Second Annual Semantic Technologies for E-Government

1. Second Annual Semantic Technologies for E-Government September 8-9, 2004 produced by the Semantic Interoperability Community of Practice (SICoP) in collaboration with IDEAlliance, MITRE, TopQuadrant & Unicorn at the The MITRE Corporation Headquarters, McLean, Virginia

2. Overview • 1. Logistics (slide 3-4) • 2. Agenda (slides 5-7) • 3. Past (slides 8-10) • 4. Present (slides 11-21) • 5. Future (slides 22-23) • 6. White Paper Module 1 Announcement (slides 24-27) • 7. CLOSE of Conference (slide 28)

3. 1. Logistics • Thank You From the Organizing Committee (see next slide) To: • Host, Partners, Presenters, and Participants. • Collaboration Wiki (Peter Yim, CIM3, and Susan Turnbull, GSA): • http://colab.cim3.net/cgi-bin/wiki.pl?SICoP/SICoPConference_2004_09_08 • Telecon: • 413-200-7075, passcode: 90804. • Security: • MITRE escort required outside the conference area.

4. 1. Logistics • Conference Organizing Committee: • Brand Niemann, U. S. EPA, Co-Chair of the CIO Council's Semantic Interoperability Community of Practice (SICoP): • http://km.gov and http://web-services.gov • Rick Morris, U. S. Army, Co-Chair of the CIO Council's Semantic Interoperability Community of Practice (SICoP): • http://12.158.152.7/ev_en.php?ID=1183_201&ID2=DO_TOPIC • Ralph Hodgson, TopQuadrant, Inc.: • http://www.topquadrant.com • Leo Obrst, The MITRE Corporation: • http://www.mitre.org • Loren Osborn, Unicorn, Inc.: • http://www.unicorn.com • Irene Polikoff, TopQuadrant, Inc.: • http://www.topquadrant.com

5. 2. Agenda • Two-day, free event: • September 8th. Morning: Special Tutorial on Semantic Technologies • See detailed agenda in handouts. • September 8th. Afternoon: Executive Briefing and Panel • Same as above. See questions on next slide. • September 9th. Conference Program and Poster/Vendor Exhibition • See detailed agenda in handouts.

6. 2. Agenda • Executive Briefing and Panel Questions: • 1) What are the semantic technologies of value for government and commercial enterprises? • 2) What measures of value and economic return really matter for their adoption? • 3) What problems in industry and government demand semantic technology solutions? • 4) What are the true sources of value and economic return from adopting semantic technologies? • 5) What is the current state of the semantic technology market? • 6) What is the outlook for adoption of semantic technologies over the next 3-5 years? • 7) What did you find of interest in the conference papers and why?

7. 2. Agenda • MITRE Welcome and CIO Perspective • SICoP Work and White Paper Announcement • Break and Poster Sessions • Two Viewpoints on the Enterprise Semantic Web • LUNCH and Poster Sessions • Parallel Tracks: • Track 1: Implementation Reports from the Field • Track 2: Advanced Concepts and Applications • Break • Panel: Government Projects at the Starting Point • An Outlook on the Future of the Semantic Web • CLOSE of Conference (Awards for Best Paper, etc.)

8. 3. Past • Brief History: • CIO Council’s XML Web Services Working Group (08/2002-09/2003): • Semantic Technologies for eGovernment Pilot (TopQuadrant) • See http://web-services.gov • Semantic Technologies for eGov Conference (White House Conference Center, September 8, 2003) • Proceedings at http://www.topquadrant.com/conferences/tq_proceedings.htm • Semantic Technology Training Series (December 2003, March 2004, and July 2004) (TopMIND: TopQuadrant and Jim Hendler)

9. 3. Past • Brief History (continued): • CIO Council’s Best Practices/Knowledge Management Working Group Discussions About a Semantic Interoperability Community of Practice: • Strong History of CoPs and Collaboration Tools with Knowledge Management Working Group (Km.Gov). • Planning Meetings to Draft Charter and Decide on Initial Products (October 15, 2003, and January 15 and February 19, 2004) • Understanding Semantic Web Technology (Hendler and Niemann, eGov Web Enabled Conference, February 4, 2004) • Kickoff Meeting (April 14, 2004) and Subsequent Meetings (May 19 and June 23, 2004)

10. 3. Past • Charter (February 19, 2004) (excerpts): • The Semantic Interoperability Community of Practice (SICoP) is established by a group of individuals for the purpose of achieving "semantic interoperability" and "semantic data integration" in the government sector. • The SICoP seeks to enable Semantic Interoperability, specifically the "operationalizing" of these technologies and approaches, through online conversation, meetings, tutorials, conferences, pilot projects, and other activities aimed at developing and disseminating best practices. • The individuals making up this CoP represent a broad range of government organizations and the industry and academic partners that support them. However, the SICoP claims neither formal nor implied endorsements by the organizations represented. • The SICoP is a Special Interest Group (SIG) within the Knowledge Management Working Group (KMWG) sponsored by the Best Practices Committee of the Chief Information Officers Council, (CIOC) in partnership with the Federal XML Working Group, among others. • The SICoP through the KM.Gov Working Group will communicate its actions and findings to the Committee, the CIO Council and its member agencies, although its main purpose to support CoP members in their efforts to make the Semantic Web operational in their agencies.

11. 4. Present Industry Advisory Council (IAC) U.S. CIO Council OMB - FEAPMO Collaborating on Semantic Harmonization: Organizational Relationships Enterprise Architecture Special Interest Group Architecture & Infrastructure Committee IT Workforce Connections Best Practices Committee SIGs and CoPs Subcommittees: Governance Components Emerging Technologies Semantic Interoperability Community of Practice Chief Architects Forum

12. 4. Present • Collaborating on Semantic Harmonization: Federal XML Working Group* Relationship Example: • David Webber, July 5th, 2004, CIO Council’s XML WG ListServ (excerpts): • ..assuming XSD worked flawlessly today - then there is still a huge gap in its performance capabilities - when it comes to agile interoperable information exchanges. • If the government actually takes a moment and starts to look at what it really takes to make information exchanges of this nature - and I gave a short list of the top half-dozen features I see - then looks at XSD - remarkably XSD supports *none* of them! • That is why I am arguing the need to augment XSD, not just with CAM, but with registries containing vocabularies and standard components, semantic tools - like OWL, and build an infrastructure for attaining interoperable systems. *See http://xml.gov - soon to become a Community of Practice! Note: This reminds me of the advertising slogan for Country Candies Peanut Brittle: “You Can’t Be Flexible When It Comes to Brittle”.

13. 4. Present • Some SICoP Activities and Member Accomplishments: • Dr. Rick Morris, Nancy Faget, and Kathy Romero, Organizers, Semantic Web Track and White Paper Series Announcement, st the Army Knowledge Management Conference,, August 31-September 2, 2004, in Support of the Battle Command Knowledge System (BCKS): • See http://www.afcea.org/doim2004/Track8.htm and http://12.158.152.7/ev_en.php?ID=1183_201&ID2=DO_TOPIC.. • Dr. Yaser Bishr, CTO, Image Matters LLC, is now the principal investigator for a National Geospatial Intelligence Agency (NGA) project to help set the framework and guidelines for building the Geospatial Ontology to support Geospatial Intelligence Analysis for years to come. • Michael Daconta is now the Metadata Program Manager for the U. S. Department of Homeland Security and a Keynote Speaker at the XML 2004 Conference, November 15-19th. • Jeff Pollack and Ralph Hodgson, Adaptive Information – Improving Business Through Semantic Interoperability, Grid Computing & Enterprise Integration, Wiley-Interscience, September 2004.

14. Semantics Interoperability Community of Practice (SICoP) SICoP Agenda, 9:00 – 3:00, 23 June 900-930 Welcome, Old Business, Minutes, New SICoP site 930-1030 Demo of SICoP tools 1030-1115 Overview of Modules 1115-1230 Small group sessions for white paper 1230-130 Lunch on your own 130-200 Assessments, Path forward for White Paper 200-245 Taxonomy for SICoP - Contours of Practice 245-300 What’s on your mind, Recap, What’s next Mandatory RSVP Nancy.G.Faget@USACE.Army.Mil or call 703-428-6727

15. Implementing Semantic Interoperability Contours of the Practice: Daconta & Obrst SiCoP km.gov Implementing Semantic Interoperability Organizational Issues Core Technology Areas Shared Vision / Understanding / Expertise Resource Description Framework (RDF) Architecture Web Ontology Language (OWL) Mission Needs and Operational Requirements RDF Query Cost / Benefits KM as Transformational Agent Use Cases Inference and Rule-based Systems XML Topic Maps (XTM).” Transition Issues / Problems Virtual Action Learning Teams Enterprise Information Integration) Semantic Enabling Tools (Applications) Information Discovery From XML to RDF and Beyond Taxonomy and Ontology Design Techniques Structured Communities of Practice for Bottoms-up Ontologies Net-Centric Operations Virtual Teams for Top Level Ontologies) Scenarios Semantic Annotation via Instant Gratification) Data Independence Communities of Interest for Horizontal Fusion Implementations Positioning Legacy Data for Transition

16. 4. Present Use of Tomoye Simplify to Produce SICoP White Paper Modules http://12.158.152.7/ev_en.php. Contact Guy Rogers, Chief Editor, for password at grogers@triplei.com.

17. 4. Present • SICoP White Paper Modules & Their Team Leads: • Module 1: Introducing the Semantic Web Technologies: Harnessing the Power of Information Semantics • Jie-Hong Morrison • Module 2: Exploring the Business Value of Semantic Interoperability • Irene Polikoff • Module 3: Implementing the Semantic Web • Michael Daconta

18. 4. Present Groove Workspace for Conference Planning, Paper Reviews, Etc.

19. 4. Present First Conference Proceedings Second Conference Agenda, etc. http://www.topquadrant.com/conferences/tq_proceedings.htm http://www.topquadrant.com/conferences/sept8_2004/stgov04.htm

20. 4. Present • European Interoperability Framework in “Be Enterprising”, Jaap, Schekkerman, Founder, President and Thought Leader of the Institute for Enterprise Architecture Development (IFEAD), July 3, 2004: • Organizational Interoperability: • Concerned with business goals, modeling business processes, and bring about collaboration between those wanting to exchange information but that may have different internal organizations and structures for their operations. • Technical Interoperability: • Concerned with the technical issues of linking up computer systems and services. • Semantic Interoperability: • Concerned with ensuring that the precise meaning of exchanged information is understandable by any other application not initially developed for this purpose.

21. 4. Present • Best Practices for Adopting Service-Oriented Architectures* - Suggest Roadmap to Implementation and Some Recent Activities: • (1) Service Taxonomy-driven Enterprise Architecture and Communities of Practice: • Joint Workshop on Multiple Taxonomies, April 28th, and National Infrastructure for Community Statistics CoP Initiative and Pilot Project Presentation, June 21st. • Coordinate the CoP Organization, Web Site Design, and Network Nodes (see http://www.sdi.gov). • (2) Federated Repository: • Workshop on Software Component Development, Reuse, and Management, May 11th, and Federal Architects Council Meeting on SOA Concepts, the FEA, and Reuse Best Practices, June 16th. • (3) Semantic Interoperability: • Joint Semantic Interoperability CoP/Ontolog Forum Meeting, July 7th, and Second Semantic Technologies for eGovenment Conference, September 8-9th. *Enterprise Architecture 2004 Conference and Exhibition, September 21st, Session 3.5

22. 5. Future • Continue Work on Semantic Interoperability in support of: • The E-Gov Act of 2002; • The Federal Enterprise Architecture’s Data & Information Reference Model (DRM); and • Selected Lines of Business (Data & Statistics and Federal Health Architecture). • Individual E-Gov Initiatives and Agency Missions. • Finish White Paper Modules 2 and 3 for the XML 2004 Conference, November 15-19th, 2004. • Semantic Web Presentations at the XML 2004 Conference: • See next slide. • Plan for the Third Semantic Technologies for E-Government Conference!

23. 5. Future • XML 2004 Conference Presentations: • Keynote - Creating Relevance and Reuse With Targeted Semantics. • Michael Daconta, Metadata Program Manager, Department of Homeland Security, United States. • Government Track - How the US Federal Government is Using XML: One Year Later. • Kenneth Sall, XML Specialist, SiloSmashers, United States. • Government Track - The Federal CIO Council's Semantic Interoperability Community of Practice (SICoP). • Brand Niemann, Computer Scientist, US EPA, United States. • Storing XML Track - Managing Medical Ontologies using OWL and an e-business Registry / Repository. • Carl Mattocks, CEO, CHECKMi, United States

24. 6. White Paper Module 1 Announcement • Introducing Semantic Web Technologies: Harnessing the Power of Information Semantics (“Semantic Primer”). • See Executive Summary in Handouts. • Managing Editor and Module 1 Team Lead: • Jie-Hong Morrison, Taxonomy and Search Engine Consultant, Computer Technologies Consulting, Inc. • Authors: • Irene Polikoff, TopQuadrant, Inc. (SICoP White Paper Series Module 2 Team Lead). • Ken Fromm, Loomia, Inc. • Leo Obrst, The MITRE Corporation. • Joram Borenstein, Unicorn Solutions, Inc. • Nancy G. Faget, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers. • Richard Murphy, Private Consultant.

25. 6. White Paper Module 1 Announcement • Individuals who have contributed invaluable materials and insights: • Mike Daconta, U.S. Department of Homeland Security (SICoP White Paper Series Module 3 Team Lead). • Jeff Pollock, Network Inference, Inc. • Ralph Hodgson, TopQuadrant, Inc. • Norma Draper, Northrop Grumman Mission Systems, Inc. • Loren Osborn, Unicorn Solutions, Inc.

26. 6. White Paper Module 1 Announcement • Table of Contents: • 1.0 A story from EPA - “Is my child safe from environmental toxins?” • 2.0 Information Semantics • 3.0 The Semantic Web • 4.0 What the Semantic Web Is and Is Not • 5.0 Key Components of the Semantic Web • 6.0 Harnessing the Power of Information Semantics through Semantic Web Technologies • 7.0 References • Appendix A SICoP White Paper Series

27. 6. White Paper Module 1 Announcement Used to Structure Conference Agenda Section 2, Figure 1. Vision of the Semantic Web.

28. 7. CLOSE of Conference • Remarks: A CIO Council Pilot Project becomes the First Annual Conference which fosters the SICoP which produces the White Paper Series and becomes a public-private partnership to produce the Second Annual Conference which goes on to ??!! • Invitation: Join the SICoP and help write the next amazing chapter. • Awards and Recognitions: • Best Paper • Other

29. 7. CLOSE of Conference • I measure the success this conference by: • The effort it took to pry you away from the engaging discussions and new associations during the breaks to return to the sessions. • The passionate discussion in the hallway near Track 1 this afternoon that I had to ask to speak softer three times so it would not disturb Track 1! • The fact that I think that most of you would raise your hands if I asked if this face-to-face conference had increased our semantic interoperability at the highest level of human interaction and communication in that you better understood Semantic Technologies and the Semantic Web from what you had heard. • Most did raise their hands spontaneously without my actually asking them to!.

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