Semanticommunity.net: Community Infrastructure Sandbox for 2008

Table of Contents

1. Announcement
2. Current Web 2.0 Wikis and Tutorials
3. Upcoming Events
4. Past Activities
5. Contact Information

Announcement:

The Federal Semantic Interoperability Community of Practice (aka SICoP), formally chartered under the Best Practices Committee of the Federal Chief Information Officer's Council (aka CIOC) in 2003 has completed it's work with the SICoP Special Conference 4, February 5, 2008. Its co-chairs, Mills Davis, Project 10x, and Brand Niemann, US EPA, have been recognized for their contributions to fostering semantic interoperability in the Federal Government through a series of white papers, pilots, and conferences during the past 5 years. With the maturation of the Semantic Web and Semantic Technologies, comes the need to apply the work of SICoP to the real-world needs of both government and non-government organizations in a new way so Brand and Mills have created Semanticommunity.Net and Semantic Exchange.Com, respectively, to build on SICoP, but not endorsed by any government or non-government organization. Brand is participating in the 2008 SemTech as a private citizen, not representing the US EPA, but his current work at the US EPA includes the development of Ontologies for EPA's Segment Data Architecture in communities of practice (see new NSF Accounting Ontology CoP) and semantification of emails, documents, and spreadsheets (see full announcement). Mills is presenting his work at multiple sessions at this conference in his new role. Mill's Tutorial on Web 3.0/Semantic Wave Market Outlook said it best in slide 31: What is Value, with the giraffe poking his head above the clouds and thinking: Its' All Good.., and Brand says "it is a blessing to be moved forward, otherwise we fall behind". May 20, 2008, Semantic Technology Conference, San Jose, CA.

Current Web 2.0 Wikis and Tutorials:

• August 7, 2008, Special Session with Ken Orr (by invitation only due to limited time and space).
• August 12, 2008, Sensor Standards Harmonization Meeting, NIST, Gaithersburg, MD. Sensor Ontology.
• October 2, 2008, Spatial Ontology Community of Practice Conference (proposed).
• September 15-19, 2008, NCOIC General Plenary Sessions and Technical Team Meetings, Tysons, VA. Web 2.0 Wiki.
• September 23-26, 2008, 5th International Conference on Geographic Information Science: GIScience 2008, Park City, Utah, USA. Invited Keynote: Design of Web 2.0/3.0 and SOA for Geospatial Science: Mashups for Fun and Profit! Pilot Web 2.0 Wiki.
• •September 29-30, 2008, Sixth SOA for E-Government Conference, MITRE Auditorium, McLean, VA.
• October 27-28, 2008, 2nd Annual Shenandoah Valley Science Symposium.
• November 7, 2008, 5th Mid-Atlantic Regional Planning Roundtable.
• January 7-9, 2009, Winter Earth Science Information Partnership Federation Meeting
• October 25-28, 2009, International Semantic Web Conference in Washington, DC!

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Past Activities:

• July 25, Energy Community Mashup Camp, in conjunction with the World Futurist Society Conference (July 25-29, 2008).
• July 15-18, 2008, Summer Earth Science Information Partnership Federation Meeting. Water Management Cluster Meeting on Semantic Web/Ontology Applications.
• July 12, 2008, IAC Emerging Technology SIG Mashup Pilot Wiki (restricted access for now).
• July 8, 2008, CENDI Meeting at the National Library of Education. Pilot Wiki and Tutorial.
• July 5, 2008, Business Transformation for the State Wildlife Action Plans: Pilot Wiki and Tutorial.
• June 26-27, 2008, Sustainable Water Resources Roundtable Meeting. Water Cycle Ontology. See Pilot Water Wiki.
• June 25-26, 2008, Brainstorm Group, Washington, DC. Business Transformation and Data Architecture for Business Architects Training Collaboration with Ken Orr (Slides). See EPA Ontology Wiki. See The Ken Orr Institute Pilot Wiki and Tutorial and the BPM Institute Pilot Wiki and Tutorial.
• June 23, 2008, Web 2.0 Pilot Wiki Demonstration and Presentation to the 1105 Media Group.
• June 17, 2008, SEMIC.EU. SICoP Invited Participation. See Announcement at 2008 SemTech Conference about SICoP Graduation to Semantic Community.net and Semantic Exchange.com.
• June 16-18, 2008, Leadership and Strategic Management for Chief Information Officers, John F. Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA. Participating in Preparatory Seminar (April 14 - June 9). CIOs Learning Web 2.0 Wikis: Pilot Web 2.0 Wiki.
• June 12-13, 2008, Government Health IT Conference, Proposed Panel on Web 2.0/Web 3.0 for HealthIT Gov 2.0 Collaboration with Pilot Wiki That Relates to Dr. Kolodner's Opening Keynote and New Strategic Plan.
• June 9-13, 2008, EPA's National Dialogue on Access to Environmental Information Part 7 Slides. CIOs Learning Wikis for Harvard Conference, EPA Mission Investment Solutions Division Retreat, Government Health IT Conference 2008, and Shenandoah Valley Science Symposium Planning Committee.
• June 5, 2008, The Future of E-Government: How Can Government Better Serve the Public, The Georgetown Law Center, Georgetown University (Capitol Hill). Focus on E-Rulemaking.
• June 4-5, 2008, EPA Mission Investment Solutions Division Retreat. Pilot Web 2.0 Wiki for Improved Communications.
• June 1-3, 2008, Government Leadership Summit 2008. Change Leadership 2.0: Harnessing the Power of Disruptive Technologies in Government, Williamsburg Lodge, Williamsburg, VA. Participating as a Private Citizen-Conference Alumni. CIOs Learning Wikis: Web 2.0 Wiki and Assignment Five. See FCW Insider - Wiki of the Conference.
• May 18-22, 2008, SemTech 2008: The Semantic Technology Conference, Fairmont Hotel, San Jose, California. See Announcement, Agenda, and Pilot Data Sources.
• May 15, 2008, Shenandoah Valley Quality of Life Workshop and Leadership Recognition Day.
• May 12-13, 2008, Ontological Specification of Interoperability Semantics for Financial Information and Business Reporting Systems. See NSF Accounting Ontology Web 2.0 Wiki.
• May 12-14, 2008, Web Services Security and SOA Conference & Expo, Baltimore Convention Center, Baltimore, MD. Pilot Wiki. Web 2.0 Wiki and Presentation (not given).
• April 30-May 1, 2008, Fifth SOA for E-Government Conference, MITRE Auditorium, McLean, VA. See Blog.
• April 9-12, 2008, First U.S. - European Conference of Metropolitan Regional Councils. Pilot Wiki.
• April 3, 2008, AFFIRM Web 2.0 The Myths The Realities The Opportunities. National Press Club, Washington, DC.
• April 1, 2008, Depository Library Council Spring 2008 Meeting (Pilot Wiki) Improved Access to EPA & Interagency Information: Before and After with Web 2.0 and EPA’s National Dialogue on Access to Environmental Information. Also see Role Reversal: Before and After Web 2.0.
• February 19, 2008, Improved Access to EPA Information: Before and After with Web 2.0: Part 1, Part 2, and Part 3 for the Collaboration Technology Community of Practice Inaugural Meeting, National Academy of Public Administration, Washington, DC. Also see December 19, 2007, "Speed, Agility, Reach, and Efficiency"and May 6-8, 2007, 22nd Semi-Annual Spring Government CIO Summit with Don Tapscott's Wikinomics: How Mass Collaboration Changes Everything.
• February 18, 2008. Context is Everything, Government Computer News.
• February 5, 2008, SICoP Special Conference 4, Computer Science Corporation Executive Briefing Center, Falls Church, VA.
• January 8, 2008, Breaking News on NCOIC Explores Utility Computing, Grid, Virtualization, GridToday.
• January 7, 2008, Blog: Speaking the same language, Government Computer News.
• December 18, 2007, The SICoP Experience, Computer Science Corporation, Innovation Community of Practice, Falls Church, VA.
• December 10, 2007, Social networking and the Medici Effect, Government Computer News 25th Anniversary Issue.