OntologySummit2009: Ontology-based Standards Sample Projects

OntologySummit2009 which took place between 15-January and 7-April 2009 revolved around the theme of moving international standardization efforts "towards ontology-based standards." The OntologySummit2009_Communique adopted on 7-Apr-2009 identified nine (9) sample projects that promise to demonstrate the advantages gained by incorporating ontology approaches when developing and applying a standard. They include

• (1) A harmonized ontology of units and dimensions
  • Project Champion: Frank Olken
  • Project Homepage: UoM_Ontology_Standard

• (2) Ontologizing product structure and properties
  • Project Champion: David Price
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• (3) Re-engineering Open Application Group specifications with UN/CEFACT CCTS
  • Project Champion: David Connelly
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• (4) Geospatial Catalog Mediation
  • Project Champion: Joshua Lieberman
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• (5) Financial industry semantics - developments and potential applications
  • Project Champion: Mike Bennett & Bill Nichols
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• (6) Ontology Across Building, Emergency, and Energy Standards - with Open Floor Plan Display demonstration
  • Project Champion: DeborahMacPherson, Michelle Raymond & Rex Brooks
  • Project Homepage: BuildingServicePerformance & FloorplanDataExchange

• (7) I-Ring (Realtime Interoperability Network Grid) for Process Industry standards
  • Project Champion: Matthew West
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• (8) Connecting ISO/IEC 11179 to data sets
  • Project Champion: Kevin Keck
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• (9) Providing data sets and associated metadata for public use
  • Project Champion: Brand Niemann
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