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Ontology Summit 2007 Follow-up: CEW#63 Panels

This is working page for the preparation of the two Ontolog Panels that we are setting on for presentation at the Collaborative Expedition Workshop #63 (July 17 & 18, 2007 at NSF, Arlington, VA, USA.)

Background

Susan Turnbull featured the "community process" of this Summit on the Tue 2007.07.17 Collaborative Expedition Workshop (CEW#63 to be held at NSF, Arlington, VA, USA) as part of her exposition into the process, dynamics, potential and realities of a few of the exemplary virtual communities during that one-day workshop. T   

Workshop Title: "Towards Stable Meaning and Records Preservation in Information-Sharing: Building the Way Forward Together"

Refer to the latest agenda of CEW#63 at: http://colab.cim3.net/cgi-bin/wiki.pl?ExpeditionWorkshop/TowardsStabilityInInformationSharing_2007_07_17

Description

As Susan Turnbull has it on her preliminary program, there will be two panels, one each on Jul-17 (Tue) & Jul-18 (Wed). Topics as described below.

  • Panel-1: Lessons Learned from Virtual Organizing for the OntologySummit2007
    • Tue 17-Jul-2007 11:25am~12:30pm - total: 80 minutes
  • Panel-2: The Role of Ontology in Records Management
    • Wed 18-Jul-2007 11:05am~12:30pm - total: 85 minutes

The Team

  • Panel-1:
  • Panel-2:

Content Design

  • What: candidate Content / Message(s)
  • How: The Delivery

The Plan

  • Process in general: anchors do a brief 10 minutes (15 min. max; say, 5~6 slides) to frame the issues; then go around the panel (5 min.; 1~3 slides) to bring out the salient points and get our message across; then open to the floor for Q&A and discussion
  • Agenda: (draft - as at 2007.07.16-22:20 PDT)
  • Panel-1: Lessons Learned from Virtual Organizing for the OntologySummit2007 - Tue 17-Jul-2007 11:25am~12:30pm - total: 80 minutes - slides
  • Panel-2: The Role of Ontology in Records Management - Wed 18-Jul-2007 11:05am~12:30pm - total: 85 minutes
    • Opening - Peter P. Yim, why are we here; introducing the panel
    • Briefings -
      • Elisa Kendall: "Emerging issues in vocabulary management, ontology publication and specification management from an OMG perspective"
      • JoshLubell: "Standards for Long-Term Retention of Digital Information: Can Ontologies

Help?"

      • Frank Olken: "Potential Ontology Applications for National Science Foundation Records Management"
      • Leo Obrst: "Ontologies Can't Help Records Management ... Or Can They?"
      • Denise Bedford: "Records Management Ontologies"
    • Panelists Exchange, and input from other Ontolog members at the workshop
    • Q&A, and discussion from the floor

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