OntoWeb: A Key Enabler for ECommerce

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OntoWeb A Key Enabler for E-Commerce
Knowledge Management

• Ying Ding Dieter Fensel
• Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam

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OntoWeb

• EU funded Thematic Network
• 3 years June 2001 to May 2004
• Budget 1.8 MEuro
• Homepage www.ontoweb.org
• Mailing list seweb-list_at_cs.vu.nl
• ontoweb-list_at_cs.vu.nl

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Semantic Web
Ontology
Knowledge Management
E-Commerce
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OntoWeb THE Thematic Network for Semantic Web

• The focal point for bringing together activities
  in the area of ontology-based methods and tools
  for the Semantic Web.

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OntoWeb Thematic Network for Semantic
Web(Partners)

• Coordinator
• Vrije Universiteit, Amsterdam
• Academic members
• universities and research institutes (gt55)
• Industrial members
• large, middle, and small size companies (gt35)

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What can OntoWeb provide

• Vision and outline the current status of
  ontology-related fields
• Provide strategic guide to industrial and
  commercial applications
• Promote the standardization development
• Disseminate and exchange knowledge
• Organize workshops and Special Interest Groups
  (SIGs)

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OntoWeb Thematic Network for Semantic
Web(Special Interest Groups)

• Special Interest Group
• Content Standards (SIG1)
• Ontology Language Standards (SIG2)
• Enterprise-Standard Ontology Environments (SIG3)
• Industrial Application (SIG4)
• Language Technology in Ontology Development and
  Use (SIG5)

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Special Interesting Group (SIG1)Content Standards

• Chairs
• Nicola Guarino (LADSEB-CNR , Italy)
• Mission
• Cooperate with current initiatives related to
  ontology-based content standardization
• Develop a framework for characterizing and
  comparing content standardization efforts,
• Push the current standardization initiatives
  towards well-defined ontology-based harmonization
  goals
• Promote the research on foundational aspects of
  ontology development and
• Stimulate the transfer of research on ontology
  development from academia to industry.

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Special Interesting Group (SIG2)Language
Standardization

• Chairs
• Ian Horrocks (University of Manchester, UK)
• Frank van Harmelen (Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam)
• Mission
• Cooperate with related initiatives (DAML) and
  standardisation efforts and working groups (W3C
  ontology language standardisation processes).
• Forge additional links with other projects
• Disseminate the results and transfer the research
  and needs between academia and industry.
• Provide a forum for cooperation in the
  development of language extensions and the
  initiation of further standardisation efforts.

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Special Interesting Group (SIG3)
Enterprise-Standard Ontology Environments

• Chair
• Asun Gomez-Perez (University of Marid, Spain)
• Mike Brown (SemanticEdge, Germany)
• Mission
• Support a dialog for the development of Quality
  Requirements for enterprise-standard ontology
  environments
• Steer the efficacious application of ontology
  technology in modern enterprises information
  technology systems,
• Provide an open forum to promote synergy and
  cooperation amongst the ontology technology
  providers and industrial ontology users

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Special Interesting Group (SIG4)Industrial
Applications

• Chair
• Hans Akkerman (Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam)
• Mission
• E-commerce applications, including
  multi-enterprise business models and processes,
  and product content standards.
• Knowledge management and business intelligence
  applications.
• Interoperability and integration issues regarding
  Web-based services.
• Software agent applications, especially
  ontological services and architectures for
  intelligent and multi-agent systems in industry.
• Industrial roll-out guidelines and project
  lessons learned regarding successful introduction
  of ontology and Semantic Web applications in
  business and industry.

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Special Interesting Group (SIG5)Language
Technology in Ontology Development and Use

• Chair
• Paul Buitelaar, Thierry Declerck, Gunter Neumann
  (DFKI, Germany)
• Mission
• Connections between Language Technology and
  Ontologies
• Platform for Cooperation and Standards Interest
• LT and KM RD Groups, Semantic Technology
  Industry

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OntoWeb events - past 6 months

• OntoWeb Kick-Off meeting in Crete (June, 2001)
• Semantic Web Working Symposium in Stanford (July,
  2001)
• more than 200 participants
• organize and sponsor more than 10 international
  conferences and workshops
• OntoWeb foundation
• High visibility world-widely
• especially EU and USA

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Workpackages going-on

• Technical roadmap
• Industrial and commercial guidelines
• Content and language standardization
• Organizing conferences and setting up scientific
  journal
• Semantic web education
• Bring Semantic Web to its full potential

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International Collaboration

• Geographically
• DAML (USA)
• INTAP (Japan)
• Finnish Semantic Web initiatives
• Europe collaboration
• Subjectively
• Agent (AgentLinks, AgentCities)
• Digital Library
• E-commerce (UCEC)

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Where to enjoy the Semantic Web Summer??
You shouldnt miss!!Semantic Web Summer
Package- location Sardinia, Italy- duration
June 10-14- free gift OTK dissemination
workshop- iswc.semanticweb.org
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Semantic Web summer package

• ISWC 2002 International Semantic Web Conference
• Chair Jim Hendler Program Chair Ian Horrocks
• June 10-12 2002, Sardinia, Italy
• website iswc.semanticweb.org
• hurry up deadline for CFP Feb 15, 2002
• Joint event OntoWeb 3
• wonderful SIG day - 5 SIGs
• workpackage progress report
• Sardinia, Italy, June 12-14, 2002
• Free Gift OntoKnowledge Dissemination Workshop
• the pioneer and flagship semantic web EU project
• vivid and real-life application powered by
  semantic web technology