Leo,
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Mike
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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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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
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
tmartinrme@xxxxxxxxxxx.
University
of Maryland unveils new OWL-Powered Web = Site
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
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