Semantic Web EU perspectives Dieter Fensel Business Informatics

Semantic Web - EU perspectives Dieter Fensel Business Informatics Group Vrije Universiteit, Amsterdam

Outlines l Ontoweb l RDT projects l 2002 -2006. Framework 6 l National Fundings l Our next steps

Thematic Network on Semantic Web: Onto. Web l Onto. Web: Ontology-based information exchange for knowledge management and electronic commerce – 3 years: June 2001 to May 2004 – Budget around 2 M€ FOR MORE INFO. . . www. ontoweb. org Mailing list: seweb-list@cs. vu. nl; ontoweb-list@cs. vu. nl

Onto. Web: Thematic Network for Semantic Web (Partners) l Coordinator – Dieter Fensel, Vrije Universiteit, Amsterdam l Academic members: – Universities and research institutes (>55) l Industrial members: – large, middle, and small size companies (>35)

Onto. Web: Thematic Network for Semantic Web (Special Interest Groups) Special Interest Group – Ontologies (SIG 1) – Ontology Language Standards (SIG 2) – Ontology Tool Environments (SIG 3) – Industrial Application (SIG 4) – Language Technology in Ontology Development and Use (SIG 5)

Where to enjoy the Semantic Web Summer? ? You shouldn’t miss!! Semantic Web Summer Package: ISWC 2002 + Onto. Web 3 - location: Sardinia, Italy - duration: June 10 -14 - free gift: OTK dissemination workshop - iswc. semanticweb. org

RDT projects – Ontoknowledge – Ibrow – Ontologging – Obelix – Swap – Esperonto – Htechsight – Wonderweb – SWWS

R&D Semantic Web projects: On. To. Knowledge l On-To-Knowledge: Content-driven Knowledge. Management through Evolving Ontologies – Consortium: VUA (co-ordinator), AIFB, BT, Swiss. Life, Cogn. IT, Aidministrator, Enersearch, Onto. Text – Budget: 2. 5 M€ – Key contribution: OIL -> OWL EU flagship project for Semantic Web and Ontology FOR MORE INFO. . . www. ontoknowledge. org

IBROW l IBROW: An Intelligent Brokering Service for Knowledge-Component Reuse on the World-Wide Web – Consortium: Uv. A (co-ordinator), VUA, AIFB, OU, CSIC, i. SOCO, Stanford – Budget: 2 M€ – Key contribution: Web Service Modeling Framework WSMF FOR MORE INFO. . . http: //www. swi. psy. uva. nl/projects/ ibrow/home. html

Ontologging l Ontologging: Corporate Ontology Modelling and Management System – Consortium: INSEAD-CALT (co-ordinator), FZI, Meta 4, ARCHETYPON, Deltatec, Indra – Budget: 4 M€ – Key contribution: Continuing Ontoknowledge FOR MORE INFO. . . http: //www. ontologging. com/

OBELIX l OBELIX: Ontology-Based ELectronic Integration of comple. X products and value chains – Consortium: SINTEF (co-ordinator), SENA, Ontoprise, VUA, PTSS, Melhus Energy – Budget: 3 M€ – Key contribution: an e-business ontology tool suite and library to support smart collaborative e-business.

SWAP l SWAP: SWAP Semantic Web and Peer-to-Peer – Consortium: AIFB (Co-ordinator), VUA, META 4, Empolis (UK, Polska), Interbiz, Dresdner Bank – Budget: 4 M€ – Key contribution: realizing the potential of Ontologies understood as dynamic networks of meaning.

Esperonto l Esperonto: Application Service Provision of Semantic Annotation, Aggregation, Indexing and Routing of Textual, Multimedia, and Multilingual Web Content – Consortium: ISC, University Marid, VUA, DFKI, University of Liverpool, Biovista, RE – Budget: 4 M€ – Key contribution: bridge the gap between the actual WWW and the Semantic Web by providing a service to "upgrade" existing content to semantic Web content

Htechsight l Htechsight: A knowledge management platform with Intelligence & Insight capabilities for Technology Intensive Industries. l Consortium: – Univ of Surrey (co-ordinator), Univ of Rovira I Virgili, VUA, Semantic. Edge, Athens Technology Center, Institution of Chemical Engineers, Bayer AG, Gerolymatos, Mamidoil. – Budget: 4 M€ – Key contribution: Knowledge management in the Biochemistry

Wonder. Web l Wonder. Web: Ontology Infrastructure for the Semantic Web – Consortium: University of Manchester (co-ordinator), VUA, AIFB, LADSEB-CNR, Stanford – Budget: 1, 5 M€ – Key contribution: Wonder. Rule, a rule language for the semantic web. FOR MORE INFO. . . http: //wonderweb. man. ac. uk/

SWWS Proposal l SWWS: Semantic Web enabled Web Services – Consortium: VUA (Co-ordinator), FZI, i. SOCO, HP, Onto. Text, Shinka, Oracle – Budget: 3 M€ – Key contribution: Making web services a mature technology by fully employing the Web Service Modeling Framework (WSMF) FOR MORE INFO. . . http: //www. cs. vu. nl/~dieter/wsmf

2002 -2006: Framework 6 Much broader range comparing to FP 5 l Integrated projects up to 100 M€. l Ontoweb projects up to 10 M€. l Starting in early 2003. FOR MORE INFO. . . http: //europa. eu. int/ comm/research/

National Fundings Ireland as an example: l Between 2002 and 2006, Ireland will spend around 500 M€ for research on IT and Biotech. l Irland is with 3, 6 million inhabitants around 1% of the European Union.

Our next steps l Forming a project cluster of arounf 20 different projects around the semantic web. l Onto. Web II in 2004: 10 M€ l Semantic Web enabled Web services project as a key enabler for Ecommerce in 2002: 100 M€