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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 and Rule
Integration<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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align=center><B style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal"><SPAN
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style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal"><SPAN
style="COLOR: #231f20; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">Workshop Description and
Objectives<o:p></o:p></SPAN></B></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0pt"><SPAN
style="COLOR: black; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold">The integration of ontologies
with rules has become a central research topic in the Semantic Web and Web
Services. In the Semantic Web's layered structure, it is still open whether
there should be only one homogeneous hierarchy for ontologies and rules, or
whether these should stand side by side in a heterogeneous (hybrid) framework.
While such integrations have been studied mostly for derivation rules, they are
also becoming increasingly important for other kinds of rules, e.g. for
(re)active rules.<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
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<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0pt"><SPAN
style="COLOR: black; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold">Traditionally, rules for system
behavior have been embedded in executable code, providing static functionality
that is hard to change.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>As the
complexity and tempo of the world increase, applications must move to a new
paradigm that supports dynamic modification of system behavior in complex,
changing environments.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>Separation
of rules from executable code provides the foundation for dynamic system
behavior and agile response to outside events, and thus, <I
style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal">dynamic</I> Service Oriented Architectures.
<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>Rule abstraction also allows
sharing of rules across</SPAN> disparate domains, enabling interoperability
across the enterprise. <SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>However, a
given set of rules must refer to a common semantic knowledge model. This raises
issues such as – should <SPAN
style="COLOR: black; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold">rules be combined with
ontologies into a single language?<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes">
</SPAN>If a single language is best, then how should it be structured to express
different ontological concepts, rule types and logics?<SPAN
style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>If a layered approach is preferable in
which rules and ontologies are separate, then how should these layers
interact?<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>How will the firing
of axioms and rules be orchestrated?<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
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style="MARGIN: 0pt; mso-outline-level: 3"><o:p> </o:p></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0pt; mso-outline-level: 3"><SPAN
style="mso-fareast-font-family: BatangChe">The purpose of the Ontology and Rule
Integration Workshop will be to bring together researchers from academia and
industry to exchange the latest advances in ontology and rule integration.<SPAN
style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN></SPAN>In particular, we will explore
the interaction between the rule and ontology layers and share best practices in
this space.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>We will examine issues
such as orchestration of inferencing across layers, adaptable policy enforcement
using ontologies enhanced with rules, dynamic rule and ontology distribution,
and rule annotation for discovery and reuse with ontologies.<SPAN
style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </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"><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></B></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"><SPAN
style="mso-fareast-font-family: BatangChe">We invite papers on the latest
advances in ontology and rule integration techniques, issues and best
practices.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>Proposed topics include
the following.</SPAN><SPAN style="COLOR: black"><o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<UL style="MARGIN-TOP: 0pt" type=disc>
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style="MARGIN: 0pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: list 36.0pt"><SPAN
style="COLOR: black; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold">Homogeneous </SPAN>ontology
and rule integrations</LI>
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style="MARGIN: 0pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: list 36.0pt"><SPAN
style="COLOR: black; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold">Hybrid </SPAN>ontology and
rule integrations</LI>
<LI class=MsoNormal
style="MARGIN: 0pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: list 36.0pt">Issues
with ontology and rule orchestration, integration</LI>
<LI class=MsoNormal
style="MARGIN: 0pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: list 36.0pt">Comparison
of integrated and layered approach to ontology and rule specification</LI>
<LI class=MsoNormal
style="MARGIN: 0pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: list 36.0pt">Integrated
reasoning platforms for ontology and rule execution</LI>
<LI class=MsoNormal
style="MARGIN: 0pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: list 36.0pt">Rule
annotation with ontologies</LI>
<LI class=MsoNormal
style="MARGIN: 0pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: list 36.0pt">Impact
of reasoning with uncertainty on integrated ontology and rule sets</LI>
<LI class=MsoNormal
style="MARGIN: 0pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: list 36.0pt">Identification
of patterns, use cases and requirements for ontology and rule integration</LI>
<LI class=MsoNormal
style="MARGIN: 0pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: list 36.0pt">Case
studies in ontology and rule integration</LI>
<LI class=MsoNormal
style="MARGIN: 0pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: list 36.0pt">Reasoning
with uncertainty over ontologies and rules</LI></UL>
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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"><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 integrate ontologies and
rules.</SPAN><B><SPAN
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">We invite
papers up to 10 pages in length in <A
href="http://www.computer.org/portal/site/ieeecs/menuitem.c5efb9b8ade9096b8a9ca0108bcd45f3/index.jsp?&pName=ieeecs_level1&path=ieeecs/publications/cps&file=cps_forms.xml&xsl=generic.xsl&">IEEE
two-column format</A> describing original completed work, work in progress or
interesting problems or use cases.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes">
</SPAN>The page limit includes title, abstract, and all figures, and
references.<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 the <A
href="http://www.easychair.org/RuleML06WS/">conference submission site</A>
according to the schedule outlined below.</P>
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style="FONT-SIZE: 14pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">Important
Dates<o:p></o:p></SPAN></B></P>
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June 2006<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN><SPAN
style="mso-tab-count: 2">
</SPAN>Deadline for abstracts</P>
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June 2006<SPAN
style="mso-tab-count: 2">
</SPAN>Deadline for papers</P>
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August 2006 <SPAN
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</SPAN>Notification of acceptance</P>
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August 2006 <SPAN
style="mso-tab-count: 1">
</SPAN>Final version of paper (camera-ready) due</P>
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September 2006 <SPAN style="mso-tab-count: 1"> </SPAN>Early
registration deadline for conference authors</P>
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November 2006<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>RuleML 2006</P>
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November 2006<SPAN style="mso-tab-count: 1">
</SPAN>Ontology and Rule Integration Workshop</P>
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<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 2pt 0pt"><B
style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal">Dr. Leo Obrst <o:p></o:p></B></P>
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