- From: Bill Andersen <andersen@ontologyworks.com>
- Date: Tue, 18 Sep 2001 21:11:11 -0500
- To: SUO <standard-upper-ontology@ieee.org>, RDF Logic <www-rdf-logic@w3.org>, Ontoweb <seweb-list@cs.vu.nl>
- CC: Barry Smith <phismith@buffalo.edu>
Folks, Here's another reminder to register for FOIS-2001 if you have not already done so. Registration is less than we would like right now and we need your help to keep the costs down for everyone. To register, please visit the conference web site: http://www.fois.org/fois-2001 Thanks & hope to see you at FOIS. - Bill Andersen FOIS-2001 publicity chair ---- Research on ontology is becoming increasingly widespread in the computer science community. Its importance has been recognized in fields as diverse as e-commerce, enterprise and information integration, qualitative modelling of physical systems, natural language processing, knowledge engineering, database design, geographic information science, libraries, and intelligent information access. Insights in this field have potential impact on the whole area of information systems. In order to provide a solid general foundation for this work, it is important to focus on the common scientific principles and open problems arising from current tools, methodologies, and applications of ontology. We envision FOIS to be a unique gathering whose essential character is strongly interdisciplinary, and truly unlike any other conference. The program committee includes representatives of three broad disciplines: computer and information science, philosophy, and linguistics, and includes researchers from sub-areas as diverse as formal ontology, knowledge engineering, logic, database design, natural language processing, library science, knowledge representation, descriptive metaphysics, and geographic information systems. Although the primary focus of the conference is on theoretical issues, methodological proposals as well as concrete applications from a well-founded theoretical perspective, top-level ontologies, web and e-commerce content standards, and enterprise modeling also fall within the scope of this meeting. For a more specific list of topics, see the conference Call for Papers. -- Bill Andersen Chief Scientist, Ontology Works 1132 Annapolis Road, Suite 104 Odenton, Maryland, 21113 Mobile 443-858-6444 Office 410-674-7600
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