Ontology Summit (21PT)
An annual series of events which started in 2006 that involves the Ontology community and communities related to each year's particular theme chosen for the summit. These events have been co-organized by NIST, Ontolog, NCOR, NCBO, and other preeminent institutions that are relevant to a particular year's theme. See: (21PU)
- UpperOntologySummit (2006) - the "Upper Ontology Summit" (21PV)
- OntologySummit2007 - "Ontology, Taxonomy, Folksonomy: Understanding the Distinctions" (21PW)
- OntologySummit2008 - "Toward An Open Ontology Repository" (21PX)
- OntologySummit2009 - "Toward Ontology-based Standards" (21PY)
Format: each year's Summit comprises of a series of both virtual and face-to-face events that spans about 3 months. These include a vigorous three-month online discourse on the theme of choice (for a particular summit), virtual panel discussions, research activities ... etc. which will culminate in a two-day face-to-face workshop and symposium at NIST (Gaithersburg, Maryland, USA.) The publication of a Summit Communique each year, at the end of the face-to-face symposium, to get an annual message from the participants to the world-at-large, has also been a signature activity of this Ontology Summit series. (21PZ)