The Model Driven Semantic Web - Emerging Technologies and Implementation Strategies invited talk by Ms. Elisa Kendall (Sandpiper Software, Inc.) on 09/08/2005

* Subject Ms. Elisa F. Kendall from Sandpiper Software, Inc. will be presenting to the community, her talk is entitled: "The Model Driven Semantic Web - Emerging Technologies and Implementation Strategies" * Date Thursday, September 8, 2005 * ONTOLOG forum Wiki page details http://ontolog.cim3.net/cgi-bin/wiki.pl?ConferenceCall_2005_09_08 * Abstract (by Elisa Kendall) The Object Management Group (OMG) Meta Object Facility (MOF) defines the metadata architecture for Model Driven Architecture (MDA) and provides a basis for automating metadata management. Metadata, in this context, includes database schema, UML (Unified Modeling Language) models, workflow models, business process models, business rules, API definitions, and so on. MOF defines standards for automating the physical management and integration of different kinds of metadata through metamodels and mappings among them. The Semantic Web is a logical extension of existing World Wide Web Consortium (W3C) standards, such as XML, XML Schema, and SOAP that enables explicit representation of business semantics. The goal is to make domain-specific context, nomenclature, and the language used to describe content and services on the web unambiguous from a computing perspective. Its underlying formalisms and technologies have evolved from more than two decades of research in knowledge representation, computational linguistics, and automated reasoning. MDA and the Semantic Web were conceived independently and evolved with little cross-pollination over the course of several years. However, participants from both communities have recognized business benefits to bridging the two technologies to form a coherent, enterprise information interoperability architecture. The main realization of this to date is the Ontology Definition Metamodel (ODM) standard, which is nearing completion in OMG with the participation of key members of the Semantic Web community. In this talk, we will: 1) Provide a high-level overview of the technology areas. 2) Introduce some of the standards and related work that has been done to date to bridge these communities. Discuss the relationships between these standards and others emerging from the ISO/IEC Metadata standards community (e.g., ISO 11179, ISO 19763, XMDR) 3) Discuss related efforts in the W3C and OMG and how they may relate to the ODM over the course of the next couple of years (e.g., W3C Semantic Web Services and Rules, OMG Semantics of Business Vocabularies and Rules (SBVR), Production Rules) 4) Explore ground-breaking research and its implications for next generation architectures and solutions that embrace the marriage of MDA and Semantic Web services technologies.