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From: Leo Obrst <lobrst@xxxxxxxxx>
Date: Mon, 28 Apr 2003 08:42:47 -0400
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FYI.    (01)

Pierre Grenon wrote:
> 
> CALL FOR PAPER
> 
> Workshop on Reference Ontology and Applications Ontology
> 26th German Conference on Artificial Intelligence
> Hamburg, Germany, 15-18 Septemrber 2003
> 
> ------------------------------------------------------------------
> 
> A workshop devoted to the task of clarifying the range of current
> approaches to ontology and of demonstrating their relative merits and
> demerits will be held under the auspices of the 26th German Conference
> on  Artificial  Intelligence, Hamburg, 15-18 September 2003.  Further
> details are available  here:
> 
> http://ontology.buffalo.edu/ki2003
> 
> Deadline for submission of 3-page abstracts: June 15, 2003
> Notification of Acceptance: July 1, 2003
> Deadline for camera-ready (up to 10 pages) papers: August 1, 2003
> 
> ------------------------------------------------------------------
> ------------------------------------------------------------------
> 
> Background
> ----------
> 
> Two schools of thought are gradually beginning to crystallize in the
> domain of information systems ontology. On the one hand is the school
> which focuses primarily on the representational adequacy of an
> underlying ontological theory, leaving for others the task of
> transforming this theory into working applications. On the other hand is
> the (much larger) school which focuses primarily on the construction of
> ontologies as working applications at the expense of representational
> adequacy, and which is associated with current developments under the
> heading of the Semantic Web. The goal of the workshop is to bring
> together representatives of these two schools of thought for a
> structured debate, which is designed as a contribution to the
> clarification of the foundations of information systems ontology in the
> future.
> 
> The terms ‘reference ontology’ and ‘applications ontology’ were
> introduced by Nicola Guarino, who draws the basic distinction as
> follows:
> 
> ‘‘... what kinds of ontologies do we need? This is still an open issue.
> Some people believe that very general ontologies involving rich
> axiomatic characterizations are important, others think they are a waste
> of time, and prefer to concentrate on lightweight ontologies, focusing
> on the minimal terminological structure (often just a taxonomy) which
> fits the needs of a specific community.’’
> 
> Guarino uses ‘reference ontology’ (which he now calls ‘foundational
> ontology’) to refer to ontological theories whose focus is to clarify
> the intended meanings of terms used in specific domains. Smith has
> proposed a more radical definition within the framework of philosophical
> realism: a reference ontology is a theory of some independently existing
> domain of entities which  seeks to maximize descriptive or
> representational adequacy to the maximal degree compatible with the
> constraints of formal rigour and computational usefulness.
> 
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> 
> Objective
> ---------
> 
> One goal of this workshop would be to prepare the ground for more
> coherent debate by fixing on one correct usage of terms such as
> ‘reference ontology’, ‘foundational ontology, ‘application ontology’,
> ‘lightweight ontology’ and indeed of ‘ontology’ itself.
> 
> Additional goals will be:
> 
> 1. To clarify the range of current approaches to ontology and to
> demonstrate their relative merits and demerits.
> 
> 2. To set forth the basics of the reference ontology approach and of its
> underlying rationale. To survey the institutions involved in developing
> reference ontologies. To address the role of realism, and of intended
> meanings, and intended models, in information systems ontology.
> 
> 3. To set forth the basics of the application ontology approach and of
> its relation to the use of the specific machinery of Description Logics.
> 
> 4. To present reports on case studies of the use of ontology in
> applications with special reference to domains such as medical
> informatics and spatial reasoning.
> 
> The benefits of the reference ontology approach are that it can bring a
> rich framework for resolving terminological incompatibilities and
> classificatory underdetermination. The benefits of the applications
> ontology approach are that it can yield ontologies which run in real
> time.
> 
> ------------------------------------------------------------------
> 
> Format
> ------
> The workshop will be a half-day event, featuring a maximum of 6 speakers
> in all and leaving a large amount of time for open discussion. We will
> seek a balance of speakers from both sides of the reference/applications
> ontology spectrum.
> 
> Contributions will be selected on the basis of short (3-page) abstracts,
> which will be subject to a process of refereeing by the Scientific
> Committee. Send abstract to the chair of the Scientific Committee: Chris
> Menzel (cmezel@xxxxxxxx). The maximal length of final papers is 10
> pages. Guideline for formatting camera-ready papers will be announced on
> the workshop webpage (http://ontology.buffalo.edu/ki2003). The
> proceedings of the workshop are to be published at CEUR-WS
> (http://www.CEUR-WS.org). Papers not accepted for presentation during
> the workshop may be included in the workshop notes to be published in
> the IFOMIS Technical Report Series.
> 
> Chris Menzel and Barry Smith will present opening statements.
> 
> Smith will describe the work of IFOMIS (http://ifomis.de) and will
> sketch the details of its partnership with Language and Computing
> (http://www.landc.be) in constructing a reference ontology in the domain
> of healthcare phenomena which will be tested by evaluating its success
> in bringing about improvements in efficiency and reliability in the
> field of medical text processing.
> 
> ------------------------------------------------------------------
> 
> Workshop Organizer
> ------------------
> Prof. Barry Smith
> Institute for Formal Ontology and Medical Information Science University
> of Leipzig
> Härtelstraße 16-18
> 04107 Leipzig,
> Germany
> phismith@xxxxxxxxxxx
> http://ifomis.de
> 
> Scientific Committee:
> --------------------
> 
> Prof. Christopher Menzel (Chair)
> Department of Philosophy
> Texas A&M University
> College Station, TX 77840-4237, USA
> cmenzel@xxxxxxxx
> http://philebus.tamu.edu/~cmenzel/
> 
> Dr Brandon Bennett
> Division of Artificial Intelligence   School of Computing
> University of Leeds
> Leeds LS2 9JT, United Kingdom
> brandon@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> http://www.comp.leeds.ac.uk/brandon/
> 
> Dr. Thomas Bittner
> Institute for Formal Ontology and Medical Information Science University
> of Leipzig
> Härtelstraße 16-18
> 04107 Leipzig, Germany
> thomas.bittner@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> 
> Dr. Werner CEUSTERS
> Language & Computing nv
> Hazenakkerstraat 20a
> 9520-Zonnegem, Belgium
> werner@xxxxxxxx
> http://www.landcglobal.com
> 
> Prof. Dr. Ulrich Frank
> Institut für Wirtschafts- und Verwaltungsinformatik
> Universität Koblenz-Landau
> Universitätsstr. 1
> 56070 Koblenz, Germany
> ulrich.frank@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> http://www.uni-koblenz.de/~iwi
> 
> Nicola Guarino
> Laboratory for Applied Ontology,
> Institute for Cognitive Sciences and Technologies, National Research
> Council
> Via Solteri, 38
> 38100 Trento, Italy
> Nicola.Guarino@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> http://ontology.ip.rm.cnr.it
> 
> Prof. Achille C. Varzi
> Department of Philosophy
> Columbia University
> New York, NY 10027, USA
> achille.varzi@xxxxxxxxxxxx
> http://www.columbia.edu/~av72
> 
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