Ontolog Forum - User contributions [en]

ConferenceCall 2026 04 08

2026-04-09T00:54:50Z

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|-
! scope="row" | Session
| [[session::Foundations and Tools]]
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! scope="row" | Duration
| [[duration::1 hour]]
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! scope="row" rowspan="3" | Date/Time
| [[has date::08 Apr 2026 16:00 GMT]]
|-
| 9:00am PDT/12:00pm EDT
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| 5:00pm BST/6:00pm CST
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! scope="row" | Convener
| [[convener::KenBaclawski|Ken Baclawski]]
|}

= [[OntologySummit2026|Ontology Summit 2026]] {{#show:{{PAGENAME}}|?session}} =
* '''[[MarkMusen|Mark Musen]]''' ''Reports of the Death of Ontologies Are Greatly Exaggerated''
** [https://ontologforum.s3.us-east-1.amazonaws.com/OntologySummit2026/Foundations/Reports-of-the-death-of-ontologies-are-greatly-exaggerated--MarkMusen_20260408.mp4 Video Recording]
** [https://youtu.be/tbYGti2gPDM YouTube Video]

== Conference Call Information ==
* Date: '''Wednesday, 08 April 2026'''
* Start Time: 9:00am PDT / 12:00pm EDT / 6:00pm CEST / 5:00pm BST / 1600 UTC
** ref: [http://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/fixedtime.html?month=4&day=8&year=2026&hour=12&min=00&sec=0&p1=179 World Clock]
* Expected Call Duration: 1 hour
{{:OntologySummit2026/ConferenceCallInformation}}

== Discussion ==
12:13:10 TS : Ontology engineering is about communication.

12:14:57 Gary Berg-Cross : We have an interest in OE since Formalization can add mitigate errors - this could include minimizing GenAI hallucinations.

12:21:07 janet singer : Todd, your question points to a lack of clarity in establishing what ontologies *are, *do, etc.

12:21:22 TS : Neo4J does not require an ontology to be used.
* Jim Logan ⟪Ontogenesis⟫ : 👍

12:28:45 TS : Incorrect use of data fields is not special to biosciences.

12:31:58 TS : If an ontology is used to create drop lists on web forms, they can be considered a constraint, if there is not a simple way to ‘change’ the ontology (and hence the options provided).

12:41:36 João Paulo A. Almeida : Very nice conclusions, Mark, thanks a lot

12:41:46 Phil Jackson : Do the wide variety of ontologies, and issues of confusion, provide a reason for constructing a "meta-ontology"? i.e., an ontology of ontologies
* Mike Bennett : 👍
* Jim Logan ⟪Ontogenesis⟫ : 👍

12:56:15 janet singer : The need for care and standards in terminology and metadata should be an easier argument to make than saying ‘ontologies’ are the means to do so

12:59:12 Mark Fox : The method employed in CEDAR is similar to what we have done for meta data for the Canadian Urban Data Catalogue: data.urbandatacentre.ca. A paper on the dataset metadata can be found in: Fox, M.S., Gajderowicz, B. and Lyu, D. (2025), “A Maturity Model for Urban Dataset Metadata”, International Journal of Digital Curation, Vol. 19, No. 1 pp. 27. http://dx.doi.org/10.2218/ijdc.v19i1.906

== Resources ==
* [https://ontologforum.s3.us-east-1.amazonaws.com/OntologySummit2026/Foundations/Reports-of-the-death-of-ontologies-are-greatly-exaggerated--MarkMusen_20260408.mp4 Video Recording]
* [https://youtu.be/tbYGti2gPDM YouTube Video]

== Previous Meetings ==
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MaheshSaladi

2026-04-07T20:28:49Z

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= Mahesh Saladi =
I am a Chief Financial Officer with over 30 years of experience in Private Equity, which includes 22 years serving as the CFO, Managing Director, and Partner for First Atlantic Capital, a NYC based prominent multi-billion-dollar PE firm.

Currently, I serve as the CEO and CFO for Private Equity CFO, LLC where we provide CFO services for Private Equity portfolio firms, and management consulting for unicorn potential technology startup firms. Active with 22k+ professionals connected on LinkedIn.

In addition, I am the CFO and CRO for Re-Vive (re-vive.com), a process intelligence firm. We produce a 100% accurate Digital Twin in three weeks (deployable on-prem, SaaS, or Cloud) that inherently includes an underlying ontology. We map complex processes by extracting data from legacy systems to modern ERPs. While our engine is entirely process-agnostic and available across all industries, our primary focus is currently on the BFSI and Healthcare sectors.

I am very interested in the intersection of business strategy, financial certainty, and semantic technology. I am looking forward to participating in the Wednesday sessions, contributing to the continued success of the community, and eventually exploring speaking opportunities to share industrial use cases that bridge executive financial management with ontology.

https://linkedin.com/in/privateequitycfo

ConferenceCall 2026 04 08

2026-04-07T01:57:58Z

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ConferenceCall 2026 04 01

2026-04-04T16:21:26Z

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{| class="wikitable" style="float:right; margin-left: 10px;" border="1" cellpadding="10"
|-
! scope="row" | Session
| [[session::Foundations and Tools]]
|-
! scope="row" | Duration
| [[duration::1 hour]]
|-
! scope="row" rowspan="3" | Date/Time
| [[has date::01 Apr 2026 16:00 GMT]]
|-
| 9:00am PDT/12:00pm EDT
|-
| 5:00pm BST/6:00pm CST
|-
! scope="row" | Convener
| [[convener::KenBaclawski|Ken Baclawski]]
|}

= [[OntologySummit2026|Ontology Summit 2026]] {{#show:{{PAGENAME}}|?session}} =
* '''[[KenBaclawski|Ken Baclawski]]''' ''Introduction to the Foundations and Tools Track'' [https://ontologforum.s3.us-east-1.amazonaws.com/OntologySummit2026/Foundations/Introduction-to-Foundations-Track--KenBaclawski_20260401.pdf Slides] [https://ontologforum.s3.us-east-1.amazonaws.com/OntologySummit2026/Foundations/Introduction-to-Foundations--KenBaclawski_20260401.mp4 Video Recording]
** Abstract: The foundations of a discipline serve many functions, including enabling interoperability/communication among practitioners, setting the boundaries of the discipline, and establishing a framework for contributing to the discipline. In this presentation I will describe and compare the foundations of mathematics, databases and ontologies, and will provide a detailed description of the mathematical notion of a topos.
* '''Prof. Devika P. Madalli''' ''Faceted Classification as a Semantic Framework'' [https://ontologforum.s3.us-east-1.amazonaws.com/OntologySummit2026/Foundations/Faceted-Classification-as-a-Semantic-Framework--DevikaMadalli_20260401.mp4 Video Recording] [https://youtu.be/LIdvcpwDpZk YouTube Video]
** Abstract: This talk presents a faceted approach to knowledge organization. Classificatory Ontologies are multidimensional and built upon the faceted theory of S.R. Ranganathan (1967). The talk highlights the distinct approach to knowledge organization using the facets in building domain ontologies. Facets are identified using principled approach of Ranganathan. Structured classification is amenable for application of Semantic technologies to represent Domain, Entities, Relations and Attributes (DERA). The faceted model is an effective means to help organize content as entities belonging to different Facets of Domains are identified and formalised alongwith explicit Relations. Faceted Ontologies are a result of analysis and synthesis of Domain concepts. The talk gives instances to show that faceted Ontologies have potential for modeling the domain of Mathematics to demonstrate how facetization could be leveraged effectively.
** Prof. Madalli is Director/निर्देशक of INFLIBNET Centre / इनफ्लिबनेट केंद्र (An Autonomous Inter University Centre of University Grants Commission, Min. of Education, Govt of India)
** [https://ontologforum.s3.us-east-1.amazonaws.com/OntologySummit2026/Foundations/Faceted-Classification-as-a-Semantic-Framework-Corrected-Slides--DevikaMadalli_20260401.pdf Corrected Slides]

== Conference Call Information ==
* Date: '''Wednesday, 01 April 2026'''
* Start Time: 9:00am PDT / 12:00pm EDT / 6:00pm CEST / 5:00pm BST / 1600 UTC
** ref: [http://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/fixedtime.html?month=4&day=1&year=2026&hour=12&min=00&sec=0&p1=179 World Clock]
** Note: Europe is now on Daylight Saving Time.
* Expected Call Duration: 1 hour
{{:OntologySummit2026/ConferenceCallInformation}}

== Resources ==
* [[KenBaclawski|Ken Baclawski]]
** [https://ontologforum.s3.us-east-1.amazonaws.com/OntologySummit2026/Foundations/Introduction-to-Foundations-Track--KenBaclawski_20260401.pdf Slides]
** [https://ontologforum.s3.us-east-1.amazonaws.com/OntologySummit2026/Foundations/Introduction-to-Foundations--KenBaclawski_20260401.mp4 Video Recording]
** [https://youtu.be/Ba8Cs0eVeHo YouTube Video]
* Devika Madalli
** [https://ontologforum.s3.us-east-1.amazonaws.com/OntologySummit2026/Foundations/Faceted-Classification-as-a-Semantic-Framework--DevikaMadalli_20260401.mp4 Video Recording]
** [https://youtu.be/LIdvcpwDpZk YouTube Video]
** [https://ontologforum.s3.us-east-1.amazonaws.com/OntologySummit2026/Foundations/Faceted-Classification-as-a-Semantic-Framework-Corrected-Slides--DevikaMadalli_20260401.pdf Corrected Slides]

== Previous Meetings ==
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OntologySummit

2026-04-03T18:27:04Z

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= Ontology Summit =

An annual series of events (first started by [[Ontolog]] and [[NIST]] in 2006) that involves the ontology community along with communities related to each year's theme chosen for the summit. The Ontology Summit program is now co-organized by [[Ontolog]], [[NIST]], [[NCOR]], [[NCBO]], [[NCO_NITRD]] along with the co-sponsorship of other organizations that are supportive of the Summit goals and objectives.

There is now an Ontology Summit YouTube Channel at [http://bit.ly/34DOmRV Ontology Summit YouTube Channel]. For the publications produced by the summits see [[OntologySummit/Publications]].

* '''[[OntologySummit2026]] - "Ontologies: Past, Present, Future"'''
* '''[[OntologySummit2025]] - "Conceptualization, Analysis and Formalization"'''
* '''[[OntologySummit2024]] - "Neuro-Symbolic Techniques for and with Ontologies and Knowledge Graphs"'''
** [https://bit.ly/3NKAflv Communiqué]
* '''[[OntologySummit2023]] - "Helping scientific researchers make better use of ontologies" '''
** [https://bit.ly/3CdhHYA Communiqué]
* '''[[OntologySummit2022]] - "Dealing with Disasters" '''
** [https://bit.ly/3qFbrDd Communiqué]
* '''[[OntologySummit2021]] - "Ontology Generation and Harmonization" '''
** [https://bit.ly/3mhNlIP Communiqué]
* '''[[OntologySummit2020]] - "Knowledge Graphs" '''
** [https://bit.ly/34fFVOi Communiqué]
* '''[[OntologySummit2019]] - "Explanations" '''
** [http://bit.ly/2TDdyTG Communiqué]
* '''[[OntologySummit2018]] - "Contexts in Context" '''
** [[OntologySummit2018_Communique| Communiqué]]

* '''[[OntologySummit2017]] - "AI, Learning, Reasoning, and Ontologies" '''
** [[OntologySummit2017_Communique|Communiqué]]

* '''[[OntologySummit2016]] - "Framing the Conversation: Ontologies within Semantic Interoperability Ecosystems"'''
** [[OntologySummit2016/Communique]]

* '''[[OntologySummit2015]] - "Internet of Things: Toward Smart Networked Systems and Societies"'''
** [[OntologySummit2015_Communique]]
** ''(public facing)'' [http://ontologforum.org/OntologySummit/2015/ Ontology Summit 2015 Website]

* '''[[OntologySummit2014]] - "Big Data and Semantic Web Meet Applied Ontology"'''
** [https://s3.amazonaws.com/ontologforum/OntologySummit2014/OntologySummit2014_Communique/OntologySummit2014_Communique_v1-0-0_20140429-1045.pdf OntologySummit2014_Communique]
** ''(public facing)'' [http://ontologforum.org/OntologySummit/2014/ Ontology Summit 2014 Website]

* '''[[OntologySummit2013]] - "Ontology Evaluation Across the Ontology Lifecycle"'''
** [[OntologySummit2013_Communique]]
** ''(public facing)'' [http://ontologforum.org/OntologySummit/2013/ Ontology Summit 2013 Website]

* '''[[OntologySummit2012]] - "Ontology for Big Systems"'''
** [[OntologySummit2012_Communique]]
** ''(public facing)'' [http://ontologforum.org/OntologySummit/2012/ Ontology Summit 2012 Website]

* '''[[OntologySummit2011]] - "Making the Case for Ontology"'''
** [[OntologySummit2011_Communique]]

* '''[[OntologySummit2010]] - "Creating the Ontologists of the Future"'''
** [[OntologySummit2010_Communique]]

* '''[[OntologySummit2009]] - "Toward Ontology-based Standards"'''
** [[OntologySummit2009_Communique]]

* '''[[OntologySummit2008]] - "Toward An Open Ontology Repository"'''
** [[OntologySummit2008_Communique]]

* '''[[OntologySummit2007]] - "Ontology, Taxonomy, Folksonomy: Understanding the Distinctions"'''
** [[OntologySummit2007_Communique]]

* '''[[UpperOntologySummit]] (2006) - the "Upper Ontology Summit"'''
** [[UpperOntologySummit/UosJointCommunique]]

'''Format:''' each year's Summit comprises of a series of both virtual and face-to-face events that span about 3 months. These include a vigorous three-month online discourse on the theme of choice (for a particular summit), virtual panel discussions, research activities ... etc. which will culminate in a two-day workshop and symposium. The publication of a Summit Communiqué each year, at the end of the symposium, to get an annual message from the participants to the world-at-large, has also been a signature activity of this Ontology Summit series. ... ( ref. also '''[[OntologySummit2012/Process|the Ontology Summit Process]]''' )

There is now an Ontology Summit YouTube Channel at [https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCKK2e8NZ9lyLDBpXY18O_Tg Ontology Summit YouTube Channel].

[[Category:OntologySummit]]

WikiHomePage

2026-04-03T18:26:58Z

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'''Welcome to our "open dialog in ontology"!'''

'''The Ontolog Forum is an open, international, virtual [[CommunityofPractice|community of practice]] devoted to advancing the field of ontology, ontological engineering and semantic technology, and advocating their adoption into mainstream applications and international standards.'''

== What is an ontology? ==

If you want to learn about ontologies, many resources are available on this wiki and elsewhere:
* The [https://groups.google.com/g/ontolog-forum Forum] is a mailing list where members can have conversations posted to the membership. See below for how to join the Forum.
* The [[OntologySummit|Ontology Summit]] has produced a series of Communiqués covering a wide variety of topics relevant to the ontology community.
* The [https://iaoa.org International Association for Ontology and its Application] has links to educational resources, including:
** [https://wiki.iaoa.org/index.php/Edu:Courses Courses around the world]
** [https://wiki.iaoa.org/index.php/Edu:Educational_Material Educational Material]
** [https://wiki.iaoa.org/index.php/Edu:Books Books]
** [https://wiki.iaoa.org/index.php/Edu:Term_List Terms and their definitions as used in applied ontology]

== Weekly Meeting ==

Most weeks we have a virtual meeting on Wednesday at Noon US Eastern Time. Conference call information is available on the meeting page for the particular week.
* The format for the URL of a meeting page is
<nowiki>https://ontologforum.org/index.php/ConferenceCall_yyyy_mm_dd</nowiki>
where "yyyy" is the year, "mm" is the month, and "dd" is the day of the month. For example,
[[ConferenceCall_2021_07_07|https://ontologforum.org/index.php/ConferenceCall_2021_07_07]] is the page for the meeting on 7 July 2021.
* Most meetings are recorded. The video recordings, slide presentations and other resources are available via links on the meeting pages.
* The document archives are stored on Amazon S3. Access requires credentials. These can be obtained on request from [mailto:kenbaclawski@gmail.com Ken Baclawski].

== Social Media ==
* Meetings are [https://www.youtube.com/@ontologysummit/streams live streamed on YouTube] and edited videos are posted on the [https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCKK2e8NZ9lyLDBpXY18O_Tg Ontology Summit YouTube Channel]

== Membership ==

* This is an OPEN, virtual Community of Practice, operated by the community itself.
* Anyone who would like to participate and contribute in accordance with the [[OntologCharter|Ontolog Forum Community Charter]] is welcome to join.
* '''To join us''', please send an email to the [mailto:membership@ontologforum.org ONTOLOG Membership Chair].
** Participation must be in conformance to the [[IPR_Policy|IPR Policy]] and [[Policy|Contribution Guidelines and Policy]].
** There is no fee or cost to participate.
** All members should use their real names when posting to the forum or participating in a meeting.
** All members should have a namesake page on this wiki so that others in the community can get to know them easily.
* To update or to add content to this wiki, please request a wiki account by sending a request to the [mailto:membership@ontologforum.org ONTOLOG Membership Chair].
* The [[ONTOLOG_BoardOfTrustees|Ontolog Board of Trustees]] jointly oversee the activities of the Ontolog Community.
* If you have questions, please send email to [mailto:trustees@ontologforum.org ONTOLOG Board of Trustees].

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ConferenceCall 2026 06 03

2026-04-03T02:08:27Z

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= [[OntologySummit2026|Ontology Summit 2026]] {{#show:{{PAGENAME}}|?session}} =
* '''[[ArunMajumdar|Arun K. Majumdar]]''' and '''[[JohnSowa|John F. Sowa]]''' ''Reasoning Beats Pattern Matching''
** For over 60 years, the best AI reasoning was based on the four step cognitive cycle: abduction, deduction, evaluation, induction, and repeat. Abduction generates hypotheses or educated guesses. Deduction derives implications. Evaluation chooses the best option. Induction combies the result with previous knowledge. Many versions of the cognitive cycle have been invented and named. For guiding fighter pilots, John Boyd called it the OODA loop: Observe, Orient, Decide, Act. He originally said that each step would be traversed in milliseconds, but he later applied the loop to design and analysis steps that may take minutes, hours, or days. Whatever the time scale, the four steps are fundamental to reasoning in science, business, and life. The pattern matching methods of Large Language Models (LLMs) are superb for translating languages, natural or artificial. They are also good for finding and relating patterns in large volumes of data of any kind. That enables them to answer questions by finding information or by applying previous methods to new data. For many problems, pattern matching can discover abductions or educated guesses. But deduction and evaluation cannot be done unless a similar cognitive cycle can be found somewhere on the WWW. With the VivoMind system from 2000 to 2010, the authors used conceptual graphs for symbolic reasoning about a wide range of problems. For the new Permion system, they added LLM pattern matching to map conceptual graphs to and from natural language. But pattern matching, by itself, cannot do any reasoning unless it can find and adapt an appropriate cycle on the WWW. It often requires a huge amount of searching even for relatively simple examples. In summary, LLMs cannot do reasoning unless and until the system finds a suitable cognitive cycle on the WWW. But the Permion reasoning methods automatically do the four-step cycle. If necessary, they can also do LLM searching, but none is required.

== Conference Call Information ==
* Date: '''Wednesday, 03 June 2026'''
* Start Time: 9:00am PDT / 12:00pm EDT / 6:00pm CEST / 5:00pm BST / 1600 UTC
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AbdelrhmanRayis

2026-03-25T15:29:09Z

Forum: Created page with "= Abdelrhman Rayis = I am a PhD candidate at Keele University in the United Kingdom. My research lies at the intersection of knowledge representation, ontology engineering, and geospatial data science. I focus on designing ontology-driven systems to support intelligent decision-making, particularly within smart city environments. My current work explores how ontologies can be integrated with microservices and AI techniques to enable semantic interoperability across he..."

ConferenceCall 2026 04 01

2026-03-24T02:29:10Z

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OntologySummit2026

2026-03-21T20:14:37Z

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= Ontology Summit 2026 =
{{:OntologySummit2026/Theme}}

The [[OntologySummit|Ontology Summit]] is an annual series of events that involves the ontology community and communities related to each year's theme chosen for the summit. The Ontology Summit was started by Ontolog and NIST, and the program has been co-organized by Ontolog and NIST along with the co-sponsorship of other organizations that are supportive of the Summit goals and objectives.

As part of Ontolog’s general advocacy to bring ontology science and related engineering into the mainstream, we endeavor to facilitate discussion and knowledge sharing amongst stakeholders and interested parties relevant to the use of ontologies. The results will be synthesized and summarized in the form of the Ontology Summit 2026 Communiqué, with expanded supporting material provided on the web and in journal articles.

= Process and Deliverables =
The [[OntologySummit2026|Ontology Summit 2026]] will consist of virtual discourse (over our archived mailing lists), virtual presentations and panel sessions as part of recorded video conference calls.
As in prior years the intent is to provide some synthesis of ideas and draft a communique summarizing major points.

Meetings are at Noon US/Canada Eastern Time on Wednesdays and last about an hour.

== Schedule ==
=== Launch ===
* [[ConferenceCall_2026_02_18|18 February 2026]]
=== Retrospective ===
* [[ConferenceCall_2026_02_25|25 February 2026]]
** '''[[KenBaclawski|Ken Baclawski]]''' (chair)
** '''[[JanetSinger|Janet Singer]]'''
** '''[[MichaelGruninger|Michael Grüninger]]'''
** '''[[SteveRay|Steve Ray]]'''
=== Ontologies and AI ===
* [[ConferenceCall_2026_03_04|4 March 2026]] '''[[GaryBergCross|Gary Berg-Cross]]''' and '''[[RamSriram|Ram D. Sriram]]'''
* [[ConferenceCall_2026_03_11|11 March 2026]] '''Randy Goebel''' ''A (partial) framework for debugging foundation models''
* [[ConferenceCall_2026_03_18|18 March 2026]] '''[[PascalHitzler|Pascal Hitzler]]''' ''Some Advances in Neurosymbolic AI Related to Ontologies and Knowledge Graphs''
* [[ConferenceCall_2026_03_25|25 March 2026]]
** '''Manas Gaur''' ''Neurosymbolic AI for High Stakes Applications in the LLM Era''
** '''Luis Lamb''' ''Neurosymbolic AI: From research to industry''
=== Foundations and Tools ===
* [[ConferenceCall_2026_04_01|1 April 2026]]
** '''[[KenBaclawski|Ken Baclawski]]''' Introduction to Foundations
** '''Devika P. Madalli'''
* [[ConferenceCall_2026_04_08|8 April 2026]] '''[[MarkMusen|Mark Musen]]'''
* [[ConferenceCall_2026_04_15|15 April 2026]] '''Nicola Guarino'''
* [[ConferenceCall_2026_04_22|22 April 2026]] Synthesis Panel

=== Interoperability ===
* [[ConferenceCall_2026_04_29|29 April 2026]] '''Will Sobel'''
* [[ConferenceCall_2026_05_06|6 May 2026]] '''[[RaviSharma|Ravi Sharma]]'''
* [[ConferenceCall_2026_05_13|13 May 2026]] '''[[MikeBennett|Mike Bennett]]'''

=== Education, Training and Certification ===
* [[ConferenceCall_2026_05_20|20 May 2026]]
* [[ConferenceCall_2026_05_27|27 May 2026]]
=== Synthesis ===
* [[ConferenceCall_2026_06_03|3 June 2026]]
** '''[[JohnSowa|John Sowa]]'''
** '''[[ArunMajumdar|Arun Majumdar]]'''
* [[ConferenceCall_2026_06_10|10 June 2026]] Synthesis Panel
* [[ConferenceCall_2026_06_17|17 June 2026]] Symposium

== Resources ==
* [[OntologySummit2026/ConferenceCallInformation|Conference Call Information]]
* [http://bit.ly/34DOmRV Ontology Summit YouTube Channel]

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[[Category:OntologySummit2026]]

2026-03-18T01:38:30Z

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= Ontology Summit 2026 =
{{:OntologySummit2026/Theme}}

The [[OntologySummit|Ontology Summit]] is an annual series of events that involves the ontology community and communities related to each year's theme chosen for the summit. The Ontology Summit was started by Ontolog and NIST, and the program has been co-organized by Ontolog and NIST along with the co-sponsorship of other organizations that are supportive of the Summit goals and objectives.

As part of Ontolog’s general advocacy to bring ontology science and related engineering into the mainstream, we endeavor to facilitate discussion and knowledge sharing amongst stakeholders and interested parties relevant to the use of ontologies. The results will be synthesized and summarized in the form of the Ontology Summit 2026 Communiqué, with expanded supporting material provided on the web and in journal articles.

= Process and Deliverables =
The [[OntologySummit2026|Ontology Summit 2026]] will consist of virtual discourse (over our archived mailing lists), virtual presentations and panel sessions as part of recorded video conference calls.
As in prior years the intent is to provide some synthesis of ideas and draft a communique summarizing major points.

Meetings are at Noon US/Canada Eastern Time on Wednesdays and last about an hour.

== Schedule ==
=== Launch ===
* [[ConferenceCall_2026_02_18|18 February 2026]]
=== Retrospective ===
* [[ConferenceCall_2026_02_25|25 February 2026]]
** [[KenBaclawski|Ken Baclawski]] (chair)
** [[JanetSinger|Janet Singer]]
** [[MichaelGruninger|Michael Grüninger]]
** [[SteveRay|Steve Ray]]
=== Ontologies and AI ===
* [[ConferenceCall_2026_03_04|4 March 2026]] [[GaryBergCross|Gary Berg-Cross]] and [[RamSriram|Ram D. Sriram]]
* [[ConferenceCall_2026_03_11|11 March 2026]] Randy Goebel ''A (partial) framework for debugging foundation models''
* [[ConferenceCall_2026_03_18|18 March 2026]] [[PascalHitzler|Pascal Hitzler]] ''Some Advances in Neurosymbolic AI Related to Ontologies and Knowledge Graphs''
* [[ConferenceCall_2026_03_25|25 March 2026]] Manas Gaur
=== Foundations and Tools ===
* [[ConferenceCall_2026_04_01|1 April 2026]]
* [[ConferenceCall_2026_04_08|8 April 2026]] [[MarkMusen|Mark Musen]]
* [[ConferenceCall_2026_04_15|15 April 2026]] Nicola Guarino
* [[ConferenceCall_2026_04_22|22 April 2026]] Synthesis Panel

=== Interoperability ===
* [[ConferenceCall_2026_04_29|29 April 2026]] Will Sobel
* [[ConferenceCall_2026_05_06|6 May 2026]] [[RaviSharma|Ravi Sharma]]
* [[ConferenceCall_2026_05_13|13 May 2026]] [[MikeBennett|Mike Bennett]]

=== Education, Training and Certification ===
* [[ConferenceCall_2026_05_20|20 May 2026]]
* [[ConferenceCall_2026_05_27|27 May 2026]]
=== Synthesis ===
* [[ConferenceCall_2026_06_03|3 June 2026]]
** John Sowa
** Arun Majumdar
* [[ConferenceCall_2026_06_10|10 June 2026]] Synthesis Panel
* [[ConferenceCall_2026_06_17|17 June 2026]] Symposium

== Resources ==
* [[OntologySummit2026/ConferenceCallInformation|Conference Call Information]]
* [http://bit.ly/34DOmRV Ontology Summit YouTube Channel]

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= Ontology Summit 2026 =
{{:OntologySummit2026/Theme}}

The [[OntologySummit|Ontology Summit]] is an annual series of events that involves the ontology community and communities related to each year's theme chosen for the summit. The Ontology Summit was started by Ontolog and NIST, and the program has been co-organized by Ontolog and NIST along with the co-sponsorship of other organizations that are supportive of the Summit goals and objectives.

As part of Ontolog’s general advocacy to bring ontology science and related engineering into the mainstream, we endeavor to facilitate discussion and knowledge sharing amongst stakeholders and interested parties relevant to the use of ontologies. The results will be synthesized and summarized in the form of the Ontology Summit 2026 Communiqué, with expanded supporting material provided on the web and in journal articles.

= Process and Deliverables =
The [[OntologySummit2026|Ontology Summit 2026]] will consist of virtual discourse (over our archived mailing lists), virtual presentations and panel sessions as part of recorded video conference calls.
As in prior years the intent is to provide some synthesis of ideas and draft a communique summarizing major points.

Meetings are at Noon US/Canada Eastern Time on Wednesdays and last about an hour.

== Schedule ==
=== Launch ===
* [[ConferenceCall_2026_02_18|18 February 2026]]
=== Retrospective ===
* [[ConferenceCall_2026_02_25|25 February 2026]]
** [[KenBaclawski|Ken Baclawski]] (chair)
** [[JanetSinger|Janet Singer]]
** [[MichaelGruninger|Michael Grüninger]]
** [[SteveRay|Steve Ray]]
=== Ontologies and AI ===
* [[ConferenceCall_2026_03_04|4 March 2026]] [[GaryBergCross|Gary Berg-Cross]] and [[RamSriram|Ram D. Sriram]]
* [[ConferenceCall_2026_03_11|11 March 2026]] Randy Goebel ''A (partial) framework for debugging foundation models''
* [[ConferenceCall_2026_03_18|18 March 2026]] [[PascalHitzler|Pascal Hitzler]] ''Some Advances in Neurosymbolic AI Related to Ontologies and Knowledge Graphs''
* [[ConferenceCall_2026_03_25|25 March 2026]] Manas Gaur
=== Foundations and Tools ===
* [[ConferenceCall_2026_04_01|1 April 2026]] Nicola Guarino
* [[ConferenceCall_2026_04_08|8 April 2026]] [[MarkMusen|Mark Musen]] 
* [[ConferenceCall_2026_04_15|15 April 2026]] 
* [[ConferenceCall_2026_04_22|22 April 2026]] Synthesis Panel

=== Interoperability ===
* [[ConferenceCall_2026_04_29|29 April 2026]] Will Sobel
* [[ConferenceCall_2026_05_06|6 May 2026]] [[RaviSharma|Ravi Sharma]]
* [[ConferenceCall_2026_05_13|13 May 2026]] [[MikeBennett|Mike Bennett]]

=== Education, Training and Certification ===
* [[ConferenceCall_2026_05_20|20 May 2026]]
* [[ConferenceCall_2026_05_27|27 May 2026]]
=== Synthesis ===
* [[ConferenceCall_2026_06_03|3 June 2026]]
** John Sowa
** Arun Majumdar
* [[ConferenceCall_2026_06_10|10 June 2026]] Synthesis Panel
* [[ConferenceCall_2026_06_17|17 June 2026]] Symposium

== Resources ==
* [[OntologySummit2026/ConferenceCallInformation|Conference Call Information]]
* [http://bit.ly/34DOmRV Ontology Summit YouTube Channel]

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Forum: Created page with "= Dennis de Champeaux = 1981: AI PhD with 'Algorithms in AI'. Published algorithms on: AI heuristic search AI theorem proving AI unification AI medical diagnosis Galton inheritance paradox simulator Very popular preprints about Quicksort; publications still blocked due to pathologies in the QS tribe. Findings contradict misconceptions that fester since 1960. In the pipeline: bidirectional depth first search. Helped establish the OO life cycl..."

= Dennis de Champeaux =
1981: AI PhD with 'Algorithms in AI'.

Published algorithms on: 
AI heuristic search 
AI theorem proving 
AI unification 
AI medical diagnosis 
Galton inheritance paradox simulator

Very popular preprints about Quicksort; publications still blocked due to pathologies in the QS tribe. Findings contradict misconceptions
that fester since 1960. In the pipeline: bidirectional depth first search.

Helped establish the OO life cycle around 1993 with panels at OOPSLA and text books on OO System Development & OO Development Process. 
OO consulting for Fortune 500 companies. 
Developed a medical (self) diagnosis site (2000/5) with a fine ontology & over 500 diseases, which has impacted my opinions about current AI.

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