ConferenceCall 2008 09 18/Synthesis

= SemanticWiki mini-series planning session: ConferenceCall_2008_09_18 - Synthesis =

Syntheses of the input and ideas transpired from the ConferenceCall_2008_09_18 planning session

A synthesis by ChristophLange (~2008.09.29)

 * see: http://semanticweb.org/wiki/SemWiki_Meeting_ISWC_2008#Hot_Topics
 * ... conversation to continue at [ http://semanticweb.org/wiki/SemWiki_Meeting_ISWC_2008 the ISWC 2008 semantic wiki BOF meeting]

Syntheses of 2008.09.18 planing session chat transcript:
... this is very similar to ChristophLange's synthesis (above). =ppy/2008.10.18

see: http://ontolog.cim3.net/cgi-bin/wiki.pl?ConferenceCall_2008_09_18#nid1LZ1


 * From the request to all to provide 3 items on your wish-list for the semantic wiki mini-series
 * HCI:navigation of large, high-dimensional knowledge spaces - JackPark
 * Business subject matter experts able to enter, review and validate meaningful information without having to learn any new words - MikeBennett
 * semantic wikis for "non-experts" - RobFrost
 * community building - DeborahMcGuinness
 * e-Science - OthelRolle
 * e-science (especially pharma research & biomedicine) - MatthiasSamwald
 * application areas of semantic wikis - SebastianSchaffert
 * use cases and application - HaroldSolbrig
 * develop set of use cases - Ted Bashor
 * uncover more implementations - JackPark
 * survey of semantic wikis for vertical domains, e.g. health-care and life science (HCLS) - RobFrost
 * semantic wikis and mashups (how far you are) - PeterDolog
 * how can semantic wikis support users in their tasks (in contrast to other kinds of technology) - SebastianSchaffert
 * application to education - KenBaclawski
 * Knowledge Representation issues - JackPark
 * usability vs. expressivity - DennyVrandecic, MatthiasSamwald
 * knowledge representation (expresivity vs. simplicity) - PeterDolog
 * what dialect of OWL supported - MikeBennett
 * recommendation and personalization in semantic wikis - PeterDolog
 * ontology curation with semantic wikis - Harold Solbrig, MikeBennett
 * integration of semantic resources (Protege / OOR / MediaWiki / ...) - HaroldSolbrig
 * integrating_external_data - DennyVrandecic
 * how can semantic wikis be integrated with other applications - SebastianSchaffert
 * integration with other tools (e.g., blogs) - KenBaclawski
 * linking wiki content to other apps - Ted Bashor
 * social networking - OthelRolle
 * content_quality - DennyVrandecic
 * explore opportunities for collaboration - PeterYim
 * experiences with distributed collaboration - KenBaclawski
 * do a semantic wiki & OOR session - PeterYim
 * showcase the state-of-the-art - PeterYim
 * Management
 * ontology management/integration challenges - Ted Bashor
 * Technology
 * server-side infrastructure to support semantic wikis - RobFrost
 * General & Miscellaneous
 * unresolved issues - HaroldSolbrig


 * From offers to present:
 * DennyVrandecic: semantic mediawiki (core system) - http://semantic-mediawiki.org
 * SebastianSchaffert: KiWi project and/or IkeWiki - http://wiki.kiwi-project.eu
 * HaroldSolbrig: "BiomedGT - SMW based ontology federation and curation" - http://biomedgt.nci.nih.gov
 * ChristophLange: SWiM - used at http://wiki.openmath.org, general info at http://kwarc.info/projects/swim/
 * Harold Solbrig (Guoquain Jiang) - "ICD-10 Collaborative Revision Platform for the WHO" - http://informatics.mayo.edu/whodev/index.php/Main_Page (password protected ...)
 * DeborahMcGuinness: R&D efforts at TWC/RPI: wiki-based applications and pertinent foundational work - http://tw.rpi.edu/wiki/Main_Page
 * DoraiThodla: SemanticWiki Applications - Teaching, Learning, Knowledge Sharing - ???
 * PeterYim, KenBaclawski et al.: Purple MediaWiki Extention (PMWX) - http://project.cim3.net/wiki/PMWX
 * MarkGreaves: Semantic Wiki in the Halo project - http://www.projecthalo.com/
 * Panel discussion/debate: Scoping the semantic wiki R&D effort - MarkMusen, ChristophLange, SebastianSchaffert, DennyVrandecic, DeborahMcGuinness, HaroldSolbrig - http://ontolog.cim3.net/cgi-bin/wiki.pl?ConferenceCall_2008_09_18#nid1MBO
 * PeterYim et al.: Migrating the Ontolog wiki content to Purple Semantic Media Wiki - http://ontolog.cim3.net/wiki (prefer to do this towards the end of the mini-series)


 * From suggested presentations:
 * DennyVrandecic > YaronKoren: Semantic Forms and other extensions - http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Extension:Semantic_Forms
 * SebastianSchaffert > Josef Holy (Sun Microsystems): application of Semantic Wikis in software knowledge management -
 * DennyVrandecic > like to hear also from users ... SebastianSchaffert: denny: that's why I suggest Josef Holy
 * YaronKoren > Markus Krotzsch: Semantic MediaWiki
 * ChristophLange > MaxVolkel: semantic wikis for _personal_ knowledge management
 * PeterDolog: lessons in integration from the KIWI project > semantic wiki integration with other tools, in the enterprise context
 * PeterDolog > mashups -
 * LiDing > Jiebao: Blogs and Semantic Wikis - http://tw.rpi.edu/wiki/Blog:Baojie
 * Panel discussion/debate: blogs and semantic wiki, similar or different - LiDing, JieBao, ChristophLange, SebastianSchaffert
 * LiDing, DennyVrandecic, ChristophLange, DeborahMcGuinness > access control in semantic wikis
 * YaronKoren > the Ontoprise people are working on access control for SemanticMediaWiki
 * DennyVrandecic > someone from wikia: they are giving semantic wikis to about 800,000 potential users...
 * SebastianSchaffert > someone from dbpedia
 * HaroldSolbrig, SebastianSchaffert > versioning (of metadata)
 * SebastianSchaffert > JakubKotowski: Reasoning in semantic wikis
 * AdamCheyer > Thomas Tunsch: "National Museums in Berlin: The Semantic Web and Wikis" - see: comment