From: John Flynn (jflynn@bbn.com)
Date: 05/14/01
HotDAML Newsletter Keeping you up to speed on happenings in the world of DAML http://www.daml.org <http://www.daml.org/> _____ Monday, May 14, 2001 - Issue 2 _____ New Stories: UMBC is building ITTALKS The University of Maryland, Baltimore County is developing ITTALKS, an application which explores how DAML and semantic web technologies is helpful in creating information portals on the web. ITTALKS is a portal for announcements about talks, seminars and colloquia related to Information Technology. It is organized around "domains" which typically are organizations like universities, research laboratories or professional groups. It is also possible to create domains that are focused on a particular topic or set of topics. If you are interested in creating and configuring an ITTALKS domain for your organization please contact Dr. Tim Finin <mailto:finin@ittalks.org> . Learn more here <http://ittalks.org/> Dave Rager announces initial version of DAML Validator Dave Rager, of BBN, has developed a validator for DAML ontologies and markup. The validator reads in your DAML file and examines the code for a variety of potential errors. It then provides you with a listing of errors, a pointer to the errors in your file and some guidance on the nature of the problem. Try DAML Validator on your DAML markup <http://www.daml.org/validator/> DAML for the Marines A flight scheduling application is being developed by ISI for Marine Air Group 13 in Yuma, AZ under a project called CAMERA. WebScripter is being used for posting designs and adding comments in a decentralized fashion. DAML content is added by a simple, easy-to-use forms-based user interface. See more on WebScripter. <http://www.isi.edu/webscripter> DAML chosen for Bioinformatics The Bio-Ontologies Consortium, a working group consisting of leading researchers from academia and industry in the pharmaceutical and bioinformatics areas, has endorsed the DARPA Agent Markup Language (DAML) as the “language of choice for the exchange of ontological information in bioinformatics.” Robin McEntire of smith Kline Beecham, the chair of the working group stated, ”Our conclusion is that DAML is a strong technical candidate, but also is the most viable language with respect to adoption and tool development.” The acceptance of DAML by the bioinformatics community is significant, given the interest of the Department of Defense in biologically related research and intelligence issues with respect to biology and weapons of mass destruction. CyCorp announces release of knowledge base in DAML format The Cyc ontology will be released in several formats in order to promote the widest adoption of this technology, and facilitate the seamless integration of new and existing ontologies. One format will be Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency’s (“DARPA”) Agent Markup Language (DAML), which adds semantic statements on top of XML, and is currently being considered as a standard for the W3C Semantic Web. Cycorp's release of this latest DARPA technology may be the catalyst for the next such monumental technological innovation after DARPA's invention of the Internet. See the details here <http://www.cyc.com/opencycpressrelease03062001.html> Web-Enabled Ontology of Software Engineering (WOSE) The WOSE project is transforming Software Engineering Body of Knowledge (SwE BOK) to a DAML-based ontology which will be deployed on the emerging Semantic Web. Visit <http://java-emporium.com/WOSE/index.html> WOSE Web Site <http://java-emporium.com/WOSE/index.html> Air Mobility Command and Air Force Research Laboratory explore use of DAML The Air Force Staff, Air Mobility Command and Air Force Research Laboratory (Rome) met on 3 May, 2001 to discuss how DAML technology could be applied to help flight planners ensure each mission is in complete accordance with the requirements in the DoD Foreign Clearance Guide (FCG). The FCG provides guidance for State owned aircraft flying into the airspace of any foreign country. DAML Ontology Library is now DAML The DAML Ontology Library consists of a total of 130 separate ontologies and the library structure itself is now also represented in DAML format. See here <http://www.daml.org/ontologies/ontologies.daml> DAML in the news The March/April 2001 issue of IEEE Intelligent Systems is a special issue on the Semantic Web that includes several DAML articles. Articles <http://www.computer.org/intelligent/> DAML at conferences The Tenth International World Wide Web Conference (WWW10) was held in Hong Kong, May 1-5. The Second International Workshop on the Semantic Web (SemWeb2001) was co-located with WWW10. There were several DAML-related talks at that workshop. WWW10 <http://www10.org/> / Semantic Web Workshop <http://semanticweb2001.aifb.uni-karlsruhe.de/> Archive of <http://www.daml.org/newsletters/> HotDAML <http://www.daml.org/newsletters/> Newsletters <http://www.daml.org/newsletters/> Subscription, Questions, Comments, Story Tips <http://www.daml.org/newsletters/>
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