OntologySummit2011: April 18~19, 2011 Symposium (Face-to-Face Workshop)    (2PSQ)

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Theme: Ontology Summit 2011: Making the Case for Ontology    (2PSS)

6th in the series of a 3-month annual event by and for the Ontology Community. This Summit is co-organized by Ontolog, NIST, NCOR, NCBO, IAOA & NCO_NITRD    (2PST)

Goals    (2PSZ)

While the field of ontology, in the information science sense, has blossomed since the late 1980s, the use of ontology in commercial applications still has not been fully exploited, much less recognized by the mainstream technical community. Many in the ontology community are asked for good examples where using an ontology brings clear benefits to addressing a commercial need - indeed the quest continues for the "killer app" for ontology.    (2PUY)

This year's Ontology Summit seeks to address this need to provide concrete evidence of successful deployment of ontologies by examining several application domains for such examples, and in better articulating where different "strengths" of ontological representation are best applied. To support these concrete examples, the summit also aims to classify the categories of applications where ontology has been, and could be, successfully applied; to identify distinct types of metrics that might be used in evaluating the return on investment in an ontology application (cost, capability, performance, etc.); to lay out some strategies for articulating a case for ontological applications; and to identify remaining challenges and roadblocks to a wider deployment of such applications that represent promising application areas and research challenges for the future. The findings of the summit will be documented in the form of a communiqué intended for public consumption, which we will finalize during this 2-day workshop/symposium.    (2PT0)

In the course of the Symposium, we shall summarize the learnings of the 3 months' research, discourse, analysis, synthesis and to disseminate this knowledge in the form of a broadly distributed communiqué collective produced by the participants of this Summit.    (2PT1)

Session Details:    (2PT2)

Resources:    (2PTL)

Program / Agenda    (2PU5)

Monday, April 18, 2011    (2PU6)

Day 1: ... [ Archives ]    (2QJR)

8:30 am: Breakfast and Setup    (2QWT)

9:00 am: Welcome: CitaFurlani, Director, Information Technology Lab, NIST ... [ slides ] . [ [ audio] ]    (2QWU)

9:15 am: General Ontology Summit Symposium Introduction and Information: RamSriram and LeoObrst, Symposium Chairs ... [ slides ] . [ [ audio] ]    (2QWV)

9:20 am: Ontology Summit Opening Remarks: Goals of the Symposium, Goals of the Day: NicolaGuarino and SteveRay, OntologySummit2011 General Chairs ... [ slides ] . [ [ audio] ]    (2QWW)

9:30 am: Personal Introduction of the Participants: Briefly, who are you, which organization are you with, what is your interest in and goals for this Summit?    (2QWX)

10:00 am: Summary Report: Track 1: Ontology Usage Framework: MichaelGruninger, MichaelUschold, NicolaGuarino ... [ presentation ] . [ [ audio] ]    (2QWY)

10:30 am: Break    (2QWZ)

11:00 am: Summary Report: Track 2: Applications and Case Studies: MillsDavis, MikeBennett ... [ slides ] . [ [ audio] ]    (2QX0)

11:30 am: Summary Report: Track 3: Value Metrics, Value Models and the Value Proposition: ToddSchneider, RexBrooks ... [ slides ] . [ [ audio] ]    (2QX1)

12:00 pm: Summary Report: Track 4: Strategies for "Making the Case", MatthewWest, PeterYim ... [ slides ] . [ [ audio] ]    (2QX2)

12:30 pm: Lunch    (2QX3)

1:45 pm: Summary Report: Track 5: Grand Challenges: RamSriram, ErnieLucier, AldenDima ... [ slides ] . [ [ audio] ]    (2QX4)

2:15 pm: General Discussion on Communique and Track Resolutions - I ... [ Communique-draft ] ... [ chat-space ] . [ [ audio] ]    (2QX5)

3:15 pm: Break    (2RYS)

3:45 pm: General Discussion on Communique and Track Resolutions - II ... [ Communique-draft ] ... [ chat-space ] . [ [ audio] ]    (2QX6)

5:30 pm: End of Day 1 Business    (2QX7)

6:15 pm: Meet for Summit Dinner (in front of NIST Admin Bldg)    (2QX8)

6:30 pm: Summit Dinner: Dogfish Head Alehouse, 800 West Diamond Avenue, Gaithersburg, MD 20878-1413 (across from NIST) ... [ sign-up ]    (2QX9)

Tuesday, April 19, 2011    (2PU8)

Day 2: ... [ Archives ]    (2QK7)

8:30 am: Breakfast and Setup    (2QXA)

9:00 am: General Ontology Summit Symposium Introduction and Information: RamSriram and LeoObrst, Symposium Chairs    (2QXB)

9:05 am: Ontology Summit Opening Remarks: Reminder of Goals of the Symposium, Goals of the Day: NicolaGuarino and SteveRay, Ontology Summit 2011 General Chairs    (2QXC)

9:15 am: Panel: "Real World Use of Ontologies: Current State of the Art and Future Directions" Part 1 - (Co-chairs: RamSriram, LeoObrst): GeorgeStrawn, GeorgeThomas, DennisWisnosky ... [ [ 1-Strawn] ] . [ [ 2-Thomas] ] . [ 3-Wisnosky (slides) ] ; [ video-wmv ] ; [ video-quicktime ] . [ [ audio] ]    (2QXD)

10:30 am: Break    (2QXE)

11:00 am: Panel: "Real World Use of Ontologies: Current State of the Art and Future Directions" Part 2 - (Co-chairs: RamSriram, LeoObrst): BillAndersen, MichaelGruninger, NicolaGuarino ... [ [ 4-Andersen] ] . ... [ 5-Gruninger ] . [ [ 6-Guarino] ] . [ [ audio] ]    (2RRZ)

12:00 pm: General Discussion on the Panel, the Communique, Its Directives, and Impact ... [ chat-space ] . [ [ audio] ]    (2QXG)

12:30 pm: Lunch    (2QXH)

1:45 pm: Presentation of the Communique: Communique Co-Lead Editors: MichaelUschold, JohnBateman, MillsDavis, JohnSowa ... [ 1-Uschold (pdf) (ppt) ] . [ 2-Sowa ] . [ 3-Davis (no slides) ] . [ 4-Bateman (in absentia) ] . [ OntologySummit2011_Communique v1.0 ] . [ [ audio] ]    (2QXF)

2:45 pm: Affirmation of Communique by Community (with authorization to the Lead Editors to make possible non-substantive changes to clean-up the document as needed): NicolaGuarino, SteveRay ... [ OntologySummit2011_Communique v1.0 ] . [ [ audio] ]    (2QXI)

3:15 pm: Break    (2RS0)

3:45 pm: Next Steps and Conclusion: NicolaGuarino, SteveRay, RamSriram, LeoObrst    (2QXJ)

4:00 pm: Ontology Summit 2011 adjourns    (2QXK)

- - -    (2RYV)

4:00 pm: Post-Session: Demo and Discussion about FactGuru, Its Potential Use in OpenOntologyRepository (OOR) - DougSkuce, JohnSowa (moderator), folks from the OOR initiative, possibly also from OMG's Semantic Modeling effort, and all those who are interested ... [ 1-Skuce ] . [ 2-OOR ] . [ [ audio] ]    (2RYT)

5:30 pm: Post-Session Ends. NIST gates lock at 6:30 pm: Everyone Scurries.    (2RYU)

Transcript of the online chat during the session:    (2PUA)

Mon 2011.04.18    (2PUB)

 see raw transcript here.    (2PUC)
 (for better clarity, the version below is a [ re-organized and lightly edited chat-transcript].)
 Participants are welcome to make light edits to their own contributions as they see fit.    (2PUD)
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Tue 2011.04.19    (2PUG)

 see raw transcript here.    (2PUH)
 (for better clarity, the version below is a [ re-organized and lightly edited chat-transcript].)
 Participants are welcome to make light edits to their own contributions as they see fit.    (2PUI)
    -- begin of chat session --    (2PUJ)
    -- end of chat session --    (2PUK)

Audio Recording of the Workshop Sessions:    (2PUN)


For the records ...    (2PUT)

How To Join Remotely (while the session is in progress)    (2PUU)