3rd Review OnToKnowledge

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Methodology
Expansion and Revision (D17)

• 3rd Review On-To-Knowledge
• Amsterdam, 2002-06-21
• York Sure, AIFB
• Rudi Studer, AIFB

On-To-Knowledge
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Agenda

• Workpackage status
• Methodology
• Add-ons
• Support for Collaboration
• Technology-focussed Evaluation
• Conclusion

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WP-5 Workpackage status
Employment Evaluation
Expansion Revision
Final Version

• Baseline version

• Based on CommonKADS
• Literature study
• Systematization of existing practical experiences

• Employment of baseline version in the set of case
  studies
• Feedback on KM guidelines
• Plus Reuse of ontologies

• Revision and Expansion based on feedback

• General and comprehensive KM guidelines
• Practically illustrated by real-life industry
  cases
• Guide book

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KM Application
Evolution Maintenance
Evalu- ation
Feasi- bility
Refine- ment
Kickoff
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Agenda
KM Application
Evolution Maintenance
Evalu- ation
Feasi- bility
Refine- ment
Kickoff

• Add-ons
• Support for Collaboration
• Technology-focussed Evaluation

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Support for Collaboration (1)

• Task Integration of brainstorming technique
• Benefits Quick easy to use understandable

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Support for Collaboration (2)
BT Exact Technologies
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Support for Collaboration (3)
OntoEdit
Sesame
Swiss Life
OTK Tool Suite
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Technology-focussed Evaluation (1)

• Task Evaluation of ontologies and related
  technologies
• Benefits Consistent level of quality

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Technology-focussed Evaluation (2)

• Ontology properties
• Language conformity (Syntax)
• Consistency (Semantics)
• ... may be evaluated without having tools, e.g.
  for development, available!

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Technology-focussed Evaluation (3)

• Technology properties
• Interoperability
• Turn around ability
• Performance
• Memory allocation
• Scalability
• Integration into frameworks
• Connectors and interfaces

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Conclusion

• Add-ons to Methodology
• Support for Collaboration
• Technology-focussed evaluation
• Next steps
• Latest results
• Tool suite
• Case studies

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Appendix

• Dissemination results with respect to the OTK
  Methodology and OntoEdit
• OntoEdit v2.5 is now available for download at
  http//www.ontoprise.de
• See the following slides for
• Future events co-organized by AIFB
• Publications
• Presentation

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Dissemination Future Events(co-organised by
AIFB)

• EON2002 Evaluation of Ontology based Tools
• OntoWeb-SIG3 Workshop at the 13th International
  Conference on Knowledge Engineering and Knowledge
  Management EKAW 2002, Siguenza (Spain), 30th
  September 2002
• OWM2002 Ontologie-basiertes Wissensmanagement
• Workshop at the KnowTech/Systems, Munich, 15th
  October 2002
• WOW2003 Workshop Ontologie-basiertes
  Wissensmanagement
• Workshop at the WM2003 2nd Conference on
  Professional Knowledge Management, Luzern,
  4th-6th April 2003

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Dissemination Publications (1)

• Submitted
• J. Angele and Y. Sure. EFFORT - Evaluation
  Framework For Ontologies and Related
  Technologies.  
• D. Fensel et al. On-To-Knowledge Semantic Web
  enabled Knowledge Management. Submitted to
  Special Issue of IEEE Computer on Web
  Intelligence (WI)
• Journals
• 2002
• Y. Sure On-To-Knowledge -- Ontology based
  Knowledge Management Tools and their Application.
  In German Journal Künstliche Intelligenz,
  January 2002 (1/02), Special Issue on Knowledge
  Management.
• 2001
• S. Staab, H.-P. Schnurr, R. Studer, and Y. Sure
  Knowledge Processes and Ontologies. In IEEE
  Intelligent Systems 16(1), January/Febrary 2001,
  Special Issue on Knowledge Management.
• Conferences
• 2002 
• Y. Sure, M. Erdmann, J. Angele, S. Staab, R.
  Studer and D. Wenke. OntoEdit Collaborative
  Ontology Engineering for the Semantic Web. In
  Proceedings of the first International Semantic
  Web Conference 2002 (ISWC 2002), June 9-12 2002,
  Sardinia, Italia.
• Th. Lau and Y. Sure. Introducing Ontology-based
  Skills Management at a large Insurance Company.
  In Modellierung 2002, Modellierung in der Praxis
  - Modellierung für die Praxis, Tutzing,
  Deutschland, 25.-27. März 2002.

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Dissemination Publications (2)

• Book chapters
• 2002 
• Y. Sure and R. Studer On-To-Knowledge
  Methodology. In On-To-Knowledge Semantic Web
  enabled Knowledge Management. J. Davies, D.
  Fensel, F. van Harmelen (eds.), Wiley, to appear
  2002
• Y. Sure, M. Erdmann and R. Studer OntoEdit
  Collaborative Engineering of Ontologies. In
  On-To-Knowledge Semantic Web enabled Knowledge
  Management. J. Davies, D. Fensel, F. van Harmelen
  (eds.), Wiley, to appear 2002.
• Y. Sure et al. On-To-Knowledge Semantic Web
  enabled Knowledge Management. Submitted to Web
  Intelligence. Ning Zhong (ed.), Springer, to
  appear 2002.
• S. Staab, R. Studer and Y. Sure Knowledge
  Processes and Meta Processes in Ontology-based
  Knowledge Management. In Handbook on Knowledge
  Management. C. W. Holsapple (ed.), Springer, to
  appear 2002.
• Y. Sure A Tool-supported Methodology for
  Ontology-based Knowledge Management. In The
  Ontology and Modeling of Real Estate Transactions
  in European Juristictions. E. Stubkjaer (ed.),
  International Land Management Series, Ashgate, to
  appear 2002.

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Dissemination Publications (3)

• Workshops
• 2002 
• P. Smolle and Y. Sure. FRED Ontology-based
  Agents for enabling E-Coaching Support in a large
  Company. Proceedings of the Second International
  Workshop on Ontologies in Agent Systems (OAS
  2002) , to be held at the 1st International
  Conference on Autonomous Agents Multiagent
  Systems, 15 or 16 July 2002, Bologna, Italy.

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Dissemination Presentations

• 2002 
• Y. Sure. Kollaborative Ontologie-Entwicklung.
  Invited talk 11. Workshop der AG
  "Anwendungsszenario Fertigung", im Rahmen des
  DFG-SPP 1083 "Intelligente Softwareagenten und
  betriebswirtschaftliche Anwendungsszenarien",
  Frankfurt, Institut für Wirtschaftsinformatik
  (IWI), 15.05.2002.  
• Th. Lau und Y. Sure. Einführung eines
  Ontologie-basierten Skillmanagement Systems bei
  Swiss Life. Modellierung 2002, Modellierung in
  der Praxis - Modellierung für die Praxis,
  Tutzing, Deutschland, 25.-27. März 2002.
• 2001 
• Y. Sure. A Methodology and Tools for
  Application-driven Ontology Development. Invited
  talk Network Kick off Workshop of the COST
  Framework, Bremen, Germany, 1st-3rd November
  2001. 
• Y. Sure. A Tool-supported Methodology for
  Ontology-based Knowledge Management. Annual
  Meeting of the FG Wissensmanagement (FGWM) 2001,
  Dormund, Germany, 10th-11th October 2001. 
• Y. Sure. State of the art report on
  On-To-Knowledge. Annual Meeting of the FG
  Wissensmanagement (FGWM) 2001, Dormund, Germany,
  10th-11th October 2001.  
• Y. Sure. Support for the roll-out of Knowledge
  Management Applications. OntoWeb Kick-off
  Meeting, Iraklion, Greece, 15th June 2001.
• Y. Sure. Wissensvernetzung. Zukunftsforum FKT,
  Bühler Höhe, Deutschland, 09.-10. März .2001
• 2000
• Y. Sure. On-To-Knowledge Content-driven
  Knowledge Management through Evolving Ontologies.
  KM Europe 2000, Brussels, Belgium, 20th September
  2000