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Workshop<o:p></o:p></SPAN></B></P>
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align=center><B style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal"><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 14pt; COLOR: #231f20; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">Ontology Learning on
the Semantic Web<o:p></o:p></SPAN></B></P>
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align=center><B style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal"><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 14pt; COLOR: #231f20; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">Call for
Papers<o:p></o:p></SPAN></B></P>
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style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal"><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 14pt; COLOR: #231f20; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">Workshop Description
and Objectives<o:p></o:p></SPAN></B></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0pt"><SPAN
style="mso-fareast-font-family: BatangChe"><FONT size=3><FONT
face="Times New Roman">With the advent of the Semantic Web, standard ontology
languages are emerging that will allow concept sharing on a wide scale.<SPAN
style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN></FONT></FONT><A name=OLE_LINK4></A><A
name=OLE_LINK3><SPAN style="mso-bookmark: OLE_LINK4"><FONT
face="Times New Roman" size=3>Ontologies expressed in a standard language, such
as the Web Ontology Language (OWL) and exposed on a network offer the potential
for <I style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal">unprecedented interoperability
solutions</I> since they are semantically rich, computer understandable and
inherently extensible.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>However, the
potential power of ontological solutions is curtailed by the difficulty and
expense of building and maintaining ontologies manually.</FONT></SPAN></A><SPAN
style="mso-spacerun: yes"><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3>
</FONT></SPAN></SPAN><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3>Further, one of the
tenets that the Semantic Web inherits from the World Wide Web is that anyone can
publish anything about anything.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes">
</SPAN>So, the accuracy and relevance of information encountered on the Semantic
Web cannot be guaranteed, nor can consistency across multiple sources.<SPAN
style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>How can ontology learning techniques be
applied over the web based on the trust and reputation of information
sources?</FONT></P>
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<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0pt"><SPAN
style="mso-fareast-font-family: BatangChe"><FONT size=3><FONT
face="Times New Roman">The purpose of the Ontology Learning Workshop will be to
bring together researchers from academia and industry to exchange the latest
advances in ontology learning.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>Our
goals is to assemble the latest research results that advance the automation of
ontology learning over the web and demonstrate the potential power of the
technology.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>We will also focus on
solutions to some of the challenges in learning over the open web, including the
role of trust in automated ontology learning. <SPAN
style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>We also seek to identify use cases to
which the research can be applied. <SPAN
style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN><o:p></o:p></FONT></FONT></SPAN></P>
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style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal"><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 14pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: BatangChe">Topics<o:p></o:p></SPAN></B></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0pt"><FONT size=3><FONT
face="Times New Roman"><SPAN style="mso-fareast-font-family: BatangChe">We
invite papers on the latest advances in ontology learning techniques and
algorithms.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>We are interested in
position papers that propose new methods and design patterns for automated
ontology generation, linking and maintenance.<SPAN
style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>In particular, we are interested in
applying models of trust for ontology learning.<SPAN
style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>We are also interested in </SPAN><SPAN
style="COLOR: black">applications, including requirements, lessons learned and
issues with ontology learning over a
network.<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></FONT></P>
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<P class=MsoNormal
style="MARGIN: 0pt 0pt 6pt; mso-layout-grid-align: none"><B><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 14pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">Participation<o:p></o:p></SPAN></B></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0pt; mso-outline-level: 3"><FONT size=3><FONT
face="Times New Roman"><SPAN style="COLOR: black">We encourage participation
from a variety of communities, including researchers</SPAN><SPAN
style="mso-fareast-font-family: BatangChe"> from academia and industry,
standards organizations, and vendors.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes">
</SPAN>Users who seek interoperability solutions may be interested in how to
automate ontology generation.</SPAN><B><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 14pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"><o:p></o:p></SPAN></B></FONT></FONT></P>
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style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal"><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 14pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: BatangChe">Format</SPAN></B><SPAN
style="mso-fareast-font-family: BatangChe"><o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0pt 0pt 2pt; mso-outline-level: 3"><FONT
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style="mso-fareast-font-family: BatangChe">The workshop will follow the
following format.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>First,
</SPAN><SPAN style="COLOR: black">we will invite a leader in Ontology Learning
to summarize the latest advances in this area.<SPAN
style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>We will then present a series of talks
that focus on advancements in techniques to support automated ontology learning
over the web.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>In the afternoon, a
second invited speaker will discuss trust models and propose how those might be
used to support ontology learning.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes">
</SPAN>This will be followed by a panel session on issues in ontology learning,
which will be an interactive exchange between panel members and the audience on
the challenges in ontology learning on the Semantic Web.<SPAN
style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>Finally, we will present a session to
focus on applications, including requirements, lessons learned and issues with
ontology learning over a network.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes">
</SPAN>The workshop will close with an identified set of follow up actions and
next steps in advancing automated ontology learning over the Semantic
Web.<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></FONT></P>
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face="Times New Roman"> </FONT></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0pt 0pt 2pt; mso-outline-level: 3"><FONT
size=3><FONT face="Times New Roman"><SPAN style="COLOR: black">Products of the
workshop include a set of proceedings, as well as issues and requirements for an
</SPAN><SPAN style="mso-fareast-font-family: BatangChe">integrated framework for
automated ontology construction and
maintenance.<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></FONT></P>
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style="FONT-SIZE: 14pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></B></P>
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style="FONT-SIZE: 14pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">Submission
Requirements<o:p></o:p></SPAN></B></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0pt; mso-layout-grid-align: none"><FONT
face="Times New Roman" size=3>We invite papers up to 8 pages in length in the
style specified by AAAI at</FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0pt; mso-layout-grid-align: none"><FONT
face="Times New Roman" size=3>(</FONT><A
href="outbind://132/www.aaai.org/Publications/Author/macros-link.html"><FONT
face="Times New Roman"
size=3>www.aaai.org/Publications/Author/macros-link.html</FONT></A><FONT
face="Times New Roman" size=3>).<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes">
</SPAN>Papers should describe original completed work, work in progress, or
interesting problems or use cases.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes">
</SPAN>Submitted papers will be fully refereed based on the originality and
significance of the ideas presented as well as on technical aspects.<SPAN
style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>Submissions should be made
electronically to </FONT><A href="mailto:suzette@mitre.org"><FONT
face="Times New Roman" size=3>suzette@mitre.org</FONT></A><FONT size=3><FONT
face="Times New Roman"><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>before <B
style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal">March 31, 2006.</B><SPAN
style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN><I
style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal"><SPAN
style="COLOR: black"><o:p></o:p></SPAN></I></FONT></FONT></P>
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style="FONT-SIZE: 14pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">Workshop
Chairs<o:p></o:p></SPAN></B></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 2pt 0pt"><B
style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal"><FONT size=3><FONT
face="Times New Roman">Dr. Jugal Kalita<o:p></o:p></FONT></FONT></B></P>
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face="Times New Roman">1420 <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:City
w:st="on">Austin</st1:City></st1:place> <st1:Street w:st="on"><st1:address
w:st="on">Bluffs Parkway</st1:address></st1:Street></FONT></FONT></P>
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Springs</st1:City>, <st1:State w:st="on">Colorado</st1:State><SPAN
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w:st="on">80918</st1:PostalCode></FONT></FONT></st1:place></P>
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<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 2pt 0pt"><B
style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal"><FONT size=3><FONT
face="Times New Roman">Dr. Leo Obrst <o:p></o:p></FONT></FONT></B></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 2pt 0pt"><FONT face="Times New Roman"
size=3>The MITRE Corporation</FONT></P>
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<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 2pt 0pt"><B
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face="Times New Roman">Dr. Peter
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size=3><FONT face="Times New Roman"><st1:place w:st="on"><st1:City
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MITRE Corporation<o:p></o:p></FONT></FONT></SPAN></P>
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