Second Annual Semantic Technologies for EGovernment

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Second Annual Semantic Technologies for
E-Government

• September 8-9, 2004
• produced by the
• Semantic Interoperability Community of Practice
  (SICoP)
• in collaboration with
• IDEAlliance, MITRE, TopQuadrant Unicorn
• at the
• The MITRE Corporation Headquarters, McLean,
  Virginia

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Overview

• 1. Logistics (slide 3-4)
• 2. Agenda (slides 5-7)
• 3. Past (slides 8-10)
• 4. Present (slides 11-21)
• 5. Future (slides 22-23)
• 6. White Paper Module 1 Announcement (slides
  24-27)
• 7. CLOSE of Conference (slide 28)

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1. Logistics

• Thank You From the Organizing Committee (see next
  slide) To
• Host, Partners, Presenters, and Participants.
• Collaboration Wiki (Peter Yim, CIM3, and Susan
  Turnbull, GSA)
• http//colab.cim3.net/cgi-bin/wiki.pl?SICoP/SICoPC
  onference_2004_09_08
• Telecon
• 413-200-7075, passcode 90804.
• Security
• MITRE escort required outside the conference area.

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1. Logistics

• Conference Organizing Committee
• Brand Niemann, U. S. EPA, Co-Chair of the CIO
  Council's Semantic Interoperability Community of
  Practice (SICoP)
• http//km.gov and http//web-services.gov
• Rick Morris, U. S. Army, Co-Chair of the CIO
  Council's Semantic Interoperability Community of
  Practice (SICoP)
• http//12.158.152.7/ev_en.php?ID1183_201ID2DO_T
  OPIC
• Ralph Hodgson, TopQuadrant, Inc.
• http//www.topquadrant.com
• Leo Obrst, The MITRE Corporation
• http//www.mitre.org
• Loren Osborn, Unicorn, Inc.
• http//www.unicorn.com
• Irene Polikoff, TopQuadrant, Inc.
• http//www.topquadrant.com

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2. Agenda

• Two-day, free event
• September 8th. Morning Special Tutorial on
  Semantic Technologies
• See detailed agenda in handouts.
• September 8th. Afternoon Executive Briefing and
  Panel
• Same as above. See questions on next slide.
• September 9th. Conference Program and
  Poster/Vendor Exhibition
• See detailed agenda in handouts.

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2. Agenda

• Executive Briefing and Panel Questions
• 1) What are the semantic technologies of value
  for government and commercial enterprises?
• 2) What measures of value and economic return
  really matter for their adoption?
• 3) What problems in industry and government
  demand semantic technology solutions?
• 4) What are the true sources of value and
  economic return from adopting semantic
  technologies?
• 5) What is the current state of the semantic
  technology market?
• 6) What is the outlook for adoption of semantic
  technologies over the next 3-5 years?
• 7) What did you find of interest in the
  conference papers and why?

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2. Agenda

• MITRE Welcome and CIO Perspective
• SICoP Work and White Paper Announcement
• Break and Poster Sessions
• Two Viewpoints on the Enterprise Semantic Web
• LUNCH and Poster Sessions
• Parallel Tracks
• Track 1 Implementation Reports from the Field
• Track 2 Advanced Concepts and Applications
• Break
• Panel Government Projects at the Starting Point
• An Outlook on the Future of the Semantic Web
• CLOSE of Conference (Awards for Best Paper, etc.)

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3. Past

• Brief History
• CIO Councils XML Web Services Working Group
  (08/2002-09/2003)
• Semantic Technologies for eGovernment Pilot
  (TopQuadrant)
• See http//web-services.gov
• Semantic Technologies for eGov Conference (White
  House Conference Center, September 8, 2003)
• Proceedings at http//www.topquadrant.com/conferen
  ces/tq_proceedings.htm
• Semantic Technology Training Series (December
  2003, March 2004, and July 2004) (TopMIND
  TopQuadrant and Jim Hendler)

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3. Past

• Brief History (continued)
• CIO Councils Best Practices/Knowledge Management
  Working Group Discussions About a Semantic
  Interoperability Community of Practice
• Strong History of CoPs and Collaboration Tools
  with Knowledge Management Working Group (Km.Gov).
• Planning Meetings to Draft Charter and Decide on
  Initial Products (October 15, 2003, and January
  15 and February 19, 2004)
• Understanding Semantic Web Technology (Hendler
  and Niemann, eGov Web Enabled Conference,
  February 4, 2004)
• Kickoff Meeting (April 14, 2004) and Subsequent
  Meetings (May 19 and June 23, 2004)

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3. Past

• Charter (February 19, 2004) (excerpts)
• The Semantic Interoperability Community of
  Practice (SICoP) is established by a group of
  individuals for the purpose of achieving
  "semantic interoperability" and "semantic data
  integration" in the government sector.
• The SICoP seeks to enable Semantic
  Interoperability, specifically the
  "operationalizing" of these technologies and
  approaches, through online conversation,
  meetings, tutorials, conferences, pilot projects,
  and other activities aimed at developing and
  disseminating best practices.
• The individuals making up this CoP represent a
  broad range of government organizations and the
  industry and academic partners that support them.
  However, the SICoP claims neither formal nor
  implied endorsements by the organizations
  represented.
• The SICoP is a Special Interest Group (SIG)
  within the Knowledge Management Working Group
  (KMWG) sponsored by the Best Practices Committee
  of the Chief Information Officers Council, (CIOC)
  in partnership with the Federal XML Working
  Group, among others.
• The SICoP through the KM.Gov Working Group will
  communicate its actions and findings to the
  Committee, the CIO Council and its member
  agencies, although its main purpose to support
  CoP members in their efforts to make the Semantic
  Web operational in their agencies.

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4. Present
Industry Advisory Council (IAC)
U.S. CIO Council
OMB - FEAPMO
Collaborating on Semantic Harmonization
Organizational Relationships
Enterprise Architecture Special Interest Group
Architecture Infrastructure Committee
IT Workforce Connections
Best Practices Committee
SIGs and CoPs
Subcommittees Governance Components Emerging
Technologies
Semantic Interoperability Community of Practice
Chief Architects Forum
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4. Present

• Collaborating on Semantic Harmonization Federal
  XML Working Group Relationship Example
• David Webber, July 5th, 2004, CIO Councils XML
  WG ListServ (excerpts)
• ..assuming XSD worked flawlessly today - then
  there is still a huge gap in its performance
  capabilities - when it comes to agile
  interoperable information exchanges.
• If the government actually takes a moment and
  starts to look at what it really takes to make
  information exchanges of this nature - and I gave
  a short list of the top half-dozen features I see
  - then looks at XSD - remarkably XSD supports
  none of them!
• That is why I am arguing the need to augment XSD,
  not just with CAM, but with registries containing
  vocabularies and standard components, semantic
  tools - like OWL, and build an infrastructure for
  attaining interoperable systems.
• See http//xml.gov - soon to become a Community
  of Practice!

Note This reminds me of the advertising slogan
for Country Candies Peanut Brittle You Cant Be
Flexible When It Comes to Brittle.
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4. Present

• Some SICoP Activities and Member Accomplishments
• Dr. Rick Morris, Nancy Faget, and Kathy Romero,
  Organizers, Semantic Web Track and White Paper
  Series Announcement, st the Army Knowledge
  Management Conference,, August 31-September 2,
  2004, in Support of the Battle Command Knowledge
  System (BCKS)
• See http//www.afcea.org/doim2004/Track8.htm and
  http//12.158.152.7/ev_en.php?ID1183_201ID2DO_T
  OPIC..
• Dr. Yaser Bishr, CTO, Image Matters LLC, is now
  the principal investigator for a National
  Geospatial Intelligence Agency (NGA) project to
  help set the framework and guidelines for
  building the Geospatial Ontology to support
  Geospatial Intelligence Analysis for years to
  come.
• Michael Daconta is now the Metadata Program
  Manager for the U. S. Department of Homeland
  Security and a Keynote Speaker at the XML 2004
  Conference, November 15-19th.
• Jeff Pollack and Ralph Hodgson, Adaptive
  Information Improving Business Through Semantic
  Interoperability, Grid Computing Enterprise
  Integration, Wiley-Interscience, September 2004.

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Semantics Interoperability Community of Practice
(SICoP)
SICoP Agenda, 900 300, 23 June 900-930 Welco
me, Old Business, Minutes, New SICoP
site 930-1030 Demo of SICoP tools 1030-1115
Overview of Modules 1115-1230 Small group
sessions for white paper 1230-130 Lunch on your
own 130-200 Assessments, Path forward for White
Paper   200-245 Taxonomy for SICoP - Contours
of Practice 245-300 Whats on your mind,
Recap, Whats next
 
 
Mandatory RSVP Nancy.G.Faget_at_USACE.Army.Mil
or call 703-428-6727
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Implementing Semantic Interoperability Contours
of the Practice Daconta Obrst
SiCoP km.gov
Implementing Semantic Interoperability
Organizational Issues
Core Technology Areas
Shared Vision / Understanding / Expertise
Resource Description Framework (RDF)
Architecture
Web Ontology Language (OWL)
Mission Needs and Operational Requirements
RDF Query
Cost / Benefits
KM as Transformational Agent
Use Cases
Inference and Rule-based Systems
XML Topic Maps (XTM).
Transition Issues / Problems
Virtual Action Learning Teams
Enterprise Information Integration)
Semantic Enabling Tools (Applications)
Information Discovery
From XML to RDF and Beyond
Taxonomy and Ontology Design Techniques
Structured Communities of Practice for Bottoms-up
Ontologies
Net-Centric Operations
Virtual Teams for Top Level Ontologies)
Scenarios
Semantic Annotation via Instant Gratification)
Data Independence
Communities of Interest for Horizontal Fusion
Implementations
Positioning Legacy Data for Transition
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4. Present
Use of Tomoye Simplify to Produce SICoP White
Paper Modules
http//12.158.152.7/ev_en.php. Contact Guy
Rogers, Chief Editor, for password at
grogers_at_triplei.com.
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4. Present

• SICoP White Paper Modules Their Team Leads
• Module 1 Introducing the Semantic Web
  Technologies Harnessing the Power of Information
  Semantics
• Jie-Hong Morrison
• Module 2 Exploring the Business Value of
  Semantic Interoperability
• Irene Polikoff
• Module 3 Implementing the Semantic Web
• Michael Daconta

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4. Present
Groove Workspace for Conference Planning, Paper
Reviews, Etc.
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4. Present
First Conference Proceedings
Second Conference Agenda, etc.
http//www.topquadrant.com/conferences/sept8_2004/
stgov04.htm
http//www.topquadrant.com/conferences/tq_proceedi
ngs.htm
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4. Present

• European Interoperability Framework in Be
  Enterprising, Jaap, Schekkerman, Founder,
  President and Thought Leader of the Institute for
  Enterprise Architecture Development (IFEAD), July
  3, 2004
• Organizational Interoperability
• Concerned with business goals, modeling business
  processes, and bring about collaboration between
  those wanting to exchange information but that
  may have different internal organizations and
  structures for their operations.
• Technical Interoperability
• Concerned with the technical issues of linking up
  computer systems and services.
• Semantic Interoperability
• Concerned with ensuring that the precise meaning
  of exchanged information is understandable by any
  other application not initially developed for
  this purpose.

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4. Present

• Best Practices for Adopting Service-Oriented
  Architectures - Suggest Roadmap to
  Implementation and Some Recent Activities
• (1) Service Taxonomy-driven Enterprise
  Architecture and Communities of Practice
• Joint Workshop on Multiple Taxonomies, April
  28th, and National Infrastructure for Community
  Statistics CoP Initiative and Pilot Project
  Presentation, June 21st.
• Coordinate the CoP Organization, Web Site Design,
  and Network Nodes (see http//www.sdi.gov).
• (2) Federated Repository
• Workshop on Software Component Development,
  Reuse, and Management, May 11th, and Federal
  Architects Council Meeting on SOA Concepts, the
  FEA, and Reuse Best Practices, June 16th.
• (3) Semantic Interoperability
• Joint Semantic Interoperability CoP/Ontolog Forum
  Meeting, July 7th, and Second Semantic
  Technologies for eGovenment Conference, September
  8-9th.

Enterprise Architecture 2004 Conference and
Exhibition, September 21st, Session 3.5
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5. Future

• Continue Work on Semantic Interoperability in
  support of
• The E-Gov Act of 2002
• The Federal Enterprise Architectures Data
  Information Reference Model (DRM) and
• Selected Lines of Business (Data Statistics and
  Federal Health Architecture).
• Individual E-Gov Initiatives and Agency Missions.
• Finish White Paper Modules 2 and 3 for the XML
  2004 Conference, November 15-19th, 2004.
• Semantic Web Presentations at the XML 2004
  Conference
• See next slide.
• Plan for the Third Semantic Technologies for
  E-Government Conference!

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5. Future

• XML 2004 Conference Presentations
• Keynote - Creating Relevance and Reuse With
  Targeted Semantics.
• Michael Daconta, Metadata Program Manager,
  Department of Homeland Security, United States.
• Government Track - How the US Federal Government
  is Using XML One Year Later.
• Kenneth Sall, XML Specialist, SiloSmashers,
  United States.
• Government Track - The Federal CIO Council's
  Semantic Interoperability Community of Practice
  (SICoP).
• Brand Niemann, Computer Scientist, US EPA, United
  States.
• Storing XML Track - Managing Medical Ontologies
  using OWL and an e-business Registry /
  Repository.
• Carl Mattocks, CEO, CHECKMi, United States
• Tutorial - The Semantic Web Building
  Applications with RDF OWL
• Irene Polikoff, Executive Partner, TopQuadrant,
  United States
• Tutorial - Semantic Integration Using Topic Maps
• Steven Newcomb, Consultant and Michel Biezunski,
  Consultant, Coolheads Consulting, United States

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6. White Paper Module 1 Announcement

• Introducing Semantic Web Technologies Harnessing
  the Power of Information Semantics (Semantic
  Primer).
• See Executive Summary in Handouts.
• Managing Editor and Module 1 Team Lead
• Jie-Hong Morrison, Taxonomy and Search Engine
  Consultant, Computer Technologies Consulting,
  Inc.
• Authors
• Irene Polikoff, TopQuadrant, Inc. (SICoP White
  Paper Series Module 2 Team Lead).
• Ken Fromm, Loomia, Inc.
• Leo Obrst, The MITRE Corporation.
• Joram Borenstein, Unicorn Solutions, Inc.
• Nancy G. Faget, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers.
• Richard Murphy, Private Consultant.

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6. White Paper Module 1 Announcement

• Individuals who have contributed invaluable
  materials and insights
• Mike Daconta, U.S. Department of Homeland
  Security (SICoP White Paper Series Module 3 Team
  Lead).
• Jeff Pollock, Network Inference, Inc.
• Ralph Hodgson, TopQuadrant, Inc.
• Norma Draper, Northrop Grumman Mission Systems,
  Inc.
• Loren Osborn, Unicorn Solutions, Inc.

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6. White Paper Module 1 Announcement

• Table of Contents
• 1.0 A story from EPA - Is my child safe from
  environmental toxins?
• 2.0 Information Semantics
• 3.0 The Semantic Web
• 4.0 What the Semantic Web Is and Is Not
• 5.0 Key Components of the Semantic Web
• 6.0 Harnessing the Power of Information Semantics
  through Semantic Web Technologies
• 7.0 References
• Appendix A SICoP White Paper Series

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6. White Paper Module 1 Announcement
Used to Structure Conference Agenda
Section 2, Figure 1. Vision of the Semantic Web.
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7. CLOSE of Conference

• Remarks A CIO Council Pilot Project becomes the
  First Annual Conference which fosters the SICoP
  which produces the White Paper Series and becomes
  a public-private partnership to produce the
  Second Annual Conference which goes on to ??!!
• Invitation Join the SICoP and help write the
  next amazing chapter.
• Awards and Recognitions
• Best Paper
• Other

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7. CLOSE of Conference

• I measure the success this conference by
• The effort it took to pry you away from the
  engaging discussions and new associations during
  the breaks to return to the sessions.
• The passionate discussion in the hallway near
  Track 1 this afternoon that I had to ask to speak
  softer three times so it would not disturb Track
  1!
• The fact that I think that most of you would
  raise your hands if I asked if this face-to-face
  conference had increased our semantic
  interoperability at the highest level of human
  interaction and communication in that you better
  understood Semantic Technologies and the Semantic
  Web from what you had heard.
• Most did raise their hands spontaneously without
  my actually asking them to!.

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7. CLOSE of Conference
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7. CLOSE of Conference
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7. CLOSE of Conference