Thanks for posting this to the Ontolog Forum, Paola,
Since I work with Renato regularly in the OASIS Emergency
Management Technical Committee (EM TC), if he attends this conference,
he can certainly pass along the views of our TC and the SC I co chair
where we toil away on EDXL-RM and are awaiting the set of
specification requirements from our experts group.
This brings up the first topic I would like to see passed along
at this conference. EDXL-RM (Resource Messaging is in its 60-day
Public Review period. It will still be in the active review period
during the conference. The URL for the announcement made to the
Ontolog Forum is
http://ontolog.cim3.net/forum/ontolog-forum/2007-04/msg00006.html
The announcement includes URLs for the document in several
formats and the pubic comment form. The URLs include the zipped
package XSD files and it is especially important to note that
all of the imported-cited specifications and examples are included for
the convenience of implementers and reviewers.
Last note that Renato can pass along is the fact that the EM TC
is undertaking the development of the Emergency Data Exchange Language
Reference Information Model (EDXL-RIM) which will include an RDF
Schema and an OWL-DL specification in addition to the now-conventional
XML Schema, so we are actually moving to the next level for structured
information standards in providing an ontology for the abstract
reference information model that unifies existing EDXL specifications
and can be used for writing the upcoming additions to the EDXL
family.
That does not mean that it is not an uphill struggle. TCs are
notoriously literal-minded and stay close to the concrete, but getting
agreement to make this first step is a milestone in my opinion, and we
have been working towards this for quite a while now.
Cheers,
Rex
Dear all
[apologies for cross posting]
Following the ongoing discussion in this community, and latest thread
on w3 list, I have been considering how best to bring the
emergency management ontology to the industry discussion table, (other
than starting a war)
Although I have not yet succeeded to have the topic included in the
conference agenda , peers attending ISCRAM in Delft
Holland 13-16 next month also consider the discussion important, so I
am touching base with a couple of people with the idea of setting up a
BOF with the aim to get to know each other and exchange ideas
I am personally not likely to be in the conference (considering my
topic of interest has not been included) but I'll try to hang around a
couple of days in the neighborhood so that we can get the discussion
going, and hopefully have it included in the future official editions
of the conference.
I take this chance to invite anyone on this list or colleague,
especially those likely to be physically in the region who may want to
come out for an emergency drink, to flag their interest, so that
we can keep you posted of our whereabouts
Feel free to forward Renato's email below, sent to w3
list
Cheers
Paola Di Maio
FORWARDED
Hi all - a few of us attending the ISCRAM Conference have proposed
a
BOF on "Ontologies for Emergency Management"
which is receiving lots of interest from the community and
standards
groups.
See <http://esw.w3.org/topic/DisasterManagement
> as an example.
If you are interested, the please email me directly and we will
arrange for appropriate logistics at Delft.
Cheers...
Dr Renato Iannella
Principal Scientist
NICTA, Level 19, 300 Adelaide St, Brisbane, QLD, 4000 AUSTRALIA
[t] +61 7 3000 0484 [f] +61 7 3000 0480 [m] +61 4 1313 2206
[e] renato@xxxxxxxxxxxx
[w] http://nicta.com.au
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aim:renatoi2003
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