Re: EDI = Web3.0 driving MDA?

Hi Michael,
OMG describes MDA on this page http://www.omg.org/mda/.  I'm looking forward
to hearing Elisa's update on this topic and how semantic web is related to
it on our 7/30 event. I'll ask her the questions you raised (good ones). If
Elisa is on this mail list, she may answer your question sooner.

thanks,
-aj

On 7/9/07, Michael Belanger <mpbelanger@jarg.com> wrote:
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>  Hi aj,
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> Re: MDA July 30 – Is MDA 3.0 just Electronic Data Interchange – in new
> clothes – http substituted for private wires?
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> In both cases the "semantics" are brittle, hard-wired (code = tags) by
> mutual agreement (consistent) of both supplier and user.
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> Is it not OBSOA (ontology based service oriented architecture) that fits
> the economy's on-demand "interoperability" goal best?
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> Is this view going to be aired?
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> Michael Belanger
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> Jarg Corporation
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> *From:* semantic-web-request@w3.org [mailto:semantic-web-request@w3.org] *On
> Behalf Of *AJ Chen
> *Sent:* Sunday, July 08, 2007 11:15 PM
> *To:* semantic-web@w3.org
> *Subject:* SDForum Semantic Web event (7/30/07): Web3.0 drives MDA?
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> Silicon Valley's semantic web interest group<http://www.sdforum.org/index.cfm?fuseaction=Page.viewPage&pageId=734&parentID=659&nodeID=1>will have its next regular event on July 30, discussing how semantic web
> will impact MDA. Everyone are welcome to attend. See details below or event
> calendar<http://www.sdforum.org/index.cfm?fuseaction=Calendar.eventDetail&eventID=12910>.
> Hope to see some of you again.
> -aj
> AJ Chen, PhD
> Co-chair, SDForum Semantic Web SIG
>
> *Will Web 3.0 Finally Give Developers a Real Model Driven Architecture
> Solution?
>
> In this interactive panel discussion we will explore how the Semantic
> Web family of standards is quietly empowering the decades-old MDA
> (Model Driven Architecture) community. Despite 20+ years of promises
> from the software community, the original vision of CASE (Computer
> Aided Software Engineering) seems just as elusive as ever. However,
> recent activities in the past 18 months at the OMG (Object Management
> Group) indicate that another watershed moment for MDA is upon us. So,
> the question remains, can the Semantic Web and Web 3.0 technology like
> OWL (Web Ontology Language) and RDF (Resource Description Framework)
> substantially improve the ways we conceptualize, design, code, and
> generate enterprise software?
>
> Our two expert guests will address these and other questions during
> the evening of July 30th at the SDForum Semantic Web SIG. We have the
> pleasure of hearing from Dr. Deborah McGuinness, who Chairs the
> Knowledge Systems Laboratory at Stanford and Elisa Kendal, the
> President and CEO of Sandpiper Software – which is one of the
> principal contributors to the OMG's specification for the Ontology
> Definition Metamodel, along with IBM, Adaptive Software and others.
>
> Time: Monday, July 30th 2007, 6:30pm – 9pm
> Location:
> Cubberley Community Center
> 4000 Middlefield Rd., Room H-1
> Palo Alto, CA
> Directions<http://www.sdforum.org/index.cfm?fuseaction=page.viewPage&pageID=698&nodeID=1>
> :
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> http://www.sdforum.org/index.cfm?fuseaction=page.viewPage&pageID=698&nodeID=1
> Price:
> $15 at the door for non-SDForum members
> No charge for SDForum members
> No registration required
>
> Agenda:
> 6:30pm - 7:00pm Registration / Networking / Refreshments / Pizza
> 7:00pm – 7:10pm Community announcement
> 7:10pm - 7:50pm Introduction to OMG and MDA with new ODM specifications
> 7:50pm - 8:30pm In depth review of how OWL plays a central role in
> future MDA work
> 8:30pm - 9:00pm Dedicated Q&A period
>
> Panelist Bios:
> • Deborah McGuinness, Acting Director, Stanford Knowledge Systems
> Laboratory
> Dr. Deborah McGuinness is the acting director and senior research
> scientist of the Knowledge Systems - Artificial Intelligence
> Laboratory (KSL) at Stanford University and CEO of McGuinness
> Associates Consulting. Deborah's research focuses on the Semantic Web,
> Explanation and Trust, Ontologies and Ontology Evolution Environments,
> Knowledge Representation and Reasoning, and Semantic Integration of
> Information. Deborah's consulting focuses on helping companies utilize
> artificial intelligence research and semantic technologies in
> applications such as semantically-enabled scientific data integration,
> smart search, ontology management, and online commerce.
>
>
> • Elisa Kendall, President and CEO, Sandpiper Software
> Ms. Kendall's formal training in Situation Semantics coupled with
> extensive systems integration experience led her to architect
> Sandpiper's innovative, standards-based approach to knowledge sharing
> through the use of ontologies. She is an active participant in the
> Semantic Web Best Practices and Deployment effort of the W3C and a key
> contributor to standards such as the Object Management Group's
> Ontology Definition Metamodel (ODM). Prior to Sandpiper, Ms. Kendall
> consulted for Lockheed Martin where she drove the reuse strategy for
> the DARPA / TRI-Services RASSP program. Ms. Kendall served as product
> development manager for Aspect Development, a provider of component
> and supplier management systems. She started her career in
> development, integration, and deployment of ground-based
> communications, signal, and data processing systems at Lockheed Martin
> Missiles & Space. She holds an MA in Linguistics from Stanford
> University and a BS in Mathematics and Computer Science from the
> University of California, Los Angeles.
>
> Moderator Bios:
> • AJ Chen, Ph.D., Sr. Search Engineer, Healthline.com
> Dr. Chen is an advocate of semantic web and digital health. Currently
> a Sr. Search Engineer at Healthline.com, he applies ontology and
> knowledge base for developing search engine focusing on consumer
> healthcare. Working with various open communities and open source
> software, he is also experimenting new and practical approaches that
> help make semantic data web a reality, including coordinating the
> scientific publishing task force for W3C's Semantic Web HCLS Group.
> Previously, Dr. Chen had developed genome sequencing technologies for
> the vision of personalized medicine, playing technical and product
> roles at Hyseq, Callida Genomics, and Complete Genomics. Earlier, Dr.
> Chen worked with Nobel Prize winner Dr. Barry Marshall to introduce
> new disease treatments and diagnostics to China. Dr. Chen earned his
> Ph. D. in Biochemistry from U. of Utah and did postdoctoral research
> at Duke Medical School.
>
> • Jeffrey Pollock, Senior Director, Oracle Fusion Middleware
> Mr. Pollock is a technology leader and author of the enterprise
> software book "Adaptive Information" (John Wiley & Sons 2004).
> Currently a Senior Director with Oracle's Fusion Middleware group, Mr.
> Pollock was formerly an independent consultant for the Defense
> Department, Vice President of Technology at Cerebra and Chief
> Technology Officer of Modulant, developing semantic middleware
> platforms and inference-driven SOA platforms from 2001 to 2006.
> Throughout his career, he has architected, designed, and built
> application server/middleware solutions for Fortune 500 and US
> Government clients. Prior to Modulant, Mr. Pollock was a Principal
> Engineer with Modem Media and Senior Architect with Ernst & Young's
> Center for Technology Enablement. He is also a frequent speaker at
> industry conferences, author for industry journals, active member of
> W3C and OASIS, and formerly an engineering instructor with University
> of California at Berkeley's Extension on the subjects of
> object-oriented systems, software development process and enterprise
> systems architecture.
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AJ Chen, PhD
Palo Alto, CA
http://web2express.org