[ubl-lcsc] Presentation on "Semantics, Ontologies & UBL"

["Peter P. Yim" <yimpp@cim-oem.com>]

Further to our discussion (and earlier discussions as well) at the UBL face-to-face meeting last
week in Barcelona, we have schedule the captioned presentation at a  LCSC & NDRSC joint phone
conference  scheduled for Tuesdays 9:00-11:00 California Time. This will be done prior to LCSC
getting on to its regular weekly meeting agenda.

I have been asking for the opportunity to make this presentation (along with friends of mine who
have been working on knowledge representation, ontologies and some aspects of the semantic web) in
that I am seeing a lot of parallels in what UBL is doing, to what the semantic web people are
trying to get accomplished. I believe understanding what each other (UBL members and ontologists)
is doing and having a dialog between the two parties will be beneficial to both. The session will
last about 45-60 minutes, with a presentation, followed by some time for Q&A. Joining me in this
presentation will be Dr. Leo Obrst (W3C Web Ontology Working Group & IEEE Standard Upper Ontology
working group), and Mr. Jack Park (pioneer in XTM work, and author/editor of the upcoming, first
book on Topic Maps).

Details of the time and venue --

Date/Time:  Tuesday 2nd April, 2002 between 9-10 a.m California time
(
http://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/fixedtime.html?year=2002&mon=04&day=22&hour=17&min=0&sec=0
)

The numbers to call are:
954 797 0718 (international)
877 322 9648 (U.S.)
Participant code 956 824

We shall run a NetMeeting & a VNC session in conjunction with this call, where the presentation
material will be shared.
For access details consult the message:
http://lists.oasis-open.org/archives/ubl-lcsc/200201/msg00032.html
(except that the presentation material will be showing up
under  http://ubl.cim3.org/~lcsc/tempMeetingResources/for_2002-04-02_a/
and will be available there by the time of the meeting, for those who do not have NetMeeting or VNC
access due to firewalls or other reasons.)

It would be helpful if those using NetMeeting or VNC would connect 5 minutes prior to the call.

As requested (by those at Barcelona), here are a few very good references one can read up on --

(a)  For the Business, Management or Strategist --

   o  "The Next Web" -- Business Week, Mar. 4, 2002 issue
       at http://www.businessweek.com/magazine/content/02_09/b3772108.htm [BW subscribers only]
       or
http://ubl.cim3.org/~lcsc/tempMeetingResources/for_2002-04-02_a/temp/TimBernersLees_Next_Web--BW_020304.html
[temporary]

   o  "The Semantic Web" -- Scientific American, May 2001 issue
       at http://www.sciam.com/2001/0501issue/0501berners-lee.html

(b)  For the Developers or Technologist --

   o  "The Semantic Web: An Introduction"
       at http://infomesh.net/2001/swintro/

   o  "Requirements for a Web Ontology Language" - W3C Working Draft 07 March 2002
       at http://www.w3.org/TR/2002/WD-webont-req-20020307/

Look forward to seeing you there.

Regards,
PPY

P.S.  Eve, please circulate to the NDR SC list. All NDR SC members are cordially invited.
Lisa/Tim -- please help circulate this to members of the LC SC who are not already on our mailing
list.
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