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= [[IAOA]] Semantic Web Applied Ontology (SWAO) SIG  =

''This is the homepage for the [[IAOA]] Semantic Web Applied Ontology (SWAO) Special Interest Group'' 

== What's New  ==

* [[IAOA_SWAO_SIG|SWAO SIG Mission]] 

* ''IAOA Semantic Web Applied Ontology (SWAO) SIG next team meeting:'' ... Monday, 2014_07_07 - IAOA-SWAO confcall (n.09) - 1.5-Hr. starting 10:00pm EDT / 7:00am PDT / 3:00pm BST / 4:00pm CET / 14:00 GMT/UTC 
** [[IAOA_SWAO_SIG|Connection details]] 
** Agenda: 
*** Housekeeping 
**** We have a new conference bridge 
**** Status of this Wiki and plans going forward 
*** Next steps for the SIG 
**** Listing on the IAOA Special Interest Group web page 
***** http://iaoa.org/iaoaSIG/iaoaSIG.html 
**** Review the dedicated SIG page 
***** See working copy at http://www.intuigence.com/swao/index.html 
***** Initial draft done, reviewed at our previous meeting 
***** Review of the actions identified before "go-live"
*** Solicitation for members 
**** Someone with access to the list members (LeoObrst or FrankLoebe) to help define the current members 
**** New members to have a wiki page providing their background and present a quick (1 min) overview of their work and interests on a call 
*** Discussion on creating an introductory online/training tutorial 
**** Introductory sections for non-technical audiences and to set the stage 
**** Subsequent sections building on the introduction to go more in-depth and perhaps with exercises 
**** Work in conjunction with the IAOA Education Committee 
**** [[MarkFox|Mark Fox]] working on a "gentle introduction to ontologies" and will forward to the SIG 
***** This would be a starting point, but would need SIG consensus 
*** Discussion on an issue of the Journal of Applied Ontology related to reuse and lessons learned 
**** Extending and discussing the work of this year's Ontology Summit 
*** Brainstorm and share information about people and projects relevant to this SIG and reach out them to make them aware of our existence and maybe invite them for a talk or an informal chat 
**** Establish knowledge base and list of knowledgeable individuals, and understand current work, projects and interests 
*** Next Meeting 
**** interest in having 2 meetings per month 
***** 1 meeting for event-related logistics and management, 
***** another for topics of research and project-related discussions (promote ontology practices and development) 

* Thursday, 2014_06_05 - IAOA-SWAO confcall (n.08) - 1.5-Hr. starting 12:30pm EDT / 9:30am PDT / 5:30pm BST / 6:30pm CET / 16:30 GMT/UTC 
** Agenda: 
*** Housekeeping 
**** Phone bridge moderator code to SIG co-chairs 
**** [[AndreaWesterinen|Andrea Westerinen]] stepping down as Co-chair 
*** Next steps for the SIG 
**** Listing on the IAOA Special Interest Group web page 
***** http://iaoa.org/iaoaSIG/iaoaSIG.html 
**** Creation of a dedicated SIG page 
***** Initial draft done: see http://iaoa.org/swao/ 
***** make sure that the IAOA and wiki page cross-reference each other 
*** Solicitation for members 
**** Someone with access to the list members (LeoObrst or FrankLoebe) to help define the current members 
**** New members to have a wiki page providing their background and present a quick (1 min) overview of their work and interests on a call 
*** Discussion on creating an introductory online/training tutorial 
**** Introductory sections for non-technical audiences and to set the stage 
**** Subsequent sections building on the introduction to go more in-depth and perhaps with exercises 
**** Work in conjunction with the IAOA Education Committee 
**** [[MarkFox|Mark Fox]] working on a "gentle introduction to ontologies" and will forward to the SIG 
***** This would be a starting point, but would need SIG consensus 
*** Discussion on an issue of the Journal of Applied Ontology related to reuse and lessons learned 
**** Extending and discussing the work of this year's Ontology Summit 
*** Brainstorm and share information about people and projects relevant to this SIG and reach out them to make them aware of our existence and maybe invite them for a talk or an informal chat 
**** Establish knowledge base and list of knowledgeable individuals, and understand current work, projects and interests 
*** Next Meeting 
**** interest in having 2 meetings per month 
***** 1 meeting for event-related logistics and management, 
***** another for topics of research and project-related discussions (promote ontology practices and development) 
*** AOB 

* Monday, 2014_05_12 - IAOA-SWAO confcall (n.07) - 1.5-Hr. starting 10:00 am EDT / 7:00am PDT / 3:00pm BST / 4:00pm CET / 14:00 GMT/UTC 
** Agenda: 
*** Next steps for the SIG 
**** Listing on the IAOA Special Interest Group web page 
**** Creation of a dedicated SIG page 
**** Solicitation for members (only the chairs and liaison are currently listed as members) 
*** ISWC workshop proposal status (i.e., rejected) 
*** Workshop announcement (nothing for the SIG to do due to timing) 
**** Geospatial Semantics Workshop and [[GeoVoCamp]] (http://www.ssec.wisc.edu/meetings/geosp_sem/), June 2-3, 2014, University of Wisconsin-Madison / No remote access 
**** Focus on including semantic technology in geospatial applications 
**** Part will have speakers talking about ontologies, linked data, or other semantic technology 
**** Part Two will be a [[GeoVoCamp]] 
*** Discussion on creating an introductory online/training tutorial 
**** Introductory sections for non-technical audiences and to set the stage 
**** Subsequent sections building on the introduction to go more in-depth and perhaps with exercises 
**** Work in conjunction with the IAOA Education Committee 
*** Discussion on an issue of the Journal of Applied Ontology related to reuse and lessons learned 
**** Extending and discussing the work of this year's Ontology Summit 
*** Brainstorm and share information about people and projects relevant to this SIG and reach out them to make them aware of our existence and maybe invite them for a talk or an informal chat. 
** See the outcome of this meeting: http://ontolog.cim3.net/forum/iaoa-swao/2014-05/msg00008.html 

* Monday, 2014_04_07 - IAOA-SWAO confcall (n.06) - 1.5-Hr. starting 10:00 am EDT / 7:00am PDT / 4:00pm CET / 1400 GMT/UTC 
** Agenda: 
*** Discuss/vote on the SWAO SIG charter; 
*** Find out the status of the ISWC workshop proposal; 
*** Distribution of responsibility across the chairs (and potentially sub-chairs), i.e., SWAO SIG meeting notices, web-page updates, distribution list decisions, actual activity management, workshop actions etc. 
*** Next steps? 
** See the outcome of this meeting: http://ontolog.cim3.net/forum/iaoa-swao/2014-04/msg00009.html 

* Monday, 2014_03_17 - IAOA-SWAO confcall (n.05) - 1.5-Hr. starting 10:00 am EDT / 7:00am PDT / 3:00pm CET / 1400 GMT/UTC ... 
** Agenda: 
*** Final draft of the ISWC 2014 workshop proposal; 
*** Update on chairs and Program Committee of the workshop proposal; 
*** SWAO SIG mailing list established 
*** Next steps? 
** See the outcome of this meeting: http://ontolog.cim3.net/forum/iaoa-swao/2014-03/msg00068.html 

* Monday, 2014_03_03 - IAOA-SWAO confcall (n.04) - 1.5-Hr. starting 10:00 am EST / 7:00am PST / 4:00pm CET / 1500 GMT/UTC ... 
** Agenda: 
*** Near final draft of the ISWC 2014 workshop proposal; 
*** Update on chairs and Program Committee of the workshop proposal; 
*** Update on charter; 
*** SWAO SIG mailing list established & which initial subscriptions?; 
*** Next steps? 
** See the outcome of this meeting: http://ontolog.cim3.net/forum/iaoa-swao/2014-03/msg00031.html 

* Monday, 2014_02_17 - IAOA-SWAO confcall (n.03) - 1.5-Hr. starting 10:00 am EST / 7:00am PST / 4:00pm CET /
1500 GMT/UTC ... 
** Agenda: 
*** The Charter working group will propose a draft of the new SWAO SIG charter. 
*** The ISWC workshop proposal working group will propose: 1) a decision as to whether we should propose a workshop, and if so, 2) a draft of a workshop proposal. 
** See the outcome of this meeting: http://ontolog.cim3.net/forum/iaoa-member/2014-02/msg00022.html 

* Monday, 2014_02_03 - IAOA-SWAO confcall (n.02) - 1.5-Hr. starting 10:00 am EST / 7:00am PST / 4:00pm CET /
1500 GMT/UTC ... 
** See the outcome of this meeting: http://ontolog.cim3.net/forum/iaoa-member/2014-02/msg00006.html 

* 2013_11_25 - Monday: IAOA Semantic Web Applied Ontology (SWAO) SIG: Inaugural Meeting - Convener: [[LeoObrst|Leo Obrst]] - Panel / Briefings: [[MichaelGruninger|Michael Gr&uuml;ninger]], [[PascalHitzler|Pascal Hitzler]], [[KrzysztofJanowicz|Krzysztof Janowicz]], [[LeoObrst|Leo Obrst]], [[TillMossakowski|Till Mossakowski]] - ref. details at: [[IAOA_SWAO_ConferenceCall_2013_11_25]] 

== SWAO SIG Mission  ==

The Semantic Web Applied Ontology SIG aims to bridge the gap between the Semantic Web and the IAOA communities. This SIG's goals are to actively support communication and collaboration and to promote the use of applied ontology, with our colleagues in the Semantic Web (including Linked Data) community.  In addition, we want to better understand how the Semantic Web community's problem spaces impact applied ontology. And conversely, how applied ontology can enhance the efforts of these communities and others. (We view applied ontology as using ontological analysis methods and reasoning to address real-world problems.) 

Often the two communities perceive that they have little in common, whereas potentially there is much in common - including goals, techniques, technologies, and interest in well-engineered ontologies and their uses. Many of us in IAOA promote and use Semantic Web technologies. Similarly, many in the Semantic Web community advocate more rigorous and principled ontologies (based on ontological analysis), and use semantic technologies and reasoning to address many issues such as dealing with vast amounts of heterogeneous data on the Web.  Our goal is to assist each side in bringing their perspectives to the table, and thus facilitate two-way collaboration and technology integration. 

In order to promote communication, this SIG is event-focused. We are concentrating on bringing together the individuals, techniques and technologies of both communities for mutually beneficial interchanges. Our activities focus on organizing and supporting joint workshops, collaborative authoring of journal articles across the communities, and hosting related activities such as participation in summer schools in both communities, and joint tutorials which would help build bridges. 

== The Team  ==

* [[LeoObrst|Leo Obrst]] (IAOA-EC Liaison) 
* [[AndreaWesterinen|Andrea Westerinen]] 
* [[ElieAbiLahoud]] 
* [[MikeBennett|Mike Bennett]] 
* [[NaicongLi|Naicong Li]] 
* [[User:KennethBaclawski|Ken Baclawski]] 
* [[User:BrandonWhitehead|Brandon Whitehead]]
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== Discussion Archives & Shared-File Workspace  ==

* Discussion List: Mailing List : [iaoa-swao] ... ''(? pending)'' 
** List archives: http://ontolog.cim3.net/forum/iaoa-swao/ 

* Shared-File Workspace: 
** work by this group: http://iaoa.cim3.net/file/work/SIG/SemanticWeb-AppliedOntology/ ''(access: [[IAOA]] members only)'' 
*** ''(one time setup)'' configure your webdav client to connect to the webdav server at: http://iaoa.cim3.net/file/work/SIG/ - the role-based password pair (not the same as your IAOA member password) is available (near the bottom of the page) at: http://www.iaoa.org/members/members.php (which you will need your IAOA member email and password to access.) 
*** for more details about the webdav access - see: http://ontolog.cim3.net/cgi-bin/wiki.pl?ToolsCollaboration#nidAVL 

== Resources  ==

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== Team Conference Call Connection details  ==

* Dial-in: 
** '''Phone (US): +1 (425) 440-5100''' ... when prompted enter '''Conference ID: 843758#''' ... (long distance cost may apply) 
*** ... [ backup nbr: (315) 401-3279 ] 
*** (for phone dial-in) ... some local numbers may be available (in the US, Australia, Canada & UK) - see: http://instantteleseminar.com/Local/ 
** '''Skype: joinconference''' (i.e. make a skype call to the contact with skypeID="joinconference") ... (generally free-of-charge, when connecting from your computer ... [[VirtualSpeakerSessionTips|ref.]]) 
*** when prompted enter '''Conference ID: 843758#''' 
*** Unfamiliar with how to do this on Skype? ... 
**** Add the contact "joinconference" to your skype contact list first. To participate in the teleconference, make a skype call to "joinconference", then open the dial pad (see platform-specific instructions below) and enter the '''Conference ID: 843758#''' when prompted. 
**** you may connect to (the skypeID) "joinconference" whether or not it indicates that it is online (i.e. even if it says it is "offline," you should still be able to connect to it.) 
*** Can't find Skype Dial pad? ... 
**** for Windows Skype users: Can't find Skype Dial pad? ... it's under the "Call" dropdown menu as "Show Dial pad" 
**** for Linux Skype users: please note that the dial-pad is only available on v4.1 (or later; or on the earlier Skype versions 2.x,) if the dialpad button is not shown in the call window you need to press the "d" hotkey to enable it. ... ([[VirtualSpeakerSessionTips|ref.]]) 

* '''In-session chat'''-room url: http://webconf.soaphub.org/conf/room/iaoa-swao 
** instructions: once you got access to the page, click on the "settings" button, and identify yourself (by modifying the Name field from "anonymous" to your real name, like "JaneDoe"). 
** You can indicate that you want to ask a question verbally by clicking on the "hand" button, and wait for the moderator to call on you; or, type and send your question into the chat window at the bottom of the screen. 
** thanks to the soaphub.org folks, one can now use a jabber/xmpp client (e.g. gtalk) to join this chatroom. Just add the room as a buddy - (in our example case here) iaoa-swao@soaphub.org ... Handy for mobile devices! 

* '''Discussions and Q & A:''' 
** Nominally, when a presentation is in progress, the moderator will mute everyone, except for the speaker. 
** '''To un-mute, press "*7"''' ... '''To mute, press "*6"''' (please mute your phone, especially if you are in a noisy surrounding, or if you are introducing noise, echoes, etc. into the conference line.) 
** we will usually save all questions and discussions till after all presentations are through. You are encouraged to jot down questions onto the chat-area in the mean time (that way, they get documented; and you might even get some answers in the interim, through the chat.) 
** During the Q&A / discussion segment (when everyone is muted), '''If you want to speak''' or have questions or remarks to make, '''please raise your hand''' (virtually) '''by clicking on the "hand button"''' (lower right) on the chat session page. You may speak when acknowledged by the session moderator (again, press "*7" on your phone to un-mute). ''Test your voice and introduce yourself first before proceeding with your remarks, please.'' (Please remember to click on the "hand button" again (to lower your hand) and press "*6" on your phone to mute yourself after you are done speaking.) 

* Please review our Virtual Session Tips and Ground Rules - see: [[VirtualSpeakerSessionTips]] 

* Unless otherwise stated, the session hosted on the Ontolog infrastructure, are open to the public, maybe be recorded and archived for open access, and contributions are subject to the prevailing [[WikiHomePage#Intellectual_Property_Rights_.28IPR.29_Policy|Ontolog IPR Policy]]. 

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