IAOA

International Association for Ontology and its Applications (IAOA)    (1X95)

This is the home page of the International Association for Ontology and its Applications (IAOA) wiki. You can use this wiki for adding ontology related information that is relevant for the broader ontology community. For specific IAOA events, see the IAOA website.    (24C1)

To join IAOA, click here!    (2U87)

What's New:    (1YGO)

• 2011_05_26 - Thursday: IAOA virtual panel session at the Ontolog Forum: "Update on IAOA: From a community of practice to an international association - the specific role of the IAOA and its accomplishments so far" - Co-chairs: LeoObrst & MichaelGruninger - ConferenceCall_2011_05_26 ... Full proceedings of the session are now on archive!    (2U0P)

• The IAOA Ordinary Assembly (April 2011) called to examine and approve the 2010 financial report and the 2011 budget - see: IAOA_Assembly_2011_04    (2T0Z)

• IAOA is co-organizing the 2011 Ontology Summit, along with NCO_NITRD, NCBO, NCOR, NIST and Ontolog. The theme for this Summit is "Making the Case for Ontology". This is a series of virtual events spanning over three months (20-Jan through 19-Apr-2011) which culminates in a 2-day Symposium at the NIST (Gaithersburg, Maryland, USA). See: OntologySummit2011    (2M6P)

• The first IAOA Summer Institute on Process Ontology will be held, in cooperation with the Vespucci Initiative, in Florence (Firenze), Italy, between 17 to 23-July-2011. See: http://www.iaoa.org/iaoaevents/iaoaevents.php?id=5326878484969960849    (2M6Q)

• At the face-to-face segment of the IAOA First General Assembly on 13-May-2010 (co-located with FOIS-2010 in Toronto, Canada) an updated report on IAOA was presented by Dr. NicolaGuarino (President) and other members of the newly elected Executive Council.    (2EAU)

• Over a virtual segment of the IAOA First General Assembly, an elected IAOA Executive Council came into being. See details of the process and the results at: IAOA_ExecutiveCouncil_Election_2010    (2D5B)

• The Introduction of IAOA at the Ontolog Forum - ConferenceCall_2009_06_18    (1YGP)

About IAOA:    (2D5C)

The International Association for Ontology and its Applications (IAOA) is a non-profit organization the purpose of which is to promote interdisciplinary research and international collaboration at the intersection of philosophical ontology, linguistics, logic, cognitive science, and computer science, as well as in the applications of ontological analysis to conceptual modeling, knowledge engineering, knowledge management, information-systems development, library and information science, scientific research, and semantic technologies in general.    (1X96)

The Association was formally established in Trento, Italy on April 29th 2009.    (1X97)

The official IAOA website is at: http://iaoa.org    (1X98)

Current Members of the IAOA Executive Council:    (1ZP0)

This (elected) Executive Council took office on 13-May-2010 at the First Assembly of IAOA (Toronto, Canada) and the term of office will continue until 31-Dec-2012.    (2D5D)

• Nicola Guarino, ISTC-CNR, Italy (President)    (1ZP1)
• John Bateman, University of Bremen, Germany (Vice President)    (1ZP2)
• Stefano Borgo, ISTC-CNR, Italy    (1ZP3)
• Michael Gruninger, University of Toronto, Canada    (1ZP6)
• Giancarlo Guizzardi, Federal University of Espírito Santo, Brazil    (2EAG)
• Riichiro Mizoguchi, Osaka University, Japan    (1ZP7)
• Leo Obrst, MITRE, US    (1ZP9)
• Laure Vieu, IRIT-CNRS, France, and ISTC-CNR, Italy (Treasurer)    (1ZPA)
• Peter Yim, Ontolog, US (Secretary)    (1ZPB)

Current Members of the IAOA Advisory Board:    (2T0O)

• AnthonyCohn (University of Leeds)    (2T0P)
• AntonyGalton (University of Exeter, UK)    (2T0Q)
• PatHayes (IHMC, USA)    (2T0R)
• IanHorrocks (University of Oxford, UK)    (2T0S)
• ChristopherMenzel (Texas A&M University, USA)    (2T0T)
• MarkMusen (Stanford University, USA)    (2T0U)
• JohnMylopoulos (University of Trento, Italy)    (2T0V)
• BarrySmith (University at Buffalo, USA)    (2T0W)
• JohnSowa (VivoMind Intelligence, USA)    (2T0X)
• ChrisWelty (IBM Research, USA)    (2T0Y)

IAOA Standing Committees    (2HWG)

... all members of IAOA are welcome and encouraged to participate in the following Committee activities. Please email the respective committee chairs and EC-liaisons to get started.    (2HWH)

• Publicity, Image and Visibility Committee -    (2HWI)
  • Co-chairs: NicolaGuarino, JohnBateman and AliHashemi    (2HWJ)
  • IAOA EC liaisons: NicolaGuarino and JohnBateman    (2HWK)
  • Mailing List Archives: http://ontolog.cim3.net/forum/iaoa-publicity/    (2HWL)
  • Wiki-space: IaoaPublicity    (2HWM)

• International Promotion Committee -    (2HWN)
  • Co-chairs: RiichiroMizoguchi and GiancarloGuizzardi (temporary)    (2HWO)
  • IAOA EC liaisons: RiichiroMizoguchi and GiancarloGuizzardi    (2HWP)
  • Mailing List Archives: http://ontolog.cim3.net/forum/iaoa-international/    (2HWQ)
  • Wiki-space: IaoaInternational    (2HWR)

• Education Committee -    (2HWS)
  • Co-chairs: FabianNeuhaus and AntonyGalton    (2HWT)
  • IAOA EC liaisons: LeoObrst and MichaelGruninger    (2HWU)
  • Mailing List Archives: http://ontolog.cim3.net/forum/iaoa-education    (2HWV)
  • Wiki-space: IaoaEducation    (2HWW)
  • Subcommittees -    (2HWX)
    • Summer School - Chair: WernerKuhn    (2HWY)
      • Wiki-space: IaoaEducation_School    (2HWZ)
    • PhD consortium / Doctoral Colloquium / Student exchanges - Chair: RobertHoehndorf    (2HX0)
      • Wiki-space: IaoaEducation_DoctoralConsortium    (2HX1)
    • Curricula, Certification & Accreditation - Chair: FabianNeuhaus    (2HX2)
      • Wiki-space: IaoaEducation_Curricula    (2HX3)
    • Textbook / Handbook - Chair: AntonyGalton    (2HX4)
      • Wiki-space: IaoaEducation_Textbook    (2HX5)

• Membership Committee -    (2HX7)
  • Chair: LaureVieu    (2HX8)
  • IAOA EC liaisons: LaureVieu, StefanoBorgo    (2HX9)
  • Subcommittee -    (2HXA)
    • Interface with members - Chair: StefanoBorgo    (2HXB)
  • Mailing List Archives: http://ontolog.cim3.net/forum/iaoa-membership/    (2HXD)
  • Wiki-space: IaoaMembership    (2HXE)

• ByLaws Committee -    (2HXF)
  • Co-chairs: StefanoBorgo and PeterYim    (2HXG)
  • IAOA EC liaisons: StefanoBorgo and PeterYim    (2HXH)
  • Mailing List Archives: http://ontolog.cim3.net/forum/iaoa-bylaws/    (2HXJ)
  • Wiki-space: IaoaByLaws    (2HXK)

• Ontology registry and repository -    (2HXL)
  • Co-chairs: MichaelGruninger and JohnBateman (temporary)    (2HXM)
  • IAOA EC liaisons: MichaelGruninger and JohnBateman    (2HXN)
  • Mailing List Archives: http://ontolog.cim3.net/forum/iaoa-repository/    (2HXP)
  • Wiki-space: IaoaOntologyRepository    (2HXQ)

• Infrastructure -    (2HXR)
  • Co-chairs: OliverKutz and ValterCavecchia    (2HXS)
  • IAOA EC liaisons: PeterYim, JohnBateman and LaureVieu    (2HXT)
  • Mailing List Archives: http://ontolog.cim3.net/forum/iaoa-infrastructure/    (2HXV)
  • Wiki-space: IaoaInfrastructure (including work on the IAOA website)    (2HXW)

IAOA Special Interest Groups (SIGs)    (2JVX)

... all members are welcome and encouraged to participate in the following SIG activities. Please email the respective SIG co-conveners and EC-liaisons to get started.    (2JVY)

• Ontologies and Conceptual Modeling SIG -    (2JVZ)
  • Co-conveners: OscarPastor, YairWand, GiancarloGuizzardi    (2JW0)
  • IAOA EC liaisons: GiancarloGuizzardi    (2JW1)
  • Mailing List Archives: http://ontolog.cim3.net/forum/iaoa-conceptual-modeling/    (2JW2)
  • Wiki-space: IaoaOntologiesAndConceptualModelingSIG    (2JW3)

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