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http://ontolog.cim3.net/cgi-bin/wiki.pl?ConferenceCall_2007_04_12 (01)
*ANNOUNCEMENT* (02)
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." (03)
We take pleasure in inviting you to join us at this virtual event. (04)
*Conference call-in details*: (05)
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 (06)
)
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 (07)
Session Chair : *Dr. Matthew West*
(Shell International Petroleum Co.) (08)
Invited Speaker: *Mr. Edward Barkmeyer* (NIST) (09)
Topic: *Ontologies as the Next Generation Information Models* (010)
*Abstract*: (by Edward Barkmeyer) (011)
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 (012)
o ontologies are an evolutionary step in information modeling, (013)
o "good"-ness is largely the same for ontologies and
information models, (014)
o a good information model is a sound basis for a good
ontology, and (015)
o the best practices for developing good information models
apply to developing good ontologies (016)
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? (017)
*About the Speaker*: (018)
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. (019)
*Refer to details on the session wiki page at*:
http://ontolog.cim3.net/cgi-bin/wiki.pl?ConferenceCall_2007_04_12 (020)
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). (021)
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. (022)
*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.) (023)
Regards. =ppy (024)
Peter P. Yim
Co-convener, Ontolog
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