An Introduction to Ontology Building
One-Day Training Event
The University at Buffalo and the National Center for Ontological Research are hosting a one-day training event on ontology building on Saturday, October 23.
Schedule
- 8:30 Registration and Coffee
- 9:00 Barry Smith: An Introduction to Ontology Building: Examples from Medical Informatics, Defense, and Homeland Security
- 10:30 Coffee
- 10:45 Alan Ruttenberg: An Introduction to OWL, the Web Ontology Language
- 12:15 Lunch
- 1:00 Mathias Brochhausen: An Introduction to the Protege Ontology Editor
- 3:00 Coffee
- 3:15 Mathias Brochhausen: A Practical Exercise in Ontology Building
- 4:00 Mathias Brochhausen, Alan Ruttenberg, Barry Smith: Question and Answer Session
- 6:00 Dinner
The primary audience for this event consists of persons with an interest in ontology who wish to gain an initial familiarity with the languages and software tools employed in ontology construction, editing and use. All sessions will be highly interactive.
The early registration fee, due by October 15, is $120 per person, including lunch and refreshments. The late registration fee, due by October 20, is $150. On-site registration is $200.
To register please send an email to ncor@buffalo.edu.
Scholarships are available to University at Buffalo participants to cover this fee. Dinner is optional. The venue is NSC 215 on the North Campus of the University at Buffalo.
Mathias Brochhausen is Senior Research Scientist at the Institute for Formal Ontology and Medical Information Science in Saarbruecken, Germany. Alan Ruttenberg is Director of the Clinical and Translational Data Exchange at the University at Buffalo and a leader in the W3C OWL community. Barry Smith is Director of the National Center for Ontological Research.
