UpperOntologySummitMeeting 2006 03 15

= UpperOntologySummit Meeting - Wed Mar. 15, 2006 1~5pm EST =


 * Agenda
 * Audio recording of the session

Session Details

 * Subject: Upper Ontology Summit Meeting
 * Meeting Chair: Dr. Steven Ray
 * Date: Wednesday, March 15, 2006
 * Location: Administration Building, Green Auditorium
 * Session: 1:00 - 5:00pm EST (4 Hours)
 * Start Time: 1:00 PM EST / 10:00 AM PST / 18:00 UTC (see world clock for other time zones)
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Context and motivation for this meeting
There are a number of extensive upper ontologies in existence today, including SUMO, OpenCyc Upper Ontology, DOLCE, and many others emerging from the OWL community and application areas such as biomedical research. The goal of this summit is to get the "custodians" of the leading existing upper ontologies to commit to a means by which knowledge can be shared among these upper ontologies, and hence among other systems and ontologies built upon these foundations. In this manner, uncertainty in the marketplace can be reduced, spurring more rapid adoption and growth of semantic technology in tomorrow's enterprises.

Agenda

 * 1:00pm - Summary of the goals of the Summit - SteveRay, Summit Chair


 * 1:15pm - Overview of ontologies, upper ontologies, examples of use and potential for the future - MillsDavis - slides


 * 1:35pm - The value of formal, upper ontologies - DougLenat - slides


 * 2:00pm - Announcement of Joint Communique from the Upper Ontology Community - PatCassidy


 * 2:30pm - Break


 * 3:00pm - Position statements and overviews by custodians of the principal upper ontologies (10 minutes each)
 * DougLenat - OpenCyc - slides
 * AdamPease - SUMO - (remote) - slides
 * NicolaGuarino - DOLCE - slides
 * AldoGangemi - DOLCE - Description & Situation extensions - (remote) - slides
 * MichaelGruninger - PSL / ISO 18629 - slides
 * JohnBateman - Spatial Cognition, Robotics and Natural Language - (remote) - slides
 * BarrySmith - BFO - (remote) - slides
 * MatthewWest - ISO 15926 - slides


 * 4:45pm - Concluding remarks - SteveRay, Summit Chair


 * 5:00pm - Adjournment


 * Session ended 2006-03-02 12:00 noon PST

Session Recording of the Upper Ontology Summit Meeting
(Thanks to NIST for producing and making the following audio archives available.)


 * UO custodians presentations - To download the audio recording of the 3:00~5:00pm segment of the UOS meeting, click here
 * the playback of the audio files require the proper setup, and an MP3 compatible player on your computer.
 * Conference Date and Time:	Mar. 15, 2006
 * Duration of Recording:	1 Hour 42.4 Minutes
 * Recording File Size:	       24 MB (in mp3 format)
 * suggestion: best that you listen to the session while having the slides above opened in front of you. You will generally be prompted to advance slides by the speaker.