ONTOLOG - CWE ONTOLOG - CWE Collaborative Work Collaborative Work

EnvironmentEnvironment

An introduction to the An introduction to the [ontolog] Community [ontolog] Community

Platform and Tool SuitePlatform and Tool Suite05-Nov-2003 – San Francisco, CA,

USA

Peter P. Yim <peter.yim@cim3.com>

(v 1.00)

Presentation at the First ONTOLOG Workshop

OutlineOutline

• BackgroundBackground• What is CIM3 & its What is CIM3 & its

ApproachApproach• People & CommunitiesPeople & Communities• The Infrastructure & The Infrastructure &

ToolsTools• The ProcessThe Process• Discussion / Q&ADiscussion / Q&A

Introducing Introducing CIM3CIM3

• CIM Engineering, Inc. - San Mateo, CACIM Engineering, Inc. - San Mateo, CA• Incorporated in California – Jan. 1989Incorporated in California – Jan. 1989• Doing business as:Doing business as:

““cim3.com”, “cim3.net” and “cim3.org”cim3.com”, “cim3.net” and “cim3.org”

• CIM: Computer Integrated Manufacturing CIM: Computer Integrated Manufacturing (with our origin in manufacturing and (with our origin in manufacturing and manufacturing systems)manufacturing systems)

• CIM3: CIM3: originally, “Computer Integrated-Man-Machine originally, “Computer Integrated-Man-Machine

Manufacturing”Manufacturing” now, “Collaboration in huMan-Machine-now, “Collaboration in huMan-Machine-

Methodology”Methodology”

What Does CIM3 Do?What Does CIM3 Do?• Mission: to enable more effective distributed Mission: to enable more effective distributed

collaboration and project team work through collaboration and project team work through bootstrapping collective intelligencebootstrapping collective intelligence

• Structured under:Structured under: cim3.com – the business arm of the companycim3.com – the business arm of the company cim3.net – the collaborative work environments where cim3.net – the collaborative work environments where

client Communities of Practice and distributed team client Communities of Practice and distributed team workspaces are hosted workspaces are hosted

cim3.org – the research arm, and holder of the company’s cim3.org – the research arm, and holder of the company’s open technology, content and other intellectual open technology, content and other intellectual propertiesproperties

• Products/Services: Products/Services: Basic HostingBasic Hosting; ; Collaborative Work Environment Hosting Collaborative Work Environment Hosting (ASP); (ASP); Professional Services; Infrastructure Customization Professional Services; Infrastructure Customization & Deployment; System & Solution Development& Deployment; System & Solution Development

The Hosting The Hosting FacilityFacility

CIM3's CIM3's ApproachApproach

• Augmentation - collaboration - human-machine interaction – Augmentation - collaboration - human-machine interaction – bootstrappingbootstrapping

• Openness - we use open-source software & comply with open Openness - we use open-source software & comply with open standards as much as we can; we open-source our technology and standards as much as we can; we open-source our technology and content, and participate in open standards developmentcontent, and participate in open standards development

• Capitalizing on the Internet technology: taking it Capitalizing on the Internet technology: taking it from the research and academic networkfrom the research and academic network to the current form as publishing mediato the current form as publishing media to Transactions and Web Services to Transactions and Web Services onto being its future as knowledge media in the Semantic Webonto being its future as knowledge media in the Semantic Web

• Providing Enterprise performance, quality & robustnessProviding Enterprise performance, quality & robustness• System built upon a knowledge architecture optimized for distributed System built upon a knowledge architecture optimized for distributed

teamworkteamwork• Emphasis on effectiveness and strategic value - not technologyEmphasis on effectiveness and strategic value - not technology• Supporting the entire spectrum of users: from the uninitiated to the Supporting the entire spectrum of users: from the uninitiated to the

power userspower users• While we do open-source work, we believe in properly remunerating While we do open-source work, we believe in properly remunerating

our contributorsour contributors

People & CommunitiesPeople & Communities

• People as an integral part of the People as an integral part of the systemsystem

• The Community Spectrum The Community Spectrum [Kaplan/iCohere][Kaplan/iCohere]

Affinity GroupsAffinity Groups Learning CommunitiesLearning Communities Communities of PracticeCommunities of Practice Project TeamsProject Teams

• We optimize our infrastructure, We optimize our infrastructure, tools and process for the latter tools and process for the latter twotwo

The Collaboration Tool The Collaboration Tool SuiteSuite

• archived email forum archived email forum [1][1]

• wiki – a read-and-write wiki – a read-and-write web web [2][2]

• document document repository/file sharing repository/file sharing workspace workspace [3a][3a] [3b][3b] [3c] [3c]

• Community of Practice Community of Practice (CoP) portal/website (CoP) portal/website [4a][4a]

• Fine-grain access and Fine-grain access and linking (“purple linking (“purple numbers”) numbers”) [5a][5a] [5b][5b] [5c] [5c]

• Full-text search Full-text search [6a] [6b] [6c][6a] [6b] [6c]

• voice conferencing voice conferencing [[77]]

• Screen/application Screen/application sharing sharing [8][8]

• instant messaging instant messaging [[9a9a] [] [9b9b]]

• real-time chat session real-time chat session [[

10a10a] [] [10b10b]]

• internationalization internationalization [[1111]]

• Optimized for Optimized for distributed teamwork distributed teamwork [12][12]

Ontological Engineering ToolsOntological Engineering Tools• kifb SUO-KIF Browser kifb SUO-KIF Browser [Michael Sevcenko][Michael Sevcenko]

• kifb Browser v1.8kifb Browser v1.8• SUMO v1.566SUMO v1.566• http://ontolog.cim3.net/cgi-bin/kifbhttp://ontolog.cim3.net/cgi-bin/kifb

• SIGMA – SIGMA – Knowledge Engineering EnvironmentKnowledge Engineering Environment [Adam Pease][Adam Pease]

• Ontology BrowserOntology Browser• Ontologies - SUMO (v1.566) & OWL Ontologies - SUMO (v1.566) & OWL • Vampire Theorem Prover for First Order Logic Vampire Theorem Prover for First Order Logic [by [by

Andrei Voronkov and Alexandre Riazanov of Univ. of Manchester]Andrei Voronkov and Alexandre Riazanov of Univ. of Manchester]

• http://sigma2.cim3.net:8080/sigma/KBs.jsphttp://sigma2.cim3.net:8080/sigma/KBs.jsp

• Protégé 2000 (v1.80)Protégé 2000 (v1.80)• with OntoViz pluginwith OntoViz plugin• share on share on http://vnc2.cim3.net:5800/http://vnc2.cim3.net:5800/ (password (password

required)required)

Collaboration ProcessCollaboration Process• CIM3 provide a basic suite of both asynchronous and CIM3 provide a basic suite of both asynchronous and

synchronous collaboration toolssynchronous collaboration tools• Also important are the processes that facilitate and Also important are the processes that facilitate and

support distributed communities and project team work. support distributed communities and project team work. • Our core server platform runs on Linux, and is built to Our core server platform runs on Linux, and is built to

meet scalability, fault tolerance and high availability meet scalability, fault tolerance and high availability design criteriadesign criteria

• We employ open source software and tools, We employ open source software and tools, predominantly; and we open source the software and predominantly; and we open source the software and technology that we developtechnology that we develop

• We comply with open standards – particularly in internet We comply with open standards – particularly in internet protocols, xml, java, web services, accessibility, protocols, xml, java, web services, accessibility, internationalization & localizationinternationalization & localization

ReferenceReference

• Doug EngelbartDoug Engelbart's Bootstrap 's Bootstrap Vision and MissionVision and Mission

• CIM Engineering, Inc. – CIM Engineering, Inc. – http://www.cim3.comhttp://www.cim3.com

• A copy of this presentation is available A copy of this presentation is available at: at: http://ontolog.cim3.net/file/workshop/nov-2003/ontolog-cwe--PeterYim_20031105.ppt

Q & A Q & A and and

DiscussionDiscussion