WebOnt Status

Mike Dean
Invited Expert, W3C Web Ontology WG
[email protected]

W3C RDF Interest Group Meeting
Cannes Mandelieu, France
28 February 2002

http://www.daml.org/2002/02/rdfig-webont/Overview.html

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Charter

• good summary of Semantic Web technical issues
• build on XML and RDF(S)
• take DAML+OIL submission as a starting point

Names

• resulting language is likely to be known as (OWL) for "Web Ontology Language" or "Ontology Web Language"

Schedule

• 51 members
  • co-chaired by Jim Hendler and Guus Schreiber
  • Dan Connolly is Team contact
• telecons started in November 2001
• first F2F in January 2002
  • use cases and requirements
• next F2F in April 2002
  • language design, test cases, semantics, guidelines
• note: a speakerphone will be available in this room from 1800-1930 for today's telecon

Requirements Document

• outline
  • 6 use cases
  • goals (general motivations)
  • requirements (MUST haves)
  • objectives (desirable)
• in-progress draft available
  • expected to publish as Working Draft shortly
  • some outstanding issues
  • soliciting feedback
• a comparison of these requirements to DAML+OIL is available as a separate document

More Information

• WebOnt home page
• Deb McGuinness' WebOnt briefing at the DAML PI Meeting (not posted yet)