On Thursday 12-Apr-2007, we had a very comprehensive session for
the 6th episode of the Ontolog mini-series on "Database and
Ontology." Dr. Matthew West (Shell International Petroleum
Company), again, presided over the session with invited speaker,
Mr. Edward Barkmeyer from the US National Institute of Standards
and Technology (NIST), who presented his talk on "Ontologies as
the Next Generation Information Models." (01)
Thank you, Mr. Barkmeyer, for taking us through the development
of Information Modeling, comparing information modeling features
with those of the Web Ontology Language (OWL), and sharing your
insight on how you see these progress. Our appreciations to Dr.
Matthew West for championing this mini-series; and, as always,
thanks to all the participants for joining us at the session. (02)
Proceedings of the session are captured on our wiki page, at:
http://ontolog.cim3.net/cgi-bin/wiki.pl?ConferenceCall_2007_04_12 (03)
In particular, full audio recording of the session is now
available - see:
http://ontolog.cim3.net/cgi-bin/wiki.pl?ConferenceCall_2007_04_12#nidZOU (04)
... Mr. Edward Barkmeyer's presentation contributes to yet
another nugget in the body of knowledge on ontology and
ontological engineering that our community is building together.
Thanks again! (05)
Best regards. =ppy (06)
P.S. Upcoming events: (07)
* The ongoing "Ontology Summit 2007 - Ontology, Taxonomy,
Folksonomy: Understanding the Distinctions" initiative will be
holding its face-to-face workshop and symposium on April 23 & 24,
2007 at Gaithersburg, Maryland, USA. Remote participation is
supported too. Register for your attendance now if you haven't
already ... Please refer to details at:
http://ontolog.cim3.net/cgi-bin/wiki.pl?OntologySummit2007 (08)
* Thursday, 10-May-2007 - Dr. Matthew West will be presenting the
next episode (7th) of the "Database And Ontology" Mini-Series -
Professor Tatiana Malyuta from the City University of New York
will be our invited speaker. She will be giving a talk on
"Interaction of Ontology and Database in the Information System."
Please mark your calendars now, and register for attendance when
the formal announcement comes out. (09)
* Watch our [ontolog-invitation] lists or the listing under the
"News & Announcements" section at our Ontolog WikiHomePage (at:
http://ontolog.cim3.net/cgi-bin/wiki.pl?WikiHomePage#nidW ) for
other upcoming events. (010)
* An archive of noteworthy past Ontolog events can be found at:
http://ontolog.cim3.net/cgi-bin/wiki.pl?WikiHomePage#nidZ (011)
Tx. =ppy
-- (012)
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Peter P. Yim wrote Wed, 11 Apr 2007 12:56:31 -0700: (013)
Subject: Re: [ontolog-invitation] Ontolog Mini-Series: Database
and Ontology (Session-6) - Edward Barkmeyer (NIST)
- Thu 12-Apr-2007 (014)
> Re:
http://ontolog.cim3.net/cgi-bin/wiki.pl?ConferenceCall_2007_04_12
>
> *REMINDER*
>
> The Ontolog "Database & Ontology" mini-series invited talk
> by Mr. Edward Barkmeyer from NIST, on "Ontologies as the
> Next Generation Information Models" is coming up tomorrow,
> i.e. this Thursday 12-Apr-2007 (starting at 17:30 UTC /
> 6:30pm BST / 1:30pm EST / 10:30am PST).
>
> Come join the rest of the community at this next session
> during which we will be exploring the landscape, issues
> and interactions between databases and ontologies that
> Dr. Matthew West (Shell) is putting together for us.
>
> RSVP (by e-mailing the sender off-line; if you aren't
> already an Ontolog member, kindly include your name,
> affiliation and job title as well) if you are planning
> to attend and haven't already responded.
>
> We look forward to having you at the session.
>
> Regards. =ppy (015)
-- Peter P. Yim wrote Sat, 07 Apr 2007 09:05:07 -0700:
> > Re:
> >
http://ontolog.cim3.net/cgi-bin/wiki.pl?ConferenceCall_2007_04_12
> > (016)
> > *ANNOUNCEMENT*
> >
> > The Ontolog community is pleased to announce that Dr. Matthew
> > West (Shell) will be presenting the Sixth event of Ontolog
> > mini-series on "Database and Ontology" next Thursday.
> > Mr. Edward Barkmeyer from the US National Institute of
> > Standard and Technology (NIST) will be our invited speaker
> > on Thursday, 12-Apr-2007. Mr. Barkmeyer's talk is entitled:
> > "Ontologies as the Next Generation Information Models."
> >
> > We take pleasure in inviting you to join us at this
> > virtual event.
> > (017)
> > *Conference call-in details*:
> >
> > Date: Thursday, 12-April-2007
> > Start Time: 10:30am PDT / 1:30pm EDT / 6:30pm BST
> > / 17:30GMT/UTC (World Time:
http://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/fixedtime.html?month=4&day=12&year=2007&hour=10&min=30&sec=0&p1=224 (018)
> > )
> > Session Duration: 1.5~2.0 Hours Dial-in Number:
> > o from US: +1-605-475-8590 (South Dakota, USA)
> > o from Europe, call:
> > * Belgium 070-35-9989
> > * France 0826-100-277
> > * Germany 01805-00-7649
> > * Ireland 0818-270-034
> > * Italy 0848-390-175
> > * Switzerland 0848-560-195
> > * UK 0870-738-0763
> > o callers from other countries please dial
> > into either one of the US or European numbers
> > o Conference ID: "5823120#"
> > o Direct call from from Skype: +990008275823120
> > Shared-screen support will be available (019)
> > Session Chair : *Dr. Matthew West*
> > (Shell International Petroleum Co.)
> >
> > Invited Speaker: *Mr. Edward Barkmeyer* (NIST)
> >
> > Topic: *Ontologies as the Next Generation Information Models*
> > (020)
> > *Abstract*: (by Edward Barkmeyer)
> >
> > In 1976, Peter Chen created the term
> > "entity-attribute-relationship modeling" to describe an
> > approach to analyzing data requirements in terms of the
> > entities the data describes. In 1980, the term became
> > "information modeling" to accommodate slightly different
> > approaches, and in various ways, we have been improving
> > on that idea for 30 years. The thesis of this talk is that
> >
> > o ontologies are an evolutionary step in information
> > modeling,
> >
> > o "good"-ness is largely the same for ontologies and
> > information models,
> >
> > o a good information model is a sound basis for a good
> > ontology, and
> >
> > o the best practices for developing good information
> > models apply to developing good ontologies
> >
> > But no discussion of these technologies is complete without
> > examining the weaknesses of information models, languages and
> > methods. And one of the questions to be discussed is the
> > degree to which ontologies overcome any of these weaknesses.
> > Object models proved only to be a step sideways. In what
> > ways are ontologies a step forward? How do we adjust the
> > analysis practices to take advantage of those?
> > (021)
> > *About the Speaker*:
> >
> > Mr. Edward Barkmeyer has an M.S. degree in Applied
> > Mathematics from the University of Maryland and forty
> > years' experience in the computer sciences, covering
> > a wide range of topics, including compilers, operating
> > systems, database systems, communications, systems
> > simulation and real-time control. Since 1981, Mr. Barkmeyer
> > has been involved in manufacturing systems integration
> > activities at NIST, as a principal architect and implementor
> > of communications and distributed database systems, and as
> > a principal analyst in information interchange among
> > manufacturing software systems - engineering, planning and
> > control. He is currently leading a project in automating
> > software integration processes using systems engineering
> > and artificial intelligence methods.
> > Mr. Barkmeyer represents NIST on national and
> > international standards bodies in the areas of interface
> > specification, information modeling, and data interchange for
> > manufacturing software.
> > (022)
> > *Refer to details on the session wiki page at*:
> >
http://ontolog.cim3.net/cgi-bin/wiki.pl?ConferenceCall_2007_04_12
> > (023)
> > This will be a virtual session over an augmented conference
> > call. The session is expected to start with a 1 Hour
> > presentation followed by a Q&A and discussion between the
> > participants and the speaker. The entire session will be
> > recorded and made available as open content under the
> > prevailing Ontolog IPR policy (see:
> > http://ontolog.cim3.net/cgi-bin/wiki.pl?WikiHomePage#nid32). (024)
> > As usual, this Ontolog event is open to all. I look
> > forward to having you at this session. Please pass the
> > announcement along to those who might be interested to
> > join us too. (025)
> > *RSVP* by by emailing me at <peter.yim@xxxxxxxx> offline
> > so that we can prepare enough resources to support
> > everyone. (Kindly include your affiliation and job title
> > if you aren't already a member of the Ontolog community.)
> >
> >
> > Regards. =ppy
> >
> > Peter P. Yim
> > Co-convener, Ontolog
> > --
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