We had, on Thursday 12-Jun-2008, a wonderful session with invited
speaker, Dr. Christopher A. Welty (from IBM Research; and Chair, W3C
RIF Working Group) who gave our community a premier presentation on
the next in W3C semantic web standards, "RIF: Rules Interchange
Format." (01)
A huge "Thank You" to Dr. Welty for this great session and for sharing
your insights and the work product of the W3C-RIF standards group with
all of us. And as always, our appreciations also go out to all who
joined us at the event; especially for
their contributions to the rich discussion during the last segment of
the session. (02)
Full proceedings of the session are captured on our wiki page, at:
http://ontolog.cim3.net/cgi-bin/wiki.pl?ConferenceCall_2008_06_12 (03)
In particular, audio recording of the session, as well as the podcast
of it, is now available -
see: http://ontolog.cim3.net/cgi-bin/wiki.pl?ConferenceCall_2008_06_12#nid1J0A (04)
This contribution from Dr. Chris Welty and the W3C-RIF working group,
is adding another key piece in the Ontolog body of knowledge which we
are collectively building. As mentioned, a follow-on session,
scheduled for Thursday 2008.06.26, will be forthcoming, during which
Professor Jos de Bruijn (from Italy), another key member of the
W3C-RIF WG will be joining us, as part of the expert panel on "Rules
in Semantic Web Applications." ... Thank you again, Chris and
everyone! (05)
Best regards. =ppy (06)
Peter Yim
Co-convener, ONTOLOG (07)
P.S. we will be featuring invited speaker Dr. Mark Greaves (Director,
Knowledge Systems from Vulcan, Inc.) who will be giving a talk
entitled: "Knowledge Representation in Practice: Project Halo and the
Semantic Web" this Thursday, 19-Jun-2008. ... RSVP now, if you haven't
already (by emailing <peter.yim@xxxxxxxx> off-line.) (08)
Watch our [ontolog-invitation] list for further announcements of
Ontolog events that may be of interest, or browse the listing under
the "News & Announcements" section at our Ontolog WikiHomePage (at:
http://ontolog.cim3.net/cgi-bin/wiki.pl?WikiHomePage#nidW ) for our
upcoming events. (09)
An archive of noteworthy past Ontolog events can be found at:
http://ontolog.cim3.net/cgi-bin/wiki.pl?WikiHomePage#nidZ
-- (010)
---------- Forwarded message ----------
From: Peter Yim <peter.yim@xxxxxxxx>
Date: Wed, Jun 11, 2008 at 3:09 PM
Subject: Re: Ontolog invited speaker session - Dr. Christopher Welty
(IBM, W3C/RIF-WG) - Thu 2008.06.12
To: ontolog-invitation@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx (011)
Re: http://ontolog.cim3.net/cgi-bin/wiki.pl?ConferenceCall_2008_06_12 (012)
*REMINDER* (013)
The Ontolog virtual event with invited speaker, Dr. Christopher Welty
(IBM Research; Chair, W3C RIF Working Group) is coming up tomorrow -
Thursday, 12-Jun-2008 (starting at 10:30am PDT / 1:30pm EDT / 17:30
UTC). Dr. Welty will be giving a talk on "RIF: Rules Interchange
Format." (014)
RIF is the next in semantic web standards. This is the standard for
rules interchange on the semantic web. The W3C RIF Working Group has
been progressing at a glacial pace for 2.5 years but has finally
settled on a "Basic Logic Dialect" (RIF-BLD) as a core rules language
for logic-based rule systems (e.g. FOL, stable-model LP, well founded
LP, etc.). In this talk Dr. Welty will review RIF-BLD, its syntax and
semantics, and talk about future plans. (015)
This is the first of a two-session sequel -- the next session is
scheduled for Thu 2008.06.26 where we will be having a panel session
on "Rules in Semantic Web Applications." Anyone who sees the
importance of semantic technologies or the semantic web, and would
like to track their development should come join us and exchange
insights with Chris and like-minded folks in the community. (016)
*RSVP* by e-mailing the sender <peter.yim@xxxxxxxx> off-line (if you
aren't already on the [ontolog-invitation] list, kindly include your
name, affiliation and job title as well) if you are planning to attend
and haven't already responded. (017)
We look forward to having you at the session. Please refer to the
agenda and call-in details on the session page, whose link appears at
the top of this message. (018)
Regards. =ppy (019)
Peter P. Yim
Co-convener, ONTOLOG
-- (020)
On Mon, Jun 2, 2008 at 10:33 PM, Peter Yim <peter.yim@xxxxxxxx> wrote:
[updated] (021)
> ****************** Headlines *********************** (022)
> We have lined up four exciting events for the month of June 2008, and
> take pleasure in inviting you to join us: (023)
> *Thu 05 Jun 2008* - Professor William McCarthy (Michigan State
> University) will be giving a talk on "Ontologically-Driven Standards
> Development for Business Process Systems." ... *RSVP now*! (024)
> *Thu 12 Jun 2008* - Dr. Christopher Welty (IBM Research), chair of
> the W3C RIF Working Group, will present on the next in semantic web
> standards - "Rules Interchange Format (RIF)." (025)
> *Thu 19 Jun 2008* - Dr. Mark Greaves (Vulcan) will be talking
> about the intriguing Halo project, as they emerge from stealth
> mode after a recent comprehensive evaluation of their Phase-II
> results. (026)
> *Thu 26 Jun 2008* - we will be having a panel session on "Rules in
> Semantic Web Applications." Our panelists will include (chair) Dr. Leo
> Obrst (MITRE), Dr. Jos de Bruijn (Free University of Bozen-Bolzano,
> Italy), Mr. Martin O'Connor (Stanford) & Mr. Mike Dean (BBN) (027)
> *Register your attendance* by emailing <peter.yim@xxxxxxxx> off-line.
> Please specify the date of name of the session(s) you are registering
> for. (028)
> ******************** Details ************************ (029)
> These online events, like all Ontolog virtual 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 below, where you
> will find session agenda, conference call dial-in and other pertinent
> information. Feel free to pass this invitation along to colleagues who
> may also find these sessions to be of interest.
- Show quoted text - (030)
> As part of the invited speaker series (which started in May-2003), we
> are proud to continue to present some of the best work, from around
> the world, that is relevant to the community. You are cordially
> invited to join us at the four upcoming sessions this month: (031)
> *Thu 05 Jun 2008* - Professor William McCarthy (Michigan State
> University) will be giving a talk on "Ontologically-Driven Standards
> Development for Business Process Systems." Professor McCarthy will
> discuss the challenges for researchers and developers trying to build
> standards for business process interoperability and share his insights
> gained through the experience in creating the REA ontology (originally
> posed as an accounting domain theory) and its realization in one final
> international standard (the Open-edi Business Transaction Model
> [ISO/IEC 15944-4]) and in one ongoing standards development project
> (the REA Specialization Module for the UN/CEFACT Modeling Methodology
> [UMM]) ... Please refer to details on the session page at:
> http://ontolog.cim3.net/cgi-bin/wiki.pl?ConferenceCall_2008_06_05 (032)
> *Thu 12 Jun 2008* - Dr. Christopher Welty (IBM Research), chair of
> the W3C RIF Working Group, will present on the next in semantic web
> standards - "Rules Interchange Format (RIF)." After working for the
> last 2.5 years, the W3C RIF WG has finally settled on a "Basic Logic
> Dialect" (RIF-BLD) as a core rules language for logic-based rule
> systems (e.g. FOL, stable-model LP, well founded LP, etc.). In this
> talk Dr. Welty will review RIF-BLD, its syntax and semantics, and talk
> about future plans. ... Please refer to details on the session page
> at: http://ontolog.cim3.net/cgi-bin/wiki.pl?ConferenceCall_2008_06_12 (033)
> *Thu 19 Jun 2008* - since Phase-I, the Halo project has long been
> considered one of the biggest challenges put in front of semantic
> technology and AI researchers. Invited speaker Dr. Mark Greaves
> Director, Knowledge Systems at Vulcan, Inc.) will be talking about this
> ambitious, multiyear research program to develop a detailed scientific
> knowledge base that can answer AP-level questions and provide
> explanations in a user-appropriate manner; describing how Halo
> researchers have been working to link Semantic Web technology
> with the other knowledge representations in the system.
> ... Please refer to details on the session
> page at: http://ontolog.cim3.net/cgi-bin/wiki.pl?ConferenceCall_2008_06_19 (034)
> *Thu 26 Jun 2008* - this popularly requested panel session (promised
> since Oct. 2007) on "Rules in Semantic Web Applications" is finally
> materializing. On the panel will be (chair) Dr. Leo Obrst (MITRE), Dr.
> Jos de Bruijn (Free University of Bozen-Bolzano, Italy), Mr. Martin
> O'Connor (Stanford) & Mr. Mike Dean (BBN). ... Please refer to details
> (closer to the time) on the session page at:
> http://ontolog.cim3.net/cgi-bin/wiki.pl?ConferenceCall_2008_06_26
> (035)
> *RSVP* by emailing Peter Yim at <peter.yim@xxxxxxxx> offline so that
> we can prepare enough resources to support everyone. State clearly the
> date of the session you are registering for.
> (036)
> 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).
> (037)
> Regards. =ppy
>
> Peter Yim
> Co-convener, Ontolog
> -- (038)
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