The aim of this SIG is to bring language designers and
practitioners together in order to:
- Coordinate cooperation, communication and participation in/with
related initiatives (e.g., the DAML programme) and relevant
standardisation efforts and working groups (e.g., the anticipated
W3C ontology language standardisation processes).
- Forge additional links with other projects and with industry so
as to further inform the language design process, and to stimulate
the translation from industrial needs to technical and scientific
problems.
- Disseminate the results of research and of standardisation
efforts, and to stimulate and support the transfer of research on
ontology languages from academia to industry.
- Provide a forum for cooperation in the development of language
extensions and the initiation of further standardisation efforts.
Ian Horrocks
2003-10-28