OntologySummit2012 Symposium

= OntologySummit2012: April 12~13, 2012 Symposium (Face-to-Face Workshop) =

The culmination of OntologySummit2012 - a 2-day workshop and symposium event at the Gaithersburg campus of NIST that supports face-to-face and virtual (remote) participation! ... Participation is free of charge.

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Theme: Ontology Summit 2012: Ontology for Big Systems
7th 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 2012: General Co-chairs: Dr. LeoObrst & Dr. NicolaGuarino


 * Ontology Summit 2012: Symposium Co-chairs: Dr. RamSriram & Professor MichaelGruninger


 * Registration, Venue & Remote dial-in information
 * registration for on-site attendance is mandatory (due to the venue being a government facility), and deadline is 6-Apr-2012.
 * Remote participation is supported
 * Have a message for fellow Symposium participants? ... use the OntologySummit2012_Symposium/BulletinBoard


 * Agenda


 * Resources

Goals

 * This year's Ontology Summit is titled "Ontology for Big Systems" and seeks to explore, identify and articulate how ontological methods can bring value to the various disciplines required to engineer a "big system." The term "big system" is intended to cover a large scope that includes many of the terms encountered in the media such as big data, complex techno-socio-economic systems, intelligent or smart systems, cloud computing, netcentricity and collective intelligence. Established disciplines that fall within the summit scope include (but not limited to) systems engineering, software engineering, information systems modelling, and data mining.


 * The principal goal of the summit is to bring together and foster collaboration between the ontology community, systems community, and stakeholders of some of the "big systems." Together, the summit participants will exchange ideas on how ontological analysis and ontology engineering might make a difference, when applied in these "big systems." We will aim towards producing a series of recommendations describing how ontologies can create an impact; as well as providing illustrations where these techniques have been, or could be, applied in domains such as bioinformatics, electronic health records, intelligence, the smart electrical grid, manufacturing and supply chains, earth and environmental, e-science, cyberphysical systems and e-government. As is traditional with the Ontology Summit series, the results will be captured in the form of a communiqué, with expanded supporting material provided on the web.


 * In the course of the Symposium, we shall summarize the results 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: Thursday, 12-April-2012 & Friday 13-April-2012
 * Start Time: (both days) 9:00am EDT / 6:00am PDT / 3:00pm CEST / 2:00pm BST / 13:00 UTC
 * World Clock ref: [ Thursday 12-APR ] and [ Friday 13-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


 * In-session chat-room url: http://webconf.soaphub.org/conf/room/OntologySummit2012
 * instructions: once you got access to the page, click on the "settings" button, and identify yourself (by modifying the Name field from "anonymous" to your real name, like "JaneDoe").
 * 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.
 * 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) OntologySummit2012@soaphub.org ... Handy for mobile devices!


 * Discussions and Q & A:
 * Nominally, when a presentation is in progress, the moderator will mute everyone, except for the speaker.
 * To un-mute, press "*7" ... To mute, press "*6" (please mute your phone, especially if you are in a noisy surrounding, or if you are introducing noise, echoes, etc. into the conference line.)
 * we will usually save all questions and discussions till after all presentations are through. You are encouraged to jot down questions onto the chat-area in the mean time (that way, they get documented; and you might even get some answers in the interim, through the chat.)
 * During the Q&A / discussion segment (when everyone is muted), If you want to speak or have questions or remarks to make, please raise your hand (virtually) by clicking on the "hand button" (lower right) on the chat session page. You may speak when acknowledged by the session moderator (again, press "*7" on your phone to un-mute). 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 "*6" on your phone to mute yourself after you are done speaking.)
 * 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 - OntologySummit2012/WorkshopRegistration


 * The virtual 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?OntologySummit2012_Symposium


 * Please note that this session will 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.


 * Logistics:
 * NIST
 * NIST opens at 7 am
 * NIST locks the gates at 7 pm
 * Leave NIST by 6:30 pm to avoid issues
 * Cafeteria hours: 7:30 am  3 pm

Rams NIST Admin Asst: Janet Madison, 301-975-8616
 * Emergency:

Resources:

 * OntologySummit2012
 * OntologySummit2012_Communique
 * OntologySummit2012_MediaKit
 * Pictures from this face-to-face workshop
 * Key Events Calendar:
 * Organization of the Structured Discourse & Content Pages:
 * (Track-1&2) Ontology for Big Systems and Systems Engineering
 * OntologySummit2012_BigSystemsEngineering_Synthesis (championed by MatthewWest & HensonGraves)
 * (Track-3) Challenge: Ontology and Big Data
 * OntologySummit2012_BigDataChallenge_Synthesis (championed by ErnieLucier & MaryBrady)
 * (Track-4) Large-scale Domain Applications
 * OntologySummit2012_Applications_Synthesis (championed by SteveRay & TrishWhetzel)
 * (Cross-Track-A1) Ontology Quality and Large-Scale Systems"
 * OntologySummit2012_Quality_Synthesis(championed by AmandaVizedom & MikeBennett)
 * (Cross-Track-A2) Ontology for Federation and Integration of Systems
 * OntologySummit2012_SystemsFederationIntegration_Synthesis (championed by CoryCasanave & AnatolyLevenchuk)
 * List of community-suggested OntologySummit2012_RecommendedReading
 * Mailing List Discussion archives: http://ontolog.cim3.net/cgi-bin/wiki.pl?OntologySummit2012#nid309T
 * Summit Communique:
 * OntologySummit2012_Communique/Draft (maintained by all communique co-editors)
 * OntologySummit

Thursday, April 12, 2012
Day 1: ... [ Archives ]

8:30 am: Breakfast and Setup

9:00 am: Welcome by Dr. Charles Romine, Director of the Information Technology Laboratory, NIST

9:15 am: General Ontology Summit Symposium Introduction and Information: RamSriram and MichaelGruninger, Symposium Chairs

9:20 am: Ontology Summit Opening Remarks: Goals of the Symposium, Goals of the Day: NicolaGuarino and LeoObrst, Ontology Summit 2012 General Chairs ... [ slides ]

9:30 am: Summary Report: Track 1&2 Ontology for Big Systems and Systems Engineering - Co-Champions: MatthewWest, HensonGraves ... [ slides ]

10:15 am: Summary Report: Track 3 Challenge: Ontology and Big Data - Co-Champions: ErnieLucier, MaryBrady ... [ slides ]

10:45 am: Break

11:15 am: Summary Report: Track 4 Large-Scale Domain Applications - Co-Champions: SteveRay, TrishWhetzel ... [ slides ]

11:45 am: Summary Report: Cross-Track A1 Ontology Quality and Large-Scale Systems - Co-champions: AmandaVizedom, MikeBennett ... [ slides ]. [ survey ]

12:15 pm: Summary Report: Cross-Track A2 Ontology for Federation and Integration of Systems - Co-champions: CoryCasanave, AnatolyLevenchuk ... [ slides ]

12:45 pm: Lunch

1:45 pm: General Discussion on Communique and Track Resolutions: ToddSchneider, AliHashemi, RamSriram, and MichaelGruninger ... [ slides ]

3:15 pm: Break

3:45 pm: General Discussion on Communique and Track Resolutions: ToddSchneider, AliHashemi, RamSriram, and MichaelGruninger (cont'd)

5:30 pm: End of Day 1 Business

6:15 pm: Meet for Summit Dinner

6:30 pm: Summit Dinner at Dogfish Head Alehouse, 800 West Diamond Ave., Gaithersburg (across the road from NIST)

Friday, April 13, 2012
Day 2: ... [ Archives ]

8:30 am: Breakfast and Setup

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

9:05 am: Ontology Summit Opening Remarks: Reminder of Goals of the Symposium, Goals of the Day: NicolaGuarino and LeoObrst, Ontology Summit 2012 General Chairs

9:15 am: Panel: Ontology for Big Systems -- Promises and Challenges ... [ slides ]


 * LinePouchard, Oak Ridge National Laboratory
 * PaulHofmann, Saffron Technology
 * OlivierBodenreider, NIH
 * GeorgeStrawn, NCO_NITRD

10:30 am: Break

11:00 am: Demo Session

sharing. References and materials are shared between summit participants in an an exchange of knowledge that contributes significantly to the quality and usefulness of the conversation. Some such references directly address questions raised; others disseminate recommended treatments of background knowledge and related topics. This year, we attempted to capture the this exchange into a persistent, shared biblography, incorporating a library of those reference materials that can be downloaded and shared publicly without cost or special permissions. References suggested by the community were added to an online group library accessible at https://www.zotero.org/groups/ontologysummit2012/items/collectionKey/CMDDWSCG. This group library is viewable by anyone (public), editable by any member of the group. We'll show some of the key features of this library and demonstrate how to use it and contribute to it. repository of first-order ontologies that serve as a testbed for ontology evaluation and integration techniques, and that can support the design, evaluation, and application of ontologies in first-order logic. All ontologies are specified using Common Logic (ISO 24707),
 * Christopher Ireland / Melanie Melancon / DennisWisnosky (DoD) - DCMO Enterprise Information Web (EIW) Demonstration ... [ [[GotoMeeting] connection] ]
 * EIW is researching the adoption of semantic technology to support enterprise business intelligence and solution architectures in the DoD. This demonstration will show ontology-driven semantic federation using Web Ontology Language (OWL), SPARQL, and Relational to RDF Mapping Language (R2RML).
 * This demo will be done remotely by Chris Ireland, augmented by a shared-screen service from GotoMeeting and our voice conference bridge service for the remote participants (note: we are not using the VoIP)
 * Attention remote attendees: please try to establish a connection a few minutes before the demo is scheduled to start - you may need a couple of minutes to register, receive a Webinar ID in your email, and download the GotoMeeting client software first (the above link will guide you through the process.)
 * FabianNeuhaus: NIST's Semantic Mediation and Validation Tool Kit ... [ slides ]
 * As part of the System Integration for Manufacturing and Construction Applications Program NIST is developing a tool kit that utilizes ontologies and automatic reasoning for information mediation and validation. The presentation will present a short overview over the architecture of the tool suite, and will focus on RECON and PrIKL. RECON parses a controlled English and translates it into IKL (an extension of ISO Common Logic). PrIKL is a automatic theorem prover for IKL.
 * AmandaVizedom and SimonSpero: Ontology Summit 2012 Group Library and Bibliography
 * Each year, the Summit's many exchanges include a wealth of resource
 * GaryBergCross / MikeDean: Geospatial Open Ontology Repository Initiative (SOCoP-OOR) for NSF SOCoP INTEROP Project ... [ slides ] . [ demo-video-clip ] . [ http://socop.oor.net ]
 * ChristophLange / TillMossakowski: Ontohub ... [ slides ] . [ demo-video-clip (ogv) (mp4) (youtube) ] . [ http://ontonhub.oor.net ]
 * Ontohub is an ontology repository engine with a web frontend which specializes on managing distributed ontologies in the sense of ISO Working Draft 17347 (Ontology Integration and Interoperability  Distributed Ontology Language). Distributed means: logically heterogeneous, modular, interlinked, and distributed over the Web.
 * MichaelGruninger: COLORE (Common Logic Ontology Repository) ... [ http://colore.oor.net ]
 * We will present the current status of COLORE, which is an open
 * see other open ontology repository instances of the developing OOR.NET - http://oor.net

11:45 am: Wendy Wigen -- NITRD Big Data Challenge ... [ slides ]

12:15 pm: General Discussion on the Panel, the Communique, Its Directives, and Impact

12:45 pm: Lunch

1:45 pm: Presentation of the Communique: ToddSchneider and AliHashemi

3:15 pm: Break

3:45 pm: Affirmation of Communique by Community: NicolaGuarino, LeoObrst


 * at 2:28pm version 1.0 of the OntologySummit2012_Communique was formally adopted
 * those in attendance signed their endorsements
 * endorsements of this OntologySummit2012_Communique will be solicited from the wider community for a period of one month
 * everyone is encouraged to help spread the word

4:15 pm: Next Steps and Conclusion: NicolaGuarino, LeoObrst, RamSriram, MichaelGruninger

4:30 pm: Ontology Summit 2012 adjourns

Transcript of the online chat during the session:
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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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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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 * ... More Questions
 * 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 ...

How To Join Remotely (while the session is in progress)

 * 1. Dial in with a phone: http://ontolog.cim3.net/cgi-bin/wiki.pl?OntologySummit2012/WorkshopRegistration#nid36M3
 * 2. Open chat in a new browser window: http://webconf.soaphub.org/conf/room/OntologySummit2012
 * 3. Download the presentation for each speaker by clicking on the [ slides ]  link associated with each agenda item.