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<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">Rules are widely recognized to be a
major part of the frontier of the Semantic Web, and critical to the early
adoption and application of knowledge-based techniques in
e-business, particularly enterprise integration and B2B
e-commerce.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>This includes knowledge
representation (KR) theory and algorithms; markup languages based on such KR;
engines, translators, and other tools; relationships to standardization efforts;
and, not least, applications.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes">
</SPAN>Interest and activity in the area of Rules for the Semantic Web has grown
rapidly over the last five years. <SPAN
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style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">RuleML-2005</SPAN></STRONG><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"> is aimed to be this year’s
premiere scientific conference on the topic.<SPAN
style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>It continues in topic, leadership, and
collaboration with the previous series of three highly successful international
workshops.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN><SPAN
class=spelle>RuleML</SPAN>-2005 is <SPAN class=spelle>co-located</SPAN> with the
International Semantic Web Conference (<A
href="http://iswc2005.semanticweb.org/"><SPAN
style="COLOR: windowtext">http://iswc2005.semanticweb.org/</SPAN></A>) and
will meet 10-12 November 2005 in <st1:place
w:st="on">Galway</st1:place>.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes">
</SPAN><STRONG><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial">We are pleased to announce that
Tim Berners-Lee will be the</SPAN></STRONG> <SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial"><STRONG>Keynote Speaker.</STRONG><SPAN
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style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">This year’s focus is on the
application of reactive and proactive rules, complex event processing, and
event-driven rules for the Semantic Web.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes">
</SPAN>The conference will also include an OWL Workshop, hosted by Peter
Patel-Schneider. <SPAN class=366564300-27082005> </SPAN></SPAN></P>
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style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">Register now to secure your
participation in this most critical exchange of ideas!<SPAN
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style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">See you in November<SPAN
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style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">RuleML 2005 Program
Co-Chairs<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P></SPAN></DIV>
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