Re: *Ontology Summit 2009*:
"*Ontologies as the Next Generation of Information Standards*" (01)
As we have done, for the past three years, we are now working on
putting together the next ontology summit. Joining NIST, Ontolog
and NCOR this year, are OASIS along with other co-organizers and
co-sponsors that include various standards working groups from
ISO, UN-CEFACT, OMG, W3C, ... etc. (02)
We invite you to join us at a community-wide brainstorming &
planning session to define the scope and approach, and solicit
your personal involvement in helping drive this very strategic
agenda called out in the theme of this next Ontology Summit. (03)
The summit will continue to take the format of: (a) three months
of online discourse by the community of summit participants (via
the [ontolog-summit] archived mailing list), plus (b) several
virtual talks and panel discussions over the same period of time
(via augmented conference calls), which then culminate into (c) a
two-day face-to-face workshop at NIST (Gaithersburg, Maryland,
US) and (d) the release of a joint "Communique" by the summit
participants. [ Repeat: this is *not* a 2-day conference, but
rather a series of virtual and real events that span the next
3-months. ] (04)
To help focus our efforts and help people plan their work
calendars, several things have already been (pretty much) locked-in: (05)
o the theme will be: "Ontologies as the Next Generation of
Information Standards" (06)
o our Launch Event has been scheduled for Thu 2009.01.15; it
will be a 1.5-hour virtual session starting at 18:30 UTC (the
regular Ontolog event slot) (07)
o the 2-day face-to-face workshop at NIST (Gaithersburg,
Maryland, US) will be on Mon~Tue April 6~7, 2009 (08)
o we want the Communique drafted (and 90% done) by the time we
walk into the face-to-face workshop (09)
o except for the above, plans are wide open ... and we need
your input (010)
We will be holding this community-wide brainstorming & planning
session (conference call) next Thursday 18-Dec-2008 (i.e. two
days from now.) (011)
Conference Call details: (012)
* Date: Thursday, 18-Dec-2008
* Start Time: 10:30am PST / 12:30pm CST / 1:30pm EST / 7:30pm CET
/ 18:30 UTC
o ref: World Clock -
http://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/fixedtime.html?month=12&day=18&year=2008&hour=10&min=30&sec=0&p1=224
* Expected Call Duration: ~1.5 Hour
* Dial-in Number:
o Call into the conference bridge at:
* from US +1-218-486-3600
* Germany 01805-00-7642
* Ireland 0818-270-037
* Italy 0848-390-179
* UK 0870-738-0765
o use Conference ID: "4389979#"
o ... more dial-in number are available on the session page
(see link below). (013)
* RSVP (offline) to <peter.yim@xxxxxxxx> (if you are already a
community member, feel free to add yourself to the "expected (014)
Session page (with the developing agenda details) is on the wiki at:
http://ontolog.cim3.net/cgi-bin/wiki.pl?ConferenceCall_2008_12_18 (015)
This event, like all Ontolog virtual events, is 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. Feel free to pass this
invitation along to colleagues who may also find these sessions
to be of interest. (016)
This session will be recorded and made available in a publicly
accessible archive. Therefore, before participating, please make
sure you are cognizant of our IPR policy (ref:
http://ontolog.cim3.net/cgi-bin/wiki.pl?WikiHomePage#nid32). (017)
Please come and help make sure we, as members of the ontology and
standards development communities, can put together another very
meaningful and successful "Summit" next year. (018)
Regards. =ppy (019)
for the
Ontology Summit 2009 Organizing Committee
& Dr. Steve Ray - General Chair, OntologySummit2009
-- (020)
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