The Ontolog Forum

The Ontolog Forum is "an open, international, virtual community of practice devoted to advancing the field of ontology, ontological engineering and semantic technology, and advocating their adoption into mainstream applications and international standards." You can visit the Ontolog Forum's Wiki Home Page, or click on any link below to see presentations relevant to ontology education or the NCBO. For information on their Meetings and Conference Calls, etc., please see here.

• The "Ontology Summit 2010: Creating the Ontologists of the Future" face-to-face workshops and symposium - March 15 & 16, 2010 (Monday and Tuesday), held at the NIST campus at Gaithersburg, Maryland, USA.

• The "OntologySummit2009: Towards Ontology-based Standards"
  face-to-face workshops and symposium - April 6-7, 2009
  See the Communiqué   or click the link above for details and individual session recordings

• SemanticWiki Mini-Series: The Wiki Way to the Semantic Web
  A 6-month mini-series comprising Talks, Panel Discussions and Online Discourse - Ontolog Forum - September 2008-March 2009
  See the details page for audio and other information.

• The "OntologySummit2008: Towards an Open Ontology Repository"
  face-to-face workshops and symposium - April 28-29, 2008
  See the Communiqué   or click the link above for details and individual session recordings

• Ontology Registry and Repository Technology & Infrastructure Landscape
  Panel Discussion - Ontolog Forum - February 28, 2008
  Details   Slides   MP3 Audio

• Semantic Interoperability in Health Informatics: Lessons Learned
  Panel Discussion - Ontolog Form - January 10, 2008
  Details & Slides   MP3 Audio

• If we build it, will they come? Social-engineering of new technology to disseminate biomedical ontologies
  Dr. Mark Musen - Ontolog Form - December 6, 2007
  Details   PDF Slides   MP3 Audio

• Grande Challenges for Ontology Design
  Tom Gruber - Ontolog Forum - March 1, 2007
  Details   PPT Slides   MP3 Audio

• Ontology Evaluation in Biomedicine: The OBO Foundry
  Dr. Barry Smith - Ontolog Forum - December 21, 2006
  Details   PPT Slides   MP3 Audio

• What is an ontology? - A Briefing on the Range of Semantic Models
  Dr. Leo Obrst - Ontolog Forum - January 12 & 19, 2006
  Details  PPT Slides   Audio MP3 - Part1   Audio MP3 - Part2