the program enclosed should give you an idea of the activities
going on in Europe in the area of standardization of product knowledge. As
you see, the opportunity of a strong interaction with the knowledge sharing
community and the special role of ontologies are well acknowledged in the
European STEP community. This workshop is especially devoted to the
interaction between these communities. It would be very nice if some of you
could attend.
I will be glad to talk with you on these ongoing activities at the
next meeting on Ontology Standards next week.
See you soon
-- Nicola
SECOND CALL AND FINAL PROGRAMME:
2ND WORKSHOP ON PRODUCT KNOWLEDGE SHARING AND INTEGRATION
(ProKSI-97)
April 17 - 18, 1997,
Sophia Antipolis, French Riviera (near Nice), France
This announcement confirms the dates and venue of the ProKSI-97
Workshop to be held in Sophia-Antipolis next month. It details
the workshop programme with its agenda and objectives.
A limited number of places for participants is still available
so that we encourage interested persons to contact us soon in
order to reserve an invitation.
*** GENERAL OBJECTIVES:
The workshop intends to provide a discussion forum for
specialists in product and knowledge modelling to become
familiar with current trends in both fields and to explore
the benefits from developing joint perspectives toward product
knowledge sharing and integration. The presentations shall
explain current modelling approaches, especially in standar-
dization efforts like STEP, KIF and others, and the discussions
will try to determine the possible added value of sharing
different viewpoints within these communities. As a result some
documented recommendations for further work are intended.
*** SHORT DESCRIPTION:
Product knowledge is widely distributed and stored in a variety
of ways, on paper, electronically, and in the minds of indi-
viduals. How can this knowledge be shared and integrated in
order to minimise revision loops and translation costs between
product generations and to obtain more flexibility in the use
of product knowledge by different kinds of applications? In
this workshop we will further investigate how product data
modelling, applications and standardization efforts can profit
from experiences in knowledge representation and vice versa.
*** INTENDED AUDIENCE:
This workshop is intended for discussion and interaction
between the following communities
- Industry (Product Engineers, Developers and Managers)
- Standardization Bodies (like ISO 10303 STEP)
- Technical Documentation
- Artificial Intelligence, Knowledge Based Methods
*** MAIN TOPICS:
Specific issues and topics that may be addressed include,
but are not limited to:
- modelling issues for product data and knowledge
- requirements from users and applications
- ontologies for product knowledge sharing and reuse
- integration issues (syntactic and semantic)
- knowledge management and corporate memories
- STEP/EXPRESS perspectives
- relations between technical documentation and product
knowledge
*** TIME and VENUE:
Thursday, 17 April 1997, 09:00 h
to
Friday, 18 April 1997, 13:00 h
at
International Center for Advanced Communication (C.I.C.A.)
2229 Route des Cretes, F-06560 Sophia-Antipolis (near Nice),
France
*** HOTELS:
The following list gives an overview of hotels in reasonable
vicinity at the currently best rates:
(Rates shown are reduced rates for bookings before 28 February,
but rebates may still be available)
Hotel Tulip Inn Mediathel Tel: +33 - (0)4 92 94 68 00
120, Rte. des Macarons Fax: +33 - (0)4 93 65 43 41
single room: 295 FF
double room: 360 FF
breakfast: 50 FF per person per day
city tax: 4 FF per person per day
Hotel Grand Mercure Tel: +33 - (0)4 92 96 68 78
560, Rue Albert Caquot Fax: +33 - (0)4 93 96 05 05
single room: 550 FF
double room: 720 FF
(including tax and breakfast)
Hotel Novotel Tel: +33 - (0)4 93 65 40 00
290, Rue Dostoievski Fax: +33 - (0)4 93 95 80 12
single room: 304 FF
double room: 360 FF
(including tax and breakfast)
Omega Best Western Hotel Tel: +33 - (0)4 92 96 07 07
49, Rue L. van Beethoven Fax: +33 - (0)4 92 96 03 05
room for single use: 400 FF
room for double use: 500 FF
(including tax and breakfast)
IBIS Hotel Tel: +33 - (0)4 93 65 30 60
6 Rue Albert Caquot Fax: +33 - (0)4 93 95 83 99
single room: 378 FF
double room: 428 FF
(including tax and breakfast)
For further practical information you can refer to the
PDTAG WWW page:
http://www.cadlab.tu-berlin.de/~PDTAG/WP3/sophia-ant/how_to_go_to.html
or you may request a paper copy from the workshop organizer.
Early reservation is advised to secure accommodation in nearby
hotels. Similarly air flights should be booked soon.
*** COSTS:
Workshop attendance is free of charge.
Lunch will be self-service at a nearby cafeteria.
A social event is planned for the evening of 17 April.
Details will be announced later.
*** IMPORTANT DATES
April, 15 - 16 PDT-Days in Sophia Antipolis
April, 17 - 18 Workshop ProKSI-97 in Sophia Antipolis
*** WORKSHOP PROGRAMME:
Thursday, 17 April:
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9:00 h Opening, Workshop Objectives (organizers)
9:10 h SESSION I - OVERVIEW PRESENTATIONS
- Prof. Nicola Guarino, LADSEB-CNR:
'Conceptual modelling of product knowledge:
towards a unified, well-founded methodology'
- Julian Fowler/Alan Boyle, PDT Solutions:
'From product to product knowledge modelling in STEP'
10:30 h Coffee break
11:00 h SESSION II - APPLICATIONS
- Prof. Peter Dietz et al, TU Clausthal:
'Strategies for product knowledge management and
feedback to design - application examples'
- Prof. Grabowski et al, Univ. of Karlsruhe:
'Supporting the search for design solutions based on
information recognition and automated
classification'
- Prof. Roesner et al, Univ. of Magdeburg:
'Modelling of product knowledge in the framework of
multilingual technical documentation'
12:30 h Lunch Break
14:00 h SESSION III - WORKING SESSION (with break)
(including any further presentations)
Goals to be set by Workshop - possible topics:
- Modelling requirements for knowledge sharing and
integration
- Classification of product knowledge ontologies
- Comparison of existing approaches and paradigms
- Desired extensions to STEP perspectives
- Product knowledge sharing scenarios in industry
- Long range perspectives and goals
17:00 h End of Session III
19:00 h Departure for Social Event
Friday, 18 April:
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9:00 h SESSION IV - CONCLUSIONS
- Remaining open issues
- Development of recommendations:
o Standardization issues
o Industry policy issues
o Research and funding issues
The recommendations will be included in the workshop
report and brought to the attention of the EU planning
authorities for Fifth Framework Work Programmes.
(10:30 h Coffee break)
12:30 h Closing remarks (organizers)
*** ADDITIONAL INFORMATION:
- Information about PDTAG can be found at
http://www.cadlab.tu-berlin.de/~PDTAG/
- The announcement and call for papers to the
European Conference Product Data Technology Days 1997 is
accessible via
http://www.cadlab.tu-berlin.de/~PDTAG/WP3/PDTD97CfP.html
- Information about the first workshop to this subject can be
obtained at
http://www.ladseb.pd.cnr.it/infor/Ontology/Basel_ws.html
The PDTAG workshop report is available via
http://www.cadlab.tu-berlin.de/~PDTAG/WP2/9610rep.html
- Practical informations for participants:
http://www.cadlab.tu-berlin.de/~PDTAG/WP3/sophia-ant/how_to_go_to.html
- For other questions please send an e-mail to
proksi97@iik.cs.uni-magdeburg.de
or directly to the organizers (see below)
ORGANIZERS:
Prof. Dr.-Ing. Dr. h.c. Horst Nowacki
Technische Universitaet Berlin
Institut fuer Schiffs- und Meerestechnik
Salzufer 17 - 19
D - 10587 Berlin, Germany
E-mail: nowacki@cadlab.tu-berlin.de
Prof. Dr. rer. nat. habil. Dietmar Roesner,
Dipl.-Inform Bjoern Hoefling
Otto-von-Guericke-Universitaet Magdeburg
Fakultaet fuer Informatik
Institut fuer Informations- und Kommunikationssysteme
Universitaetsplatz 2
D - 39106 Magdeburg, Germany
E-mail: (roesner,hoefling)@iik.cs.uni-magdeburg.de
SPONSOR:
Product Data Technology Advisory Group, PDTAG-AM
(ESPRIT Project 9049), CEC DG III (Industry),
Project Leader: Prof. Horst Nowacki, TU Berlin
*************************************************************
* Reply Sheet for the Workshop
*
* ProKSI-97 (April 17 - 18, 1997)
*
* to be sent to proksi97@iik.cs.uni-magdeburg.de
*
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* Name, Address and E-mail/Fax:
* ________________________
* ________________________
* ________________________
* ________________________
* ________________________
*
* I would like to participate in the workshop and contribute
* to the following topic(s) from the above list or otherwise:
* ________________________
* ________________________
*
* |_| by a paper/talk
* |_| by a discussion statement
*
* |_| I would like to participate in a social event
* Thursday evening
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* |_| I will not be able to participate in the workshop,
* but want to be kept informed
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-- Nicola Guarino
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Nicola Guarino
National Research Council phone: +39 49 8295751
LADSEB-CNR fax: +39 49 8295778
Corso Stati Uniti, 4 email: guarino@ladseb.pd.cnr.it
I-35127 Padova
Italy
http://www.ladseb.pd.cnr.it/infor/Ontology/ontology.html
(*** UPDATED 23 Dec, 1996 ***)