March 8, 2007

1:30 PM - 4:30 PM

Level: Introductory/All Levels

An Enterprise Ontology is a Semantic Model of the key concepts of a firm. It resembles a conceptual model but goes much beyond a conceptual model in that the formal definitions allow the system to infer class membership based on properties. In this workshop we will show both how to build an ontology using OWL/DL and explain how such an ontology can reduce complexity in the architecture and applications based on it.

Participants will:

• Gain an understanding of what an ontology is, and how it differs from a conceptual data model.
• Learn the basics of OWL/DL the standard ontology language of the Semantic Web
• Step through live demos showing ontologies being built and used.
  

This presentation is fairly technical and fast paced, but it has been designed specifically for the data management professional, so analogies will be made to similar DM concepts where ever possible.

Dave McComb and Simon Robe are principals with Semantic Arts, a firm specializing in Semantic Technology and Service Oriented Architecture.