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From: Leo Obrst <lobrst@xxxxxxxxx>
Date: Tue, 01 Apr 2003 20:38:52 -0500
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FYI. Some very interesting news.
-------- Original Message -------- Subject: HotDAML Newsletter - Issue 10 Date: Tue, 1 Apr 2003 17:16:44 -0500 From: "John Flynn" To: ------=_NextPart_001_0EC8_01C2F872.78227700 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable X-MIME-Autoconverted: from 8bit to quoted-printable by smtpsrv2.mitre.org id h31NYcHn023957 HotDAML Newsletter Keeping you up to speed on happenings in the world of DAML http://www.daml.org _____ Tuesday, April 1, 2003 =96 Issue10 _____ New Stories: W3C Announces Final Call Documents for the OWL Web Ontology Language The W3C's Web Ontology Working Group has released five Last Call document= s. Per W3C process, this is a major step in a language moving to a recommendation. Comments on the design of OWL and the content of the documents are invited from the public through the 9th of May. Comments fr= om DAML implementers and experimenters are particularly sought. For details = see http://www.w3.org/2001/sw/WebOnt. DAML.ORG Goes Over 10 Million Hits The official web site for the DAML program has received over ten million hits as of Friday, 28 March, 2003. The very large amount of activity for this web site reflects the significant interest around the world in DAML technology as it supports the emerging Semantic Web: http://www.daml.org. Abstract Specification update released for DAML Query Language DAML Query Language (DQL) is a formal language and protocol for a queryin= g agent and an answering agent to use in conducting a query-answering dialo= gue using knowledge represented in DAML+OIL .= An update to the DAML Query language abstract specification has just been approved today and can be seen soon at: http://www.daml.org/dql/. Semantic Web for Military Users Conference Planned A Semantic Web for the Military User (SWMU) meeting is scheduled for the = 7th and 8th of May in the Washington DC area. What's it all about? This one will be a little different than the past few in that it is more of an exposition of the DAML program than a workshop to survey military needs l= ike several of the previous ones. The purpose is to prepare the military for the coming revolution of the Semantic Web. We are aiming at military technical managers, those who have influence over the introduction of technology into the military services and their key contributing technolo= gy contractors, including a fairly senior level and a more detailed technica= l level. The first day will be spent in showing invitees the potential of t= he Semantic Web, a top-level tutorial of DAML/OWL, a roadmap to get to the vision, what the early adopters are doing, what a pilot program might loo= k like, and the tools and technologies available to implement a pilot progr= am. Day one is capped off with early adopter demos. Day two includes more detailed tutorials on available and emerging tools and technologies as we= ll as demos that could contribute to a pilot military program. Day two will= be designed to support the more detail-oriented government technical manager and/or contributing contractor. If you'd like to receive an invitation fo= r this, and fit the category of a military technical manager as above, plea= se let Tom Martin know, tmartinrme@xxxxxxxxxxx =2E University of Maryland unveils new OWL-Powered Web Site The University of Maryland's Semantic Web and Agent Project (MINDSWAP) ha= s unveiled the latest generation of its Semantic Web sites, http://owl.mindswap.org . This new site, power= ed by RDF and OWL, is completely driven from ontologies and RDF data using a combination of open source tools and a number of different Semantic Web techniques. (Note: Due to an "incompatibility" in IE 6.0's handling of XHTML, the site currently looks better viewed through Netscape or similar browsers.) DAML+OIL Editor Released The DAML+OIL plug-in for Protege-2000 has been released. The plug-in allo= ws users to import DAML+OIL ontologies into Protege, to manipulate imported = or newly created ontologies using Protege's user-friendly GUI, and to export ontologies into textual DAML+OIL. The plugin supports the latest version = of DAML+OIL (March 2001). If you would like to hear about the latest information regarding the plugin, please consider subscribing to our low-volume, moderated mailing list by sending an email to daml+oil-plugin-request@xxxxxx .com with "subscribe" in the subject line. Information about the system, downloads, and an online tutorial can be found at http://www.ai.sri.com/daml/DAML+OIL-plugin/. OMG UML Ontology Definition RFP At its last technical meeting, 24-28th March in Orlando, Florida, the Obj= ect Management Group (OMG) voted to release an Ontology Definition Metamodel RFP. The OMG is the standards body for the widely used UML software and d= ata modeling language. This RFP solicits proposals for a standard ontology metamodel, a UML profile for ontology definition, and a language mapping = for the W3C Web Ontology Language OWL DL. Adoption of this standard will open ontology development to the thousands of engineers already familiar with UML. Initial proposal submissions are due in August 2003 with adoption currently scheduled for June 2004. The Ontology Definition RFP is availab= le at http://www.omg.org/cgi-bin/doc?ontology/2003-03-01 DAML/OWL Semantic Reference Data A set of reference Ontologies and related Instance data is being develope= d under the DAML program. Reference data will support a large cross-section= of Semantic Web user by allowing them to more quickly develop their own domain-specific ontologies by linking to established and accepted common semantic information. Examples of available reference ontologies/instance= s include: geographic locations, English words, U.S. military terms, U.S. states and regions, U.S. cities, countries, airports, companies, postal codes, country information, country leaders, geographic information, coun= try telephone codes, the periodic tables of elements, time zones, etc. In addition, more general ontologies representing the time and geospatial (under development) will have very broad re-use utility. Some DAML researches believe the development of a solid set of reference ontologies/instance data will be a key and essential step to achieving wi= de use of the Semantic Web. Current semantic data sets and a list of some additional needed data sets can be found at: http://www.daml.org/data/ Ontology Driven Knowledge Dissemination to Support Marine Corps Logistics AT&T was awarded the next phase of the Marine Corps' Ground Logistics Command and Control (GLC2) program which embeds Ontology Driven Knowledge Dissemination (ODKD) capability developed as part of the CODIP program. O= DKD routes messages based on their DAML markup and user defined RDF Query Language (RQL) subscriptions. In GCL2 a Marine would generate and send = the appropriate support request from their Digital Communications Terminal wi= th appropriate DAML markup and contextual information generated automaticall= y. ODKD then routes the messages to the appropriate receivers based on the R= QL channel definitions. The ODKD is integrated with AT&T's Mobile Network services which provides part of the GLC2 communications infrastructure. DAML Geospatial Ontology Initiative Underway An ad-hoc working group is developing a DAML geospatial ontology. The goa= ls of the effort are be to produce an ontology that would: (1) Enable genera= l, though not necessarily efficient, reasoning about spatial concepts, (2) Link with more efficient specialized reasoning engines for spatial reasoning, (3) Link with the numerous databases that exist containing a wealth of specific, e.g., geographical, spatial information, (4) Support convenient query capabilities for spatial information. An archived mail list has been set up to facilitate discussion related to geo-spatial ontologies. To subscribe to the mailing list, send an email message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxwith the text "subscribe daml-spatial" i= n the body of the message. The archive is at www.daml.org/listarchive/daml-spatial. Very Large Scale OWL Inference Experiment Proves Successful Over the last year a large number of DAML researchers from around the wor= ld have used GRID computing resources to achieve the CPU cycles needed to conduct a very large scale experiment to prove the power of inferencing using OWL. The DAML inferencing experiment (DIE) proved to be very successful. The results can be seen at http://www.daml.org/inferenceexperiment. DAML at conferences Planning is underway for the 2nd International Semantic Web Conference (ISWC2003) to be held 20-23 October 2003 in Sanibel Island, Florida, with= a strong representation from the DAML program. The deadline for papers is April 15. See http://iswc2003.semanticweb.orgfor more information. Papers and other publications related to DAML can be seen at: http://www.daml.org/publications/. 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HotDAML Newsletter

Keeping you up to speed on happenings in the world of DAML
http://www.daml.org

Tuesday, April 1, 2003 ? = Issue10<= /b>

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New Stories:

W3C = Announces Final Call Documents for the OWL Web >

The W3C's Web Group has released five Last Call documents. Per W3C process, this is a = major step in a language moving to a recommendation. Comments on the design of = OWL and the content of the documents are invited from the public through the = 9th of May. Comments from DAML implementers and experimenters are particularly = sought. For details see http://www.w3.org/2001/sw/WebOn= t.

DAML.ORG Goes Over 10 Million Hits

The official web site for the DAML program has received over ten million hits as of Friday, 28 March, 2003. The very large amount of = activity for this web site reflects the significant interest around the world in DAML technology as it supports the emerging Semantic Web: http://www.daml.org. =

Abstract Specification update released for DAML Query = Language

DAML Query Language = (DQL) is a formal language and protocol for a querying agent and an answering agent = to use in conducting a query-answering dialogue using knowledge represented = in DAML+OIL. An update to = the DAML Query language abstract specification has just been approved today and can be = seen soon at:http://www.daml.org/dql/.

Semantic Web for Military Users Conference Planned

A Semantic Web for the Military = User (SWMU) meeting is scheduled for the 7th and 8th of May in the Washington = DC area. What's it all about?  This one will be a little = different than the past few in that it is more of an exposition of the DAML = program than a workshop to survey military needs like several of the previous ones.  The purpose is to prepare the military for the coming = revolution of the Semantic Web.  We are aiming at military technical managers, = those who have influence over the introduction of technology into the military = services and their key contributing technology contractors, including a fairly = senior level and a more detailed technical level.The first day will be spent in showing invitees the potential of the Semantic Web, = a top-level tutorial of DAML/OWL, a roadmap to get to the vision, what the = early adopters are doing, what a pilot program might look like, and the tools = and technologies available to implement a pilot program.  Day = one is capped off with early adopter demos.  Day two includes more = detailed tutorials on available and emerging tools and technologies as well as = demos that could contribute to a pilot military program.  Day two will be designed to support the more detail-oriented government technical = manager and/or contributing contractor.If you'd like to receive an invitation for this, and = fit the category of a military technical manager as above, please let Tom Martin = know, tmartinrme@xxxxxxxxxxx

University of Maryland unveils new OWL-Powered Web = Site

The University of = Maryland's Semantic Web and Agent Project (MINDSWAP) has unveiled the latest = generation of its Semantic Web sites, http://owl.mindswap.org. This new site, powered by RDF and OWL, is completely driven from = ontologies and RDF data using a combination of open source tools and a number of = different Semantic Web techniques. (Note: Due to an "incompatibility" in = IE 6.0's handling of XHTML, the site currently looks better viewed through Netscape or similar browsers.)

DAML+OIL Editor Released

The DAML+OIL plug-in for Protege-2000 has = been released. The plug-in allows users to import DAML+OIL ontologies into = Protege, to manipulate imported or newly created ontologies using Protege's user-friendly GUI, and to export ontologies into textual DAML+OIL. The = plugin supports the latest version of DAML+OIL (March 2001). If you would like = to hear about the latest information regarding the plugin, please consider = subscribing to our low-volume, moderated mailing list by sending an email to daml+oil-plugin-reques= t@xxxxxx.com with "subscribe" in the subject line. Information about the = system, downloads, and an online tutorial can be found at http://www.ai.sri.com/daml/DAML+OIL-plugin/.

OMG = UML Ontology Definition RFP

At its last technical = meeting, 24-28th March in Orlando, Florida, the Object Management Group = (OMG)  voted to release an Ontology Definition Metamodel RFP. The OMG is the = standards body for the widely used UML software and data modeling language. This = RFP solicits proposals for a standard ontology metamodel, a UML profile for ontology definition, and a language mapping for the W3C Web Ontology Language OWL = DL. Adoption of this standard will open ontology development to the = thousands of engineers already familiar with UML.  Initial proposal submissions are due in August 2003 with = adoption currently scheduled for June 2004. The Ontology Definition RFP is = available at http://www.om= g.org/cgi-bin/doc?ontology/2003-03-01

DAML/OWL Semantic Reference Data

A set of reference = Ontologies and related Instance data is being developed under the DAML program. = Reference data will support a large cross-section of Semantic Web user by allowing = them to more quickly develop their own domain-specific ontologies by linking = to established and accepted common semantic information. Examples of = available reference ontologies/instances include: geographic locations, English = words, U.S. military terms, U.S. states and regions, U.S. cities, countries, = airports, companies, postal codes, country information, country leaders, = geographic information, country telephone codes, the periodic tables of elements, = time zones, etc. In addition, more general ontologies representing the time = and geospatial (under development) will have very broad re-use utility. Some = DAML researches believe the development of a solid set of reference ontologies/instance data will be a key and essential step to achieving = wide use of the Semantic Web. Current semantic data sets and a list of some = additional needed data sets can be found at: http://www.daml.org/data/

Ontology Driven Knowledge Dissemination to Support Marine Corps = Logistics

AT&T = was awarded the next phase of the Marine Corps' Ground Logistics Command and Control (GLC2) program which embeds Ontology Driven Knowledge Dissemination (ODKD) capability developed as part of the CODIP = program. ODKD routes messages based on their DAML markup and user = defined RDF Query Language (RQL) subscriptions.   In GCL2 a Marine = would generate and send the appropriate support request from their Digital Communications Terminal with appropriate DAML markup and contextual = information generated automatically. ODKD then routes the messages to the = appropriate receivers based on the RQL channel definitions. The ODKD = is integrated with AT&T's Mobile Network services which = provides part of the GLC2 communications infrastructure.  =

DAML Geospatial Ontology Initiative Underway

An ad-hoc working group is developing a =
DAML geospatial ontology. The goals of the effort are be to produce an =
ontology that would: (1) Enable general, though not necessarily =
efficient, reasoning about spatial concepts, (2)  Link with more efficient =
specialized reasoning engines for spatial reasoning, (3) Link with the =
numerous databases that exist containing a wealth of specific, e.g., =
geographical, spatial information, (4)  Support convenient query capabilities for spatial =
information.  An archived =
mail list has been set up to facilitate discussion related to =
geo-spatial ontologies. To subscribe to the mailing list, send an email =
message to majordomo@xxxxxxxx with the =
text "subscribe daml-spatial" in the body of the message. The =
archive is at www.daml.org/listar=
chive/daml-spatial.

Very Large Scale OWL Inference Experiment Proves = Successful

Over the last year a = large number of DAML researchers from around the world have used GRID = computing resources to achieve the CPU cycles needed to conduct a very large scale experiment to prove the power of inferencing using OWL. The DAML = inferencing experiment (DIE) proved to be very successful. The results can be seen = at http://www.daml.org/infe= renceexperiment.

DAML at conferences

Planning is underway = for the 2nd International Semantic Web Conference (ISWC2003) to be held 20-23 = October 2003 in Sanibel Island, Florida, with a strong representation from the = DAML program. The deadline for papers is April 15. See http://iswc2003.semanticweb.org= for more information.

Papers and other = publications related to DAML can be seen at: http://www.daml.org/publicatio= ns/.

Archive of HotDAML Newsletters

Subscription, Questions, = Comments, Story Tips

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