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Semantics for the Rest of Us -- Variants of Semantic Web Languages in the Real WorldHeld in conjunction with 8th International Semantic Web Conference (ISWC 2009)
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ObjectivesThe Semantic Web is a broad vision of the future of personal computing, emphasizing the use of sophisticated knowledge representation as the basis for end-user applications' data modeling and management needs. Key to the pervasive adoption of Semantic Web technologies is a good set of fundamental "building blocks" - the most important of these are representation languages themselves. W3C's standard languages for the Semantic Web, RDF and OWL, have been around for several years; instead of strict standards compliance, we see "variants" of these languages emerge in applications, often tailored to a particular application's needs. These variants are often either subsets of OWL or supersets of RDF, typically with fragments OWL added. Extensions based on rules, such as SWRL and N3 logic, have been developed as well as enhancements to the SPARQL query language and protocol (http://esw.w3.org/topic/SPARQL/Extensions).In this workshop we will explore the landscape of RDF, OWL and SPARQL variants, specifically from the standpoint of "real-world semantics". Are there commonalities in these variants that might suggest new standards or new versions of the existing standards? We hope to identify common requirements of applications consuming Semantic Web data and understand the pros and cons of a strictly formal approach to modeling data versus a "scruffier" approach where semantics are based on application requirements and implementation restrictions. The workshop will encourage active audience participation and discussion and will include a keynote speaker as well as a panel. Topics of interestOur main topics of interest include but are not limited to
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KeynoteSandro Hawke is a Software Developer and Systems Architect at W3C and a Research Scientist at MIT. He does software research and development for the Semantic Web Activity and is the staff contact for OWL, and RIF working groups.PanelTitle: "Little vs Large Semantics: What's next for the Semantic Web languages?"Moderator: Jim Hendler, RPI Panelists Kendall Clark, Clark & Parsia, LLC Leigh Dodds, Talis Ivan Herman, W3C Ora Lassila, Nokia Submission
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Important DatesPaper submission: August 14th, 2009Notification: September 4th, 2009 Camera ready papers: October 2nd, 2009 Workshop: October 26th, 2009 Accepted Papers
Program08:30-08:45 Welcome, introductions, etc. [15]08:45-09:45 Sandro's invited talk + discussion [60] 9:45 - 10:35 2 research paper [50] RDF syntax normalization using XML validation - Denny Vrandecic, Frank Dengler, Sebastian Rudolph and Michael Erdmann (research paper) [25] LexRDF Model: An RDF-based Unified Model for Heterogeneous Biomedical Ontologies - Cui Tao, Jyotishman Pathak, Harold Solbrig, Wei-Qi Wei and Christopher Chute (research paper) [25] 10:35-10:50 Break [15] 10:50 - 11:55 1 position paper, 2 research papers [65] Streaming OWL, Mike Dean (position paper) [10] Accessing Site-Specific APIs Through Write-Wrappers From The Web of Data - Oana Ureche, Aftab Iqbal, Richard Cyganiak and Michael Hausenblas (research paper) [25] LTML - A Language for Representing Semantic Web Service Workflow Procedures - Mark Burstein, Robert Goldman, Drew McDermott, David McDonald, Jacob Beal and John Maraist (research paper) [25] 11:55 - 12:40 Panel + discussion [45] 12:40-12:45 Closing comments and Wrap-up 12:45-2:00 Lunch $Revision: 27580 $ $Date: 2009-10-26 11:12:41 -0400 (Mon, 26 Oct 2009) $ |
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