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From: "Peter P. Yim" <peter.yim@xxxxxxxx>
Date: Sat, 12 Apr 2008 01:39:17 -0700
Message-id: <48007535.6040901@xxxxxxxx>
... (Apologies for cross-posting. =ppy)    (01)

The Panel Discussion on Thu 2008.04.10 around the topic 
"Developing an Ontology of Ontologies for OOR" was stunning. Our 
four invited expert panelists, again, presented some really fine 
research and development work that is being done on the subject 
matter, and shared with us their insights. The ensuing discussion 
among all participants were, again, extremely useful.    (02)

This concludes our four joint "Open Ontology Repository (OOR)" & 
"Ontology Summit 2008" panel discussion sessions which is put 
together in anticipation for the 2-day workshop we will be having 
at NIST (Gaithersburg, Maryland, USA) on Apr-28 & 29. Judging 
from the enthusiasm of the community and the great input we have 
been receiving so far, this year's Ontology Summit is promising 
to be another very productive one. Therefore, if you have not 
registered to participate (either on-site or remotely) yet, 
please do so now (ref. details in the postscript below.)    (03)

The proceedings of all four sessions, including the slides, 
transcripts of the chat session, the audio archive (available now 
in telephone playback, downloadable mp3 and podcast) are all 
available now. See:    (04)

   "Ontology Registry and Repository Technology & Infrastructure 
Landscape"
    - 
http://ontolog.cim3.net/cgi-bin/wiki.pl?ConferenceCall_2008_02_28    (05)

   "An Open Ontology Repository: Rationale, Expectations & 
Requirements"
    - Session-1: 
http://ontolog.cim3.net/cgi-bin/wiki.pl?ConferenceCall_2008_03_27
    - Session-2: 
http://ontolog.cim3.net/cgi-bin/wiki.pl?ConferenceCall_2008_04_03    (06)

   "Developing an Ontology of Ontologies for OOR"
    - 
http://ontolog.cim3.net/cgi-bin/wiki.pl?ConferenceCall_2008_04_10    (07)

A huge "Thank You!" to the panelists and to everyone who 
participated at the Apr-10 session, as well as at the three 
preceding OOR-Panel sessions. Your contribution have been 
captured into our archives, and is now an important part of the 
collective body of knowledge on ontology engineering that the 
community has been building together.    (08)


Thanks & regards.  =ppy    (09)

for and on behalf of the session organizers and co-chairs,    (010)

    Peter Yim (Ontolog; CIM3)
    Leo Obrst (Ontolog; MITRE)
    Fabian Neuhaus (NIST)
    Barry Smith (NCOR; SUNY)
    Michael Gruninger (U of Toronto)    (011)

P.S. Once again, the registration for the Apr-28~29 Ontology 
Summit 2008 (face-to-face) Workshop at NIST (Gaithersburg, 
Maryland, USA) is now open for both (free-of-charge) on-site and 
remote participation ... note that on-site pre-registration is 
mandatory and the deadline is Mon 2008.04.21; hotel room also 
needs to be reserved by Sun 2008.04.13 for participants to enjoy 
the conference rate - see: 
http://ontolog.cim3.net/cgi-bin/wiki.pl?OntologySummit2008#nid16TF 
... register NOW!    (012)

P.P.S.  coming up next Thursday 17-Apr-2008 will be the 6th 
episode of the joint NASA-Ontolog-KMWG panel session on Ontology 
in Knowledge Management and Decision Support (OKMDS). The topic 
to be explored is "Knowledge Mapping for Sensemaking." This will, 
again, be featured in parallel at the NASA/JPL Explorer Island in 
SecondLife, and as an augmented conference call. Refer to details 
at: 
http://ontolog.cim3.net/cgi-bin/wiki.pl?ConferenceCall_2008_04_17 
... and registered your attendance too, if you haven't already.
--    (013)


---------- Forwarded message ----------
From: Peter Yim <peter.yim@xxxxxxxx>
Date: Wed, Apr 9, 2008 at 3:45 PM
Subject: Re: [ontolog-invitation] "Developing an Ontology of 
Ontologies for OOR" Panel Discussion Session - Thu 2008.04.10
To: ontolog-invitation@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx    (014)


Re: http://ontolog.cim3.net/cgi-bin/wiki.pl?ConferenceCall_2008_04_10    (015)


*REMINDER*    (016)

The last of the four joint "Open Ontology Repository (OOR)" & 
"Ontology Summit 2008" panel discussion sessions is coming up 
tomorrow - Thursday, 10-April-2008 - a 2.5-Hour session starting 
at 10:30am PDT / 1:30pm EDT / 7:30pm CEST / 17:30 UTC
- [World Clock: 
http://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/fixedtime.html?month=4&day=10&year=2008&hour=10&min=30&sec=0&p1=224
  ]    (017)

Please refer to details (somewhat updated) below in the earlier 
announcement. After the three highly successful OOR-Panel 
discussions we had on 2/28, 3/27, 4/3 during which we were able 
to bring together world-class experts practitioners and 
researchers to share with us their insights toward how a global 
Open Ontology Repository being contemplated, the session 
(tomorrow) on 10-April-2008 is expected to provide us input 
toward the technical basis, through which the key requirements 
can be enabled. This will be the last of the virtual panel 
discussions before we confer at NIST* on April 28~29, 2008. 
Therefore, don't miss this session!    (018)

*RSVP* by e-mailing the sender off-line if you are planning to 
attend and haven't already responded. (Make sure you state the 
date of the event you are registering for. If you aren't already 
an Ontolog member, please provide your affiliation and role as 
well, so other participants can readily see who else is at the 
session.)    (019)

We look forward to having you at the session. Please refer to all 
agenda and call-in details on the session page, whose link 
appears at the top of this message.    (020)


Regards.  =ppy    (021)

P.S. *Reminder, once again, that registration for the Apr-28~29 
OntologySummit2008 (face-to-face) Workshop at NIST (Gaithersburg, 
Maryland, USA) is now open for both (free-of-charge) on-site and 
remote participation ... note that on-site pre-registration is 
mandatory and the deadline is Mon 2008.04.21; hotel room also 
needs to be reserved by Sun 2008.04.13 for participants to enjoy 
the conference rate - see: 
http://ontolog.cim3.net/cgi-bin/wiki.pl?OntologySummit2008#nid16TF    (022)

P.P.S. Right after the Ontology Summit face-to-face workshop, on 
30-April-2008 and at the NIST (Gaithersburg, MD) campus too (also 
a part of the NIST Interoperability Week program) will be the 
Collaborative Expedition Workshop #72 on "Exploring Identity 
Management: Global Landscape and Implications for Stakeholder 
Engagement Around the National Response Framework" (ref. 
http://ontolog.cim3.net/forum/ontolog-forum/2008-04/msg00005.html 
). Various members of the ontology community will be provide 
input at that session. Please do register to participate at that 
too! Note that participants to both the Summit and the Expedition 
Workshop will need to register separately ... please refer to 
details at the NIST registration site.
--    (023)


  ========== original invitation message [updated] ==========    (024)

  From: Peter Yim <peter.yim@xxxxxxxx>
  Date: Mon, Mar 24, 2008 at 6:05 PM
  Subject: Upcoming Joint OpenOntologyRepository-OntologySummit2008
  Panel Discussion Sessions
              - Thu 2008.03.27; 04.03 & 04.10
  To: ontolog-invitation@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx    (025)


  ****************** Headlines ***********************    (026)

   We take pleasure in inviting you to join us at these three 
upcoming joint "Open Ontology Repository" & "Ontology Summit 
2008" Panel Discussion Sessions:    (027)

   Thursdays  2.0~2.5 Hr session starting:
   10:30am PDT / 1:30pm EDT / 7:30pm CEST / 17:30 UTC    (028)

   *Thu 27 Mar 2008* - "An Open Ontology Repository: Rationale,
   Expectations & Requirements - Session-1" - co-chaired by Dr. 
Leo Obrst (Ontolog; MITRE) & Dr. Fabian Neuhaus (NIST) - with 
panelists: Mr. William Bug (BIRN & NCMIR, UCSD), Mr. Evan Wallace 
(OMG; NIST), Dr. John L. McCarthy (XMDR; LBNL), Professor Ken 
Baclawski (NEU), Mr. Peter Benson (ECCMA) & Mr. Rex Brooks 
(OASIS; IRSC)    (029)

   *Thu 03 Apr 2008* - "An Open Ontology Repository: Rationale,
   Expectations & Requirements - Session-2" - co-chaired by Dr. 
Leo Obrst (Ontolog; MITRE) & Dr. Fabian Neuhaus (NIST) - with 
panelists: Mr. Deke Smith (NIBS), Dr. Denise Bedford (World 
Bank), Dr. Doug Lenat (Cycorp), Ms. Mala Mehrotra (Pragati 
Synergetic Research), Professor Marcia Zeng (Kent State U), Dr. 
Pat Hayes (IHMC) & Dr. Rob Raskin (NASA/JPL)    (030)

   *Thu 10 Apr 2008* - "Developing an Ontology of Ontologies" -
   co-chaired by Professor Barry Smith (NCOR; U at Buffalo) & 
Professor Michael Gruninger (U of Toronto) - with panelists: Ms. 
Elisa Kendall (OMG; Sandpiper Software), Dr. Peter Haase (AIFB, U 
of Karlsruhe; Project NeOn), Dr.  Natasha Noy (Stanford-BMIR; 
NCBO) & Professor Michael Gruninger (U of Toronto; 
OntologySummit2007)    (031)

   *Register your attendance* by emailing <peter.yim@xxxxxxxx> 
offline. Please state clearly the date(s) of the session(s) you 
are registering for.    (032)


   ******************** Details ************************    (033)

   Following our highly successful panel discussion on Thu 
28-Feb-2008, where we explored the "Ontology Registry and 
Repository Technology & Infrastructure Landscape," we are pleased 
to be able to bring together, again, some of the world's top 
ontological content custodians and researchers, to feature the 
following panel discussion sessions. You are cordially invited to 
join us at these three (3) upcoming (virtual) panel sessions.    (034)

   Two parallel initiatives are ongoing in the community, 
revolving around the theme of "Open Ontology Repository". On the 
one hand, a working group under the auspices of the Open Ontology 
Repository (OOR) Initiative, and on the other, the discourse (and 
essentially a discussion group that will culminate in a two-day 
workshop at NIST on April 28~29, 2008) conducted as the main 
focus for Ontology Summit 2008. It is at the intersection of 
these two initiatives that this panel discussion session is being 
held.    (035)

   Besides hearing from the panelists, we are setting aside ample 
time (~45 minutes) after their briefings, for some good Q&A and 
discussions among all who will be participating in this sessions.    (036)

   Please also refer to details at the respective project 
homepages of the two initiatives at:
   http://ontolog.cim3.net/cgi-bin/wiki.pl?OpenOntologyRepository  &
   http://ontolog.cim3.net/cgi-bin/wiki.pl?OntologySummit2008    (037)


   Please join us at the following panel discussion sessions and 
refer to session details (including dial-in information, and 
speakers' abstracts) at the respective session pages, the links 
to which are supplied below:    (038)


   *Thu 27 Mar 2008* - "An Open Ontology Repository: Rationale,
   Expectations & Requirements - Session-1" - co-chaired by Dr. 
Leo Obrst (Ontolog; MITRE) & Dr. Fabian Neuhaus (NIST) - with 
panelists briefing us on:    (039)

    Mr. William Bug (UCSD) - "Driving large-scale neuroscience 
data federation by wrestling complex semantic domains to the 
ground (or foundation)"    (040)

    Mr. Evan Wallace (NIST) - "Thoughts on hosting an Ontology and
Vocabulary Repository at OMG"    (041)

    Dr. John L. McCarthy (LBNL) - "Standard & Prototype Starting 
Point for An Open Ontology Repository: The Extended Metadata 
Registry (XMDR) Project"    (042)

    Professor Kenneth Baclawski (NEU) - "Enhancing Organism Based
Disease Knowledge Using Biological Taxonomy, and Environmental
Ontologies"    (043)

    Mr. Peter Benson (ECCMA) - "NATO codification system as the
foundation for the eOTD, ISO 22745 and ISO 8000"    (044)

    Mr. Rex Brooks (IRSC) - "Content Provider-Repository Builder 
Focus on Architecture, Registry-Repository & Emergency Data 
Exchange Language Reference Information Model (EDXL-RIM)"  &    (045)

    Please refer to details on the session page at:
    http://ontolog.cim3.net/cgi-bin/wiki.pl?ConferenceCall_2008_03_27    (046)


   *Thu 03 Apr 2008* - "An Open Ontology Repository: Rationale,
   Expectations & Requirements - Session-2" - co-chaired by Dr. 
Leo Obrst (Ontolog; MITRE) & Dr. Fabian Neuhaus (NIST) - with 
panelists briefing us on:    (047)

    Dr. DougLenat (Cycorp) - "Is OpenCyc doomed to be the new
Esperanto, or is OOR doomed to be the new Electronic Data 
Interchange, or -- even worse -- both!"    (048)

    Mr. Deke Smith (NBIS) - "National Building Information 
Modeling Standard"    (049)

    Professor MarciaZeng (Kent State U) - "Issues in reusing and
sharing the content of thesauri and taxonomies in OOR"    (050)

    Dr. DeniseBedford (WorldBank) -  "Practical Requirements for 
Every Day Ontology Management and Use"    (051)

    Ms. MalaMehrotra (Pragati) - "Exposing and Capturing Mapping
Relationships across OOR resources"    (052)

    Dr. PatHayes (IHMC) - "Describing Concept Relationships" &    (053)

    Dr. RobRaskin (NASA/JPL) - "SWEET 2.0 Ontology"    (054)

    Please refer to details on the session page at:
http://ontolog.cim3.net/cgi-bin/wiki.pl?ConferenceCall_2008_04_03    (055)


   *Thu 10 Apr 2008* - "Developing an Ontology of Ontologies" -
co-chaired by Professor Barry Smith (NCOR; U at Buffalo) & 
Professor Michael Gruninger (U of Toronto) - with panelists:    (056)

    Professor Michael Gruninger (U of Toronto) - "A Framework for 
an Ontology of Ontologies"    (057)

    Dr. Peter Haase (AIFB, U of Karlsruhe; Project NeOn) - "The 
OMV Ontology Metadata Vocabulary"    (058)

    Dr. Natasha Noy (Stanford-BMIR; NCBO)  - "Ontology metadata 
in NCBO's BioPortal" &    (059)

    Ms. Elisa Kendall (OMG; Sandpiper Software) - "Metadata 
Support for OMG's Emerging Ontology and Vocabulary Management 
Initiative"    (060)

    Please refer to details on the session page at:
http://ontolog.cim3.net/cgi-bin/wiki.pl?ConferenceCall_2008_04_10    (061)


   *RSVP* by emailing Peter Yim 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)    (062)


   The sessions will be recorded. Before participating, please 
make sure you are cognizant of our IPR policy (ref:
http://ontolog.cim3.net/cgi-bin/wiki.pl?WikiHomePage#nid32).    (063)

   These online sessions, like all other Ontolog events, are open 
and free of charge. Anyone who is interested, or (better still) 
who may have something to contribute, is welcome. Please refer to 
event details on the session page, to which the hyperlink is 
given above, where you will find session agenda, conference call 
dial-in and other pertinent information. You are welcome to 
forward this invitation to others who may be interested to 
participate.    (064)


Regards.  =ppy    (065)

for and on behalf of the session organizers and co-chairs,    (066)

    Peter Yim (Ontolog; CIM3)
    Leo Obrst (Ontolog; MITRE)
    Fabian Neuhaus (NIST)
    Barry Smith (NCOR; SUNY)
    Michael Gruninger (U of Toronto)
--    (067)

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