From: John Flynn (jflynn@bbn.com)
Date: 06/04/02
HotDAML Newsletter Keeping you up to speed on happenings in the world of DAML http://www.daml.org <http://www.daml.org/> _____ Tuesday, June 4th, 2002 - Issue 7 _____ New Stories: DAML Semantic Search Server enhancements The DAML Semantic Search Service (ASCS) now supports queries that retrieve and integrate information from multiple sources (namespaces). One example is (?X, name, AFGHANISTAN)(?X population ?Pop). Please visit http://plucky.teknowledge.com/daml/damlquery.jsp or the advanced version at http://oak.teknowledge.com:8080/daml/damlquery.jsp. Semantic Web for Military Users conference The third Semantic Web for Military Users (SWMU) conference was held at the Navy Warfare Development Center (NWDC) in Newport, RI. during April 15th –17th. The conference was by invitation only and explored opportunities for the application of DAML technology to military problems. DAML Experiment DAML technologies are being integrated into a prototype system to support the Joint Task Force Commander and his staff in selecting candidate targets that best satisfy the specific goals and objectives for a military operation. The resulting prototype system is called the Semantic Operational Net Assessment Tool (SONAT). U.S. Government personnel are eligible to receive access to the web-based SONAT prototype. Contact John Flynn <mailto:jflynn@bbn.com> . DAML Ontology Translation Server comes on line Yale University, in collaboration with Kestrel Institute and BBN Technologies, has developed an ontology translation server for use in translating data using one set of DAML ontologies into data using another set. This is a crucial step toward semantic interoperability, the ability for agents to communicate in spite of using different ontologies. The service is currently accessible at http://phd1.cs.yale.edu:4040/ontoMerge.html, but it is planned to bring a more agent-oriented version online soon. The way the server works is that it maintains a set of merged ontologies that serve to bridge among the ontologies users want to use. The current library of merged ontologies is small but growing. Prospective users are encouraged to give feedback about the domains they need to do translation in. Cycorp releases beta OpenCyc for Linux Cycorp has released the beta OpenCyc version 0.6 for Linux on SourceForge. See http://www.opencyc.org <http://www.opencyc.org/> for the download link and documentation. This version contains the Cyc ontology browser and deductive inference engine, but does not yet incorporate the DAML ontology translation service. An included java program exports selected portions of the KB to DAML. Cycorp is pleased with the stability and usefulness of the release, having over 7,000 downloads to date. DAML at conferences The Semantic Web generated a lot of buzz at the Eleventh International World Wide Web Conference (WWW 2002) in Honolulu, which included two workshops, a refereed paper track, and a Developer’s Day track devoted to the Semantic Web. Papers presented by DAML researchers have been added to the DAML Publications page on www.daml.org <http://www.daml.org/> . There was a definite sense that the Semantic Web is becoming real. Of particular note was the announcement of the open source TAP system, which makes its knowledge base available in HTML (example), DAML+OIL (example), RDFS, and MCF formats. Archive of HotDAML Newsletters <http://www.daml.org/newsletters/> Subscription, Questions, Comments, Story Tips <mailto:newsletters@daml.org>
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