute, CSIR, South Africa)
 * ZhaohuiWu (Zhejiang University)

Laboratory of Applied Ontology] (Trento & Rome) (NicolaGuarino & AldoGangemi)
 * Co-Sponsors: ('Co-sponsors' are organizations who are providing technical or funding support, and/or endorsing the purpose (i.e. the objective) of this Ontology Summit)
 * Accuracy&Aesthetics (DeborahMacPherson)
 * The Applied Ontology journal (NicolaGuarino & MarkMusen)
 * Bremen Ontology Research Group at Bremen University, supported by the faculties of Informatics and Linguistics and the Collaborative Research Center for Spatial Cognition (JohnBateman / TillMossakowski)
 * Department of Philosophy, University at Buffalo (BarrySmith)
 * [http://www.loa-cnr.it/ CNR Institute for Cognitive Sciences and Technologies,
 * EPISTLE - European Process Industries STEP Technical Liaison Executive, the consortium responsible for the development of ISO 15926 (MatthewWest)
 * Conmergence (EdDodds)
 * CIM3 (PeterYim)
 * Cycorp (DougLenat)
 * Essential Strategies (DavidHay)
 * Honeywell ACS Labs (MichelleRaymond)
 * Humanmarkup.org (RexBrooks)
 * IBM Research (ChrisWelty)
 * Institute for Human and Machine Cognition (IHMC) (PatHayes)
 * Indian Statistical Institute (NabonitaGuha)
 * [[InfoCloud] Solutions] (ThomasVanderWal)
 * ISO TC 184 SC 4 JWG8 - the ISO working group that developed the ISO 18629 Process Specification Language (PSL) standard (MichaelGruninger)
 * ISO/IEC JTC 1/SC 32 N 1498 - ISO 24707 Common Logic (CL) Working Group (HarryDelugach (editor), PatHayes, ChrisMenzel, JohnSowa, MurrayAltheim, ElisaKendall, et al.)
 * Java Professionals (DougHolmes)
 * Mathet Consulting (MatthewHettinger)
 * The Department of Accounting and Information Systems, Michigan State University (BillMcCarthy)
 * MITRE (LeoObrst, PatCassidy, JoanneLuciano)
 * NCBO - The National Center for Biomedical Ontology (MarkMusen)
 * NCOR - (US) National Center for Ontological Research (BarrySmith & MarkMusen)
 * The [[NeOn] project] (AldoGangemi & EnricoMotta)
 * NIST - (US) National Institute of Standards and Technology (SteveRay, AlanBond, et al.)
 * NLM, NIH - (US) National Library of Medicine of the National Institute of Health (OlivierBodenreider)
 * The College of Computer and Information Science, Northeastern University (LarryFinkelstein, KenBaclawski)
 * OASIS Business-Centric Methodology (BCM) TC (CarlMattocks)
 * OASIS Universal Business Language (UBL) TC (JonBosak & TimMcGrath)
 * Ontolog (PeterYim / LeoObrst / KurtConrad)
 * Ontology Works (BillAndersen)
 * Pensive.eu (PeterBrown)
 * Project10X (MillsDavis)
 * Tetherless World Constellation, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (DeborahMcGuinness)
 * Semantic Arts (DaveMcComb)
 * Shell International Petroleum (MatthewWest)
 * Chair of System Integration and Management, Moscow Institute of Physics and Technology (SIM, MIPT) (LeonidOtotsky)
 * The Stanford Center for Biomedical Informatics Research (BMIR) (MarkMusen)
 * Department of Philosophy, Texas A&M University (ChrisMenzel)
 * Tall Tree Labs (BobSmith)
 * UCLA (AlanBond)
 * Universidad Distrital (JorgeEnriqueSabyBeltran)
 * University of Toronto (MichaelGruninger)
 * Virginia Modeling Analysis and Simulation Center (CharlesTurnitsa)
 * [[VivoMind] Intelligence] (JohnSowa)
 * W3C (IvanHerman & Ian Jacobs)
 * www.content-wire.com (PaolaDiMaio)


 * Conveners:
 * these are key participants who provided substantive contribution to the OntologySummit2008 initiative through:
 * the online discourse,
 * the research and subsequent synthesis work,
 * authoring/presentation of various relevant positions and perspectives (for this Summit),
 * preparing the drafts of relevant documentation and our Summit "Communique" (which were then collaboratively reviewed and adopted during the face-to-face meetings),
 * participants at the face-to-face meetings (either on-site or remotely), and
 * all members of the organizing committee
 * to these conveners, who made this initiative a reality, we express our deepest appreciation and gratitude.

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 the OpenOntologyRepository initiative
 * ontology, taxonomy and terminology repository/repository stewards
 * ontology, taxonomy and terminology repository/repository technology developers
 * upper and domain ontology researchers and developers
 * ontology-based application developers and implementors
 * active players in the ontology community
 * potential user organizations
 * potential funders of ontology and ontological engineering work
 * representatives from International Standards Bodies
 * thought leaders and active contributors of the semantic technology community
 * leaders of the semantic web community
 * people in academia, research, industry 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

keyword enclosed in square brackets [ ], as noted in the distribution list introductory email. For example a new thread on a Federated Approach to Ontology Repository Architecture would have the subject: [repository-arch]Federated Approach to Ontology Architecture.
 * Please join us in the "Ontology Summit 2008" virtual discourse (as one of the conveners of this initiative),
 * If you are already an Ontolog Member:
 * to participate in the "Ontology Summit 2008" 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/
 * when posting to the list, please prepend new thread subjects with the Main Topic area
 * if you run into any problem, please send your subscription request directly to 
 * If you are not already an Ontolog Member:
 * please take a look at the details in our "Membership" section and (if you like what you see) join us by following the details there.
 * then subscribe yourself to the [ontology-summit] forum (the convener's mailing list) as described above.
 * (alternatively) if you run into any problem, please send your request directly to 

Discussion Archives & Shared-File Workspace

 * Discussion Archives:
 * [ontology-summit] - Ontology Summit 2008 Convener's discussion Archives - http://ontolog.cim3.net/forum/ontology-summit/ (open)
 * to participate in the virtual discourse, please subscribe to this [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
 * [ontology-summit-org] - Ontology Summit 2008 Organizing Committee List Archives - http://interop.cim3.net/forum/ontology-summit-org/ (password protected)


 * Shared-File Workspace: http://ontolog.cim3.net/file/work/OntologySummit2008/ (open)


 * Collection of Resources and Community Contribution Summary workspace on this wiki:
 * OntologySummit2008_RepositoryArchitecture
 * OntologySummit2008_OntologyOfOntologies
 * OntologySummit2008_QualityAndGatekeeping
 * OntologySummit2008_StateOfArt
 * OntologySummit2008_Communique/Draft

Ontology Summit 2008 face-to-face Sessions - 28~29-April-2008 - Gaithersburg, Maryland, USA

 * Agenda & Proceedings for the 28~29-April-2008 OntologySummit2008 (face-to-face) Workshop at NIST (Gaithersburg, Maryland, USA) is at: OntologySummit2008/FaceToFaceAgenda


 * (For the record:) Registration for the 28~29-Apr-2008 Summit (face-to-face) Workshop at NIST (Gaithersburg, Maryland, USA) was open (between 17-March-2008 through 21-Apr-2008):
 * to register, please goto the NIST Interoperability Week website at: http://www.mel.nist.gov/div826/msid/sima/interopweek/meetings.htm
 * Note that availability of conference-rate rooms at the hotel cuts-off on Sun 2008.04.13; and the pre-registration for the events at the NIST website (see above) closes on Mon 2008.04.21
 * You may attend the event on-site or remotely. There is no registration fee for either mode of attendance. Pre-registration is required if you plan to be attend physically (as NIST is a government facility.)
 * Remote (only) attendees may register and access conference call details here.
 * "Demo Evening" - we will be having a casual evening event at the hotel on Mon 2008.04.28; participants can sign up to give demonstration of their current Ontology repository and registry work, or just spend the time to see those demos or network with other participants - preview and/or sign-up at: OntologySummit2008_Demonstrations
 * Carpooling is recommended for on-site attendees because the NIST parking lot is limited. The Carpooling Page can be used to start or join a carpool.

Open / Convener Sessions

 * 2008_04_28 - 04_29 - Monday~Tuesday: OntologySummit2008 face-to-face workshop, held during NIST's Interoperability Week (Gaithersburg, Maryland, USA) - see: OntologySummit2008/FaceToFaceAgenda


 * 2008_04_24 - Thursday: meeting slot reserved for final Ontology Summit 2008 workshop preparation and sync-up (among all organizers and participants) - ConferenceCall_2008_04_24


 * 2008_04_10 - Thursday: Joint OOR-OntologySummit2008 Panel Discussion: "Developing an Ontology of Ontologies for OOR" - Co-chairs: BarrySmith &amp; MichaelGruninger; Panelists: MichaelGruninger, PeterHaase, NatashaNoy &amp; ElisaKendall - ConferenceCall_2008_04_10


 * 2008_04_03 - Thursday: Joint OOR-OntologySummit2008 Panel Discussion: "An Open Ontology Repository: Rationale, Expectations &amp; Requirements - Session-2" - Chair: LeoObrst &amp; FabianNeuhaus; Panelists: DougLenat, DekeSmith, MarciaZeng, DeniseBedford, PatHayes, MalaMehrotra &amp; RobRaskin - ConferenceCall_2008_04_03


 * 2008_03_27 - Thursday: Joint OOR-OntologySummit2008 Panel Discussion: "An Open Ontology Repository: Rationale, Expectations &amp; Requirements - Session-1" - Chair: LeoObrst &amp; FabianNeuhaus; Panelists: WilliamBug, EvanWallace, JohnLMcCarthy, KenBaclawski, PeterBenson &amp; RexBrooks - ConferenceCall_2008_03_27


 * 2008_02_28 - Thursday: Joint OOR-OntologySummit2008 Panel Discussion: "Ontology Registry and Repository Technology &amp; Infrastructure Landscape" - Co-chairs: LeoObrst &amp; FrankOlken; Panelists: BruceBargmeyer, MikeDean, MarkMusen, FarrukhNajmi &amp; PeterYim - ConferenceCall_2008_02_28


 * 2008_02_07 - Thursday: OntologySummit2008 Launch Event - ConferenceCall_2008_02_07


 * 2008_02_01 - Friday: OntologySummit2008 Content Planning Meeting - ConferenceCall_2008_02_01


 * 2008_01_22 - Tuesday: OntologySummit2008 Planning Meeting - ConferenceCall_2008_01_22

Content Committee Sessions

 * 2008_03_10 - Monday: OntologySummit2008 Content Committee conference call - OntologySummit2008/ContentCommitteeMeeting_2008_03_10
 * 2008_03_05 - Wednesday: OntologySummit2008 Content Committee conference call - OntologySummit2008/ContentCommitteeMeeting_2008_03_05

Organizing Committee Sessions

 * Postmortem: 2008_05_12 - Monday: OntologySummit2008 Content Committee conference call - OntologySummit2008/OrganizingCommitteeMeeting_2008_05_12
 * 2008_04_21 - Monday: OntologySummit2008 Organizing Committee conference call - OntologySummit2008/OrganizingCommitteeMeeting_2008_04_21
 * 2008_04_14 - Monday: OntologySummit2008 Organizing Committee conference call - OntologySummit2008/OrganizingCommitteeMeeting_2008_04_14
 * 2008_04_07 - Monday: OntologySummit2008 Organizing Committee conference call - OntologySummit2008/OrganizingCommitteeMeeting_2008_04_07
 * 2008_03_31 - Monday: OntologySummit2008 Organizing Committee conference call - OntologySummit2008/OrganizingCommitteeMeeting_2008_03_31
 * 2008_03_24 - Monday: OntologySummit2008 Organizing Committee conference call - OntologySummit2008/OrganizingCommitteeMeeting_2008_03_24
 * 2008_03_17 - Monday: OntologySummit2008 Organizing Committee conference call - OntologySummit2008/OrganizingCommitteeMeeting_2008_03_17
 * Mon 2008.03.10 - OntologySummit2008 Organizing Committee conference call - OntologySummit2008/OrganizingCommitteeMeeting_2008_03_10
 * Mon 2008.03.03 - OntologySummit2008 Organizing Committee conference call - OntologySummit2008/OrganizingCommitteeMeeting_2008_03_03
 * Mon 2008.02.25 - OntologySummit2008 Organizing Committee conference call - OntologySummit2008/OrganizingCommitteeMeeting_2008_02_25
 * Thu 2008.02.07 - First OntologySummit2008 Organizing Committee conference call - OntologySummit2008/OrganizingCommitteeMeeting_2008_02_07

Ontology Summit 2008 in the News, Blogosphere & Literature:

 * NIST envisions 'thinking machine' - Kathleen Hickey / GCN / 2008.06.06


 * Open Ontology Repository  a step closer to Semantic web? - Charlie Bess on the EDS' Next Big Thing Blog / 2008.05.30


 * someone picked up the NIST publicity article and posted a piece called: "U.S. Plan For 'Thinking Machines' Repository" at Slashdot ... and Wow (over a hundred comments came back within a day)! - Slashdot.org / 2008.05.28


 * "Word/Logic Bank to Help Build 'Thinking' Machines" - NIST Public Affairs / 2008.05.28


 * Ontology Summit 2008: Toward an Open Ontology Repository (Updated) on EdDodds' Commergence Blog / 2008.05.01


 * OMG: Vocabulary / Ontology Management - OMG / 2008.03.15


 * "NIST Third Interoperability Week" - NIST / 2008.02.04

Additional Resources

 * Homepage of the OpenOntologyRepository (OOR) Initiative - http://ontolog.cim3.net/cgi-bin/wiki.pl?OpenOntologyRepository
 * Homepage of OntologySummit2007 - http://ontolog.cim3.net/cgi-bin/wiki.pl?OntologySummit2007
 * Homepage of UpperOntologySummit (2006) - http://ontolog.cim3.net/cgi-bin/wiki.pl?UpperOntologySummit

This page is maintained by members of the [[OntologySummit2008] Organizing Committee]. Please send any suggestions, comments and edits for this page to  or to any other committee member. Thanks.  =ppy/2008.02.28