Reminder: SIG event next Monday - Web3.0 & MDA

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>
:
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

-- 
AJ Chen, PhD
Palo Alto, CA
http://web2express.org