OntologySummit2011 Symposium

= OntologySummit2011: April 18~19, 2011 Symposium (Face-to-Face Workshop) =

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Theme: Ontology Summit 2011: Making the Case for Ontology
6th in the series of a 3-month annual event by and for the Ontology Community. This Summit is co-organized by Ontolog, NIST, NCOR, NCBO, IAOA & NCO_NITRD


 * Ontology Summit 2011: General Co-chairs: Dr. SteveRay & Dr. NicolaGuarino


 * Ontology Summit 2011: Symposium Co-chairs: Dr. RamSriram & Dr. LeoObrst


 * Registration, Venue & Remote dial-in information
 * registration for on-site attendance is mandatory (due to the venue being a government facility), and deadline is 11-Apr-2011.
 * Remote participation is supported
 * Have a message for fellow Symposium participants? ... use the OntologySummit2011_Symposium/BulletinBoard


 * Agenda


 * Resources

Goals

 * While the field of ontology, in the information science sense, has blossomed since the late 1980s, the use of ontology in commercial applications still has not been fully exploited, much less recognized by the mainstream technical community. Many in the ontology community are asked for good examples where using an ontology brings clear benefits to addressing a commercial need - indeed the quest continues for the "killer app" for ontology.


 * This year's Ontology Summit seeks to address this need to provide concrete evidence of successful deployment of ontologies by examining several application domains for such examples, and in better articulating where different "strengths" of ontological representation are best applied. To support these concrete examples, the summit also aims to classify the categories of applications where ontology has been, and could be, successfully applied; to identify distinct types of metrics that might be used in evaluating the return on investment in an ontology application (cost, capability, performance, etc.); to lay out some strategies for articulating a case for ontological applications; and to identify remaining challenges and roadblocks to a wider deployment of such applications that represent promising application areas and research challenges for the future. The findings of the summit will be documented in the form of a communiqué intended for public consumption, which we will finalize during this 2-day workshop/symposium.


 * In the course of the Symposium, we shall summarize the learnings of the 3 months' research, discourse, analysis, synthesis and to disseminate this knowledge in the form of a broadly distributed communiqué collective produced by the participants of this Summit.

Session Details:

 * Date: Monday, 18-April-2011 & Tuesday 19-April-2011
 * Start Time: (both days) 9:00am EDT / 6:00am PDT / 3:00pm CEST / 2:00pm BST / 13:00 UTC
 * World Clock ref: [ Monday 18-APR ] and [ Monday 19-APR ]
 * On-site participants should arrive at the venue 30 minutes before the session start time, and remote participants should dial into the conference bridge at 10 minutes before the scheduled start time.
 * Expected Call Duration: please refer to agenda details below
 * Dial-in Number: see - Conference Call Details


 * Discussions and Q & A:
 * (Unless the conference host has already muted everyone) Please mute your phone, by pressing "*2" on your phone keypad, when a presentation is in progress. To un-mute, press "*3"
 * You can type in your questions or comments through the browser based  chat session by:
 * pointing a separate browser tab (or window) to http://webconf.soaphub.org/conf/room and enter: Room="ontology-summit-2011" and My Name="Your Own Name" (e.g. "JaneDoe")
 * or point your browser to: http://webconf.soaphub.org/conf/room/ontology-summit-2011
 * instructions: once you got access to the page, click on the "settings" button, and identify yourself (by modifying the Name field). You can indicate that you want to ask a question verbally by clicking on the "hand" button, and wait for the moderator to call on you; or, type and send your question into the chat window at the bottom of the screen.
 * (when everyone is muted) If you want to speak or have questions or remarks to make, 'please "raise your hand (virtually)" by click on the "hand button" (lower right) on the chat session page. You may speak when acknowledged by the speaker or the session moderator (again, press "*3" on your phone to unmute). Test your voice and introduce yourself first before proceeding with your remarks, please.'' (Please remember to click on the "hand button" again (to lower your hand) and press "*2" on your phone to mute yourself after you are done speaking.)
 * thanks to the soaphub.org folks, one can now use a jabber/xmpp client (e.g. gtalk) to join this chatroom. Just add the room as a buddy - (in our case here) ontology-summit-2011@soaphub.org ... Handy for mobile devices!


 * For those who cannot join us, or who have further questions or remarks on the summit topic and content, please post them to the [ ontology-summit ] listserv so that everyone in the community can benefit from the discourse.


 * Registration: see - OntologySummit2011/WorkshopRegistration


 * This session, like all other Ontolog events, is open to the public. Information relating to this session is shared on this wiki page: http://ontolog.cim3.net/cgi-bin/wiki.pl?OntologySummit2011_Symposium


 * Please note that this session may be recorded, and if so, the audio archive is expected to be made available as open content, along with the proceedings of the call to our community membership and the public at-large under our prevailing open IPR policy.

Resources:

 * OntologySummit2011
 * OntologySummit2011_Communique
 * [ Pictures] from this face-to-face workshop
 * Key Events Calendar: http://ontolog.cim3.net/cgi-bin/wiki.pl?OntologySummit2011#nid2KB7
 * Organization of the Structured Discourse & Content Pages:
 * (Track-1) Ontology Application Framework
 * OntologySummit2011_ApplicationFramework_Synthesis (championed by MikeUschold & MichaelGruninger & NicolaGuarino)
 * (Track-2) Applications and Case Studies
 * OntologySummit2011_ApplicationCases_Synthesis (championed by MillsDavis & MikeBennett)
 * (Track-3) Value Metrics, Value Models and the Value Proposition
 * OntologySummit2011_ValueMetrics_Synthesis (championed by ToddSchneider & RexBrooks)
 * (Track-4) Strategies for "making the case"
 * OntologySummit2011_MakingTheCase_Synthesis (championed by MatthewWest & PeterYim)
 * (Track-5) Grand Challenges
 * OntologySummit2011_GrandChallenges_Synthesis (championed by RamSriram & ErnieLucier & AldenDima)
 * Mailing List Discussion archives: http://ontolog.cim3.net/cgi-bin/wiki.pl?OntologySummit2011#nid2KA5
 * Summit Communique:
 * OntologySummit2011_Communique/Draft (maintained by all communique co-editors)
 * OntologySummit

Monday, April 18, 2011
Day 1: ... [ Archives ]

8:30 am: Breakfast and Setup

9:00 am: Welcome: CitaFurlani, Director, Information Technology Lab, NIST ... [ slides ]. [ [ audio] ]

9:15 am: General Ontology Summit Symposium Introduction and Information: RamSriram and LeoObrst, Symposium Chairs ... [ slides ]. [ [ audio] ]

9:20 am: Ontology Summit Opening Remarks: Goals of the Symposium, Goals of the Day: NicolaGuarino and SteveRay, OntologySummit2011 General Chairs ... [ slides ]. [ [ audio] ]

9:30 am: Personal Introduction of the Participants: Briefly, who are you, which organization are you with, what is your interest in and goals for this Summit?

10:00 am: Summary Report: Track 1: Ontology Usage Framework: MichaelGruninger, MichaelUschold, NicolaGuarino ... [ presentation ]. [ [ audio] ]

10:30 am: Break

11:00 am: Summary Report: Track 2: Applications and Case Studies: MillsDavis, MikeBennett ... [ slides ]. [ [ audio] ]

11:30 am: Summary Report: Track 3: Value Metrics, Value Models and the Value Proposition: ToddSchneider, RexBrooks ... [ slides ]. [ [ audio] ]

12:00 pm: Summary Report: Track 4: Strategies for "Making the Case", MatthewWest, PeterYim ... [ slides ]. [ [ audio] ]

12:30 pm: Lunch

1:45 pm: Summary Report: Track 5: Grand Challenges: RamSriram, ErnieLucier, AldenDima ... [ slides ]. [ [ audio] ]

2:15 pm: General Discussion on Communique and Track Resolutions - I ... [ Communique-draft ]  ...  [ chat-space ]. [ [ audio] ]

3:15 pm: Break

3:45 pm: General Discussion on Communique and Track Resolutions - II ... [ Communique-draft ]  ...  [ chat-space ]. [ [ audio] ]

5:30 pm: End of Day 1 Business

6:15 pm: Meet for Summit Dinner (in front of NIST Admin Bldg)

6:30 pm: Summit Dinner: Dogfish Head Alehouse, 800 West Diamond Avenue, Gaithersburg, MD 20878-1413 (across from NIST) ... [ [mailto:dinner-yes@steveray.com sign-up] ]

Tuesday, April 19, 2011
Day 2: ... [ Archives ]

8:30 am: Breakfast and Setup

9:00 am: General Ontology Summit Symposium Introduction and Information: RamSriram and LeoObrst, Symposium Chairs

9:05 am: Ontology Summit Opening Remarks: Reminder of Goals of the Symposium, Goals of the Day: NicolaGuarino and SteveRay, Ontology Summit 2011 General Chairs

9:15 am: Panel: "Real World Use of Ontologies: Current State of the Art and Future Directions" Part 1 - (Co-chairs: RamSriram, LeoObrst): GeorgeStrawn, GeorgeThomas, DennisWisnosky ... [ [ 1-Strawn] ]. [ [ 2-Thomas] ]. [ 3-Wisnosky (slides) ] ; [ video-wmv ] ; [ video-quicktime ]. [ [ audio] ]

10:30 am: Break

11:00 am: Panel: "Real World Use of Ontologies: Current State of the Art and Future Directions" Part 2 - (Co-chairs: RamSriram, LeoObrst): BillAndersen, MichaelGruninger, NicolaGuarino ... [ [ 4-Andersen] ]. ... [ 5-Gruninger ]. [ [ 6-Guarino] ]. [ [ audio] ]

12:00 pm: General Discussion on the Panel, the Communique, Its Directives, and Impact ... [ chat-space ]. [ [ audio] ]

12:30 pm: Lunch

1:45 pm: Presentation of the Communique: Communique Co-Lead Editors: MichaelUschold, JohnBateman, MillsDavis, JohnSowa ... [ 1-Uschold (pdf) (ppt) ]. [ 2-Sowa ]. [ 3-Davis (no slides) ]. [ 4-Bateman (in absentia) ]. [ OntologySummit2011_Communique v1.0 ]. [ [ audio] ]

2:45 pm: Affirmation of Communique by Community (with authorization to the Lead Editors to make possible non-substantive changes to clean-up the document as needed): NicolaGuarino, SteveRay ... [ OntologySummit2011_Communique v1.0 ]. [ [ audio] ]

3:15 pm: Break

3:45 pm: Next Steps and Conclusion: NicolaGuarino, SteveRay, RamSriram, LeoObrst

4:00 pm: Ontology Summit 2011 adjourns

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4:00 pm: Post-Session: Demo and Discussion about FactGuru, Its Potential Use in OpenOntologyRepository (OOR) - DougSkuce, JohnSowa (moderator), folks from the OOR initiative, possibly also from OMG's Semantic Modeling effort, and all those who are interested ... [ 1-Skuce ]. [ 2-OOR ]. [ [ audio] ]

5:30 pm: Post-Session Ends. NIST gates lock at 6:30 pm: Everyone Scurries.

Transcript of the online chat during the session:
 Mon 2011.04.18

see raw transcript here.

(for better clarity, the version below is a [ re-organized and lightly edited chat-transcript].) Participants are welcome to make light edits to their own contributions as they see fit.

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 Tue 2011.04.19

see raw transcript here.

(for better clarity, the version below is a [ re-organized and lightly edited chat-transcript].) Participants are welcome to make light edits to their own contributions as they see fit.

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 * For those who have further questions or remarks on the topic, please [mailto:ontology-summit@ontolog.cim3.net post them to the "ontology-summit"] list so that everyone in the community can benefit from the discourse.

Audio Recording of the Workshop Sessions:

 * edited and post-processed audio segment will be posted against the corresponding agenda items above later ...(coming!)
 * the unedited, uncompressed original recordings by the NIST folks can be found here ... (please note, the files are fairly large!)
 * suggestions:
 * its best that you listen to the session while having the respective [ presentations] opened in front of you. You'll be prompted to advance slides by the speaker.
 * Take a look, also, at the rich body of knowledge that this community has built together, over the years, by going through the archives of noteworthy past Ontolog events. (References on how to subscribe to our podcast can also be found there.)

For the records ...

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