OntologySummit2012: "Ontology for Big Systems" - Communiqué draft workspace    (30I8)

For the Ontology Summit 2012 Communiqué draft work    (30CG)

Lead Editors: AliHashemi & ToddSchneider    (36II)

Co-Editors: MikeBennett, MaryBrady, CoryCasanave, HensonGraves, NicolaGuarino, AnatolyLevenchuk, ErnieLucier, LeoObrst, SteveRay, AmandaVizedom, MatthewWest, TrishWhetzel    (36IJ)

Description    (36IC)

This year's Ontology Summit, Ontology for Big Systems, sought to explore, identify and articulate how ontology, its methods and paradigms, can bring value to the disciplines required to engineer a "big system."    (36IM)

The term "big system" is intentionally vague and intended to cover a large scope that includes many of the terms encountered in the media including    (36IN)

Established disciplines that fall within the summit scope include (but not limited to) systems engineering, software engineering, information systems modeling, and data mining.    (36I9)

Goals    (36ID)

The principal goal of the summit is to bring together and foster collaboration between the ontology community, systems community, and stakeholders in "big systems."    (36IU)

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.    (36IE)

Process    (36IF)

This is our 7th annual OntologySummit season. Similar to our last 6 summits, this OntologySummit was comprised of 3 months of virtual discourse (over our archived mailing lists) and virtual panel sessions (over augmented conference calls), during which the summit participants exchanged ideas on how ontological analysis and ontology engineering make a difference, when applied in or to "big systems."    (36IZ)

The summit culminated in a 2-day face-to-face workshop/symposium held on 12-13 April 2012 at the U.S. National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) facility in Gaithersburg, Maryland, US.    (36IX)

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.    (36IB)

Summary    (36IG)

Introduction    (36IH)

Endorsement    (36IL)