Call for Patterns - Workshop on Ontology Patterns (WOP2009)
Eva Blomqvist
As interest in the Semantic Web increases and technologies for realizing
the semantic web become more mature, the need for high-quality and
reusable semantic web ontologies increases. To address the quality and
re-usability issues, different types of Ontology Design Patterns (ODPs)
have emerged. Parallel to these efforts it is equally important to
collect best practices on all levels of ontology engineering and
semantic web application development. Patterns and collections of best
practices can supply ontology designers with several kinds of benefits,
including a direct links to requirements, reuse, guidance, and better
communication.
This workshop provides an arena for proposing and discussing good
practices, patterns, pattern-based ontologies, systems etc. To put
specific focus on the opportunity to submit and discuss actual patterns
we distribute this 1st call for patterns. The aim is to broaden the
pattern community that will develop its own “language” for discussing
and describing relevant problems and their solutions. The workshop will
be held in conjunction with ISWC2009 on October 25th. It will be a
full-day workshop consisting of three parts; papers, posters, and
“pattern writing” sessions. The focus is on the interactive pattern
writing sessions, where patterns are discussed with specific focus on
significance, re-usability, and possible improvements of the patterns.
Process
Patterns are submitted through the ontologydesignpatterns.org portal
[1], and reviewed by at least two members of the PC. Each accepted
pattern will receive an advisor that acts as a discussion partner
throughout the complete process. Accepted patterns are described in an
extended abstract, included in the CEUR workshop proceedings. Accepted
patterns are to be improved based on the review comments, and additional
improvements will be discussed during the workshop session. After the
workshop, the patterns are considered for certification by
ontologydesignpatterns.org.
Topics
For WOP2009 we invite patterns of the following types: Content ODPs,
Structural ODPs, and Correspondence ODPs (see [2] for more information
on pattern types). All domains are welcome.
Information and submission
For more information, submission instructions and a complete list of PC
members please visit the WOP website
http://ontologydesignpatterns.org/wiki/WOP2009:Main
WOP2009 Chairs
Papers - Kurt Sandkuhl, Jönköping University(SE)
Posters - Vojtech Svatek, University of Economics(CZ)
Patterns - Eva Blomqvist, ISTC-CNR(IT) and Francois Scharffe, INRIA(FR)
Steering Committee
Eva Blomqvist, ISTC-CNR (IT)
Aldo Gangemi, ISTC-CNR (IT)
Valentina Presutti, ISTC-CNR (IT)
Alan Rector, University of Manchester (UK)
Francois Scharffe, INRIA (FR)
Steffen Staab, University of Koblenz(DE)
Chris Welty, IBM Watson Research Center(US)
[1] http://ontologydesignpatterns.org/
[2] http://ontologydesignpatterns.org/wiki/OPTypes