You can participate in this event by teleconfetrence.
The number to call is +1 641 985 1010 (641 985 1010 for US participants). The access code is 931491#.
Semantic interoperability is a major issue for government organizations
and commercial enterprises today. How to manage and relate
information in different forms is a big problem, which must be
solved if we are to achieve Boundaryless Information Flow™.
There are several different and apparently conflicting approaches,
and as yet no agreement on a solution. But perhaps it is now time
to start looking for consensus.
The Open Group, the Federal
Semantic Interoperability Community of Practice (SICoP), and the Federal
Metadata Management Consortium
jointly present the Convergence of
Semantic Naming and Identification Technologies? Conference,
on April 27, 2006 at the Hilton Crystal City in Arlington, VA.
This event is co-located with The
Open Group's Architecting
to the Edge™ Conference.
It will address the candidate semantic naming and identification standards
(such as RDF/OWL and the Semantic Web, Ontologies, UDEF, and ISO/IEC 11179)
and example use cases (such as RFID, IPV6, and the National Cancer Institute
Cancer Data Standards Repository).
At the conclusion of the day’s events, a panel of the speakers will
address the question of whether convergence of these semantic naming and identification standards and technologies is possible or practical.
See the event wiki.
On the day following the meeting, there is an extra Semantic event.
Professor Ken Baclawski will give a tutorial on the
Semantic Web. You can register for this at the same time as you
register for the Convergence of
Semantic Naming and Identification Technologies? Conference.
Agenda
| Thursday April 27, 2006 |
| 08:30 |
Welcome and Introductions
Brand Niemann, Chairman of the Federal
Semantic Interoperability Community of Practice (SICoP),
Denise Warzel for the FMMC, and
Chris Harding, Forum Director for SOA and Semantic Interoperability,
The Open Group.
Slides.
|
| 08:45 |
Opening Keynote:
Convergence of the Semantic
Naming and Identification Technologies -
What are the Choices - What are the Issues?
Ron Schuldt, Senior Staff Systems Architect,
Lockheed Martin Enterprise Information Systems.
Slides.
|
| 09:45 |
Tooling to Implement
the Federal Enterprise Architecture Data Reference Model and
a Knowledge Reference Model
Conor Shankey: CEO, Visual Knowledge.
- Includes Gist: Minimalist Upper Ontology
Slides.
|
10:30 |
Break |
| 11:00 |
RFID/Wireless Coordination
and Collaboration
Garry Duvall, OASD.
Slides.
|
| 11:45 |
Consolidated
Health Informatics - A Use Case
Denise Warzel, Assistant Director caDSR,
National Cancer Institute, Center for Bioinformatics;
and Nancy Orvis, OASD.
Slides.
|
12:30 |
Break |
| 13:30 |
The Impact of IPV6 on
Semantic Interoperability
Neil Lovering, Cisco.
Slides.
|
| 14:15 |
Convergence of
Semantic Naming and Identification Technologies - the
Key Questions
Brand Niemann, Chairman of the Federal
Semantic Interoperability Community of Practice (SICoP),
[Slides] and
Chris Harding, Forum Director for SOA and Semantic Interoperability,
The Open Group
[Slides]
will identify the issues as they see them
within the context of Semantics Within DRM 2.0
and Enterprise Architecture.
|
| 14:45 |
Is Convergence Possible
or Practical?
The speakers will form a panel to address points raised
by the meeting in a discussion moderated by John Yanosy,
chair of the SII WG of the Network Centric Operations
Industry Consortium (NCOIC).
|
| 15:45 |
Conclusions
from the meeting and Next Steps
Brand Niemann and Chris Harding.
|
16:00 |
Close |
|
Registration
The Convergence of Semantic Naming and Identification Technologies
Conference is co-located with the Architecting
to the Edge™ conference, but is separate from it.
There is no attendance fee but registration is required and badges will be issued.
Registration is free, and entitles you to attend the
Convergence of
Semantic Naming and Identification Technologies presentations
and to participate in the discussions, but does not include
lunch or other refreshments.
You can register via The
Open Group conference registration system.
Space is limited - so it is a good idea to register early!
