eGovernment-related Ontology Community Efforts -- Differentiation and Synergy moderated by Dr. Brand Niemann (US Environmental Protection Agency) on 11/10/2005

* Topic eGov-related Ontology Community Efforts: Differentiation and Synergy * Date Nov. 10th, 2005 * Details on ONTOLOG Wiki page http://ontolog.cim3.net/cgi-bin/wiki.pl?ConferenceCall_2005_11_10 * Moderator Dr. Brand Niemann * Organizing Team Brand Niemann and Peter Yim * Panelists Peter Brown (EU) Suzi Lewis (cBiO) Barry Smith (NCOR) Peter Yim (Ontolog) Pat Cassidy (ONTACWG/COSMO) Marc Wine (HITOP) Steve Ray (NIST) * Ideas and preparation Topic first proposed by Brand Niemann and Peter Yim * Abstract Ontologies and Ontology Engineering are emerging with a bright future in eGovernment for Enterprise Architecture, Data Architecture, Knowledge Computing, and Electronic Health Information, to mention a few. NCOR provides a critical link in the public-academic-private partnership needed to provide high quality ontologies and ontological engineering applications to eGovernment. Pertinent Issues we might explore during this session: The panel consists of public (PeterBrown, MarcWine, and SteveRay), academic (MarkMusen, BarrySmith, and DagobertSoergel), and private (PeterYim, PatCassidy, and MillsDavis) representatives all working with ontologies. So how can we better understand our differences and best organize ourselves to collaborate to achieve common goals and synergy? Session Format: this is be a virtual session conducted over an augmented conference call: 1. weandapos;ll go around with a self-introduction of participants (10~15 minutes) 2. Introduction of Moderator and Panelists 3. Opening by Moderator 4. 5-minute introductory presentation by each panelist on their community effort and focus 5. follow by a 5-minute QandA on the specific community being introduced 6. then, a moderated open discussion by the panel and all participants 7. Summary / Conclusion / Follow-up (Moderator)