[esip-semantictech] Geospatial Semantics and Ontology sessions at American Association of Geographers (AAG) annual meeting, New Orleans, April 10-14

Mcgibbney, Lewis J (398M) Lewis.J.Mcgibbney at jpl.nasa.gov
Fri Oct 20 17:07:17 EDT 2017


Hi Bhaskar and Folks,

I complete agree… a grounded definition, based upon how SWEET is actually used would be preferable (

Thank you to everyone who’s sent feedback for the AAG abstract. Please see below for the updated version which has merged everyone’s suggestions. If there is anything else, please let me know. Thank you

Title: SWEET Ontology Suite v3.0.0: Development, Alignments and Use Cases

Lewis McGibbney, Brandon Whitehead, John Graybeal, Carlos Rueda, Pier Buttigieg, Simon Cox, Ruth Duerr, Beth Huffer, Thomas Narrock, Chris Mungall, Douglas Fils, Stian Soiland-Reyes, Bhaskar Ramachandran

Abstract: Version 3.0.0 of the Semantic Web for Earth and Environmental Terminology (SWEET) Ontology suite was recently released under new community management and governance by ESIP’s Semantic Technologies Committee. SWEET is a highly modular ontology suite with ~6000 concepts in ~200 separate ontologies covering Earth system science. SWEET is a mid-level ontology and consists of nine top-level concepts that can be used as a foundation for domain-specific ontologies that extend these top-level SWEET components. SWEET’s own domain-specific ontologies, which extend the upper level ontologies, can provide users interested in further developing a particular domain with a solid set of concepts to get started. SWEET ontologies are written in W3C Turtle; the Terse RDF Triple Language and are publicly available under the Apache License v2.0. This presentation will provide a three-pronged update on (i) advances in SWEET since its transition from NASA JPL over to the open source, community-driven management and governance structure now overseen by the ESIP Semantic Technologies Committee, (ii) ongoing alignment activities with existing semantic technology resources such as the OBO Foundry collection, W3C SOSA/SSN, W3C PROV-O, etc., and (iii) uses of SWEET across old, new and unexpected domains including architecture, engineering and construction, provenance of science data product generation, search and information retrieval query expansion, article and text tagging, and a whole host more. This session aims to attract both new comers and experienced Geospatial and Spatiotemporal Ontology and Semantics enthusiasts. Attendees will leave with a significantly improved understanding of what SWEET currently is, what it hopes to become, and how one can use it for a wide variety of scenarios.

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       1. Re: Geospatial Semantics and Ontology sessions at American
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          April 10-14
          (Ramachandran, Bhaskar (GSFC-619.0)[SCIENCE SYSTEMS AND APPLICATIONS INC])
    
    
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    From: "Ramachandran, Bhaskar (GSFC-619.0)[SCIENCE SYSTEMS AND
    	APPLICATIONS INC]" <bhaskar.ramachandran at nasa.gov>
    To: Beth Huffer <beth at lingualogica.net>
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    Lewis/Beth,
    
    Here is something that probably warrants a brief discussion next week: I have seen SWEET being described as both an upper-level ontology by some (e.g., Raskin & Pan, 2005), & as a mid-level ontology by others (e.g., Fox et al., 2009).  Given SWEET?s status as a collection of ontologies that exist at different levels of abstraction, and the fact that they help connect to domain-specific ontologies, you want to ensure that you describe it consistently.  Others with SWEET experience can probably help decide ...
    
    
    bhaskar ?.
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    Bhaskar Ramachandran
    Terrestrial Information Systems Lab.
    NASA Goddard Space Flight Center
    Code 619, Bldg. 32, S036L
    Science Systems and Applications, Inc.
    Greenbelt, Maryland 20771 USA
    
    +1.301.614.5460 [Phone]
    +1.301.614.5269 [Fax]
    bhaskar.ramachandran at nasa.gov<mailto:bhaskar.ramachandran at nasa.gov>
    
    
    
    
    On Oct 20, 2017, at 11:48 AM, Beth Huffer <beth at lingualogica.net<mailto:beth at lingualogica.net>> wrote:
    
    
    I've made a few edits as well. A marked-up draft is attached.
    
    Beth
    
    
    On 10/19/17 12:51 PM, Ramachandran, Bhaskar (GSFC-619.0)[SCIENCE SYSTEMS AND APPLICATIONS INC] via esip-semanticweb wrote:
    Hi Lewis,
    
    Attached are wee suggested edits.  I haven?t submitted an AAG abstract for quite some time & am not sure what their word limit is ? If it is more than the ~250 words in the current abstract, it would make sense to provide expansions for a few terms (e.g., ESIP, OBO, SOSA/SSN, etc.).  If not, not a big deal ? Overall, it is concise & reads well.
    
    
    
    
    bhaskar ?.
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    Bhaskar Ramachandran
    Terrestrial Information Systems Lab.
    NASA Goddard Space Flight Center
    Code 619, Bldg. 32, S036L
    Science Systems and Applications, Inc.
    Greenbelt, Maryland 20771 USA
    
    +1.301.614.5460 [Phone]
    +1.301.614.5269 [Fax]
    bhaskar.ramachandran at nasa.gov<mailto:bhaskar.ramachandran at nasa.gov>
    
    
    
    
    On Oct 19, 2017, at 2:01 PM, Mcgibbney, Lewis J (398M) via esip-semanticweb <esip-semanticweb at lists.esipfed.org<mailto:esip-semanticweb at lists.esipfed.org>> wrote:
    
    Hi Folks,
    With regards to Dalia?s message below I would like to submit the following abstract to the session at AAG. Additionally, I would like to acknowledge and credit ALL folks who have been involved with community involvement/development of SWEET since it came to ESIP.
    So far, the names I have are as follows? if I?ve missed you then please let me know either on list or else directly. I think for the time being, we can do without affiliations. If these are required then I will reach out to folks.
    Feedback on the abstract is appreciated.
    Lewis
    
    Brandon Whitehead, John Graybeal, Carlos Rueda, Pier Buttigieg, Simon Cox, Ruth Duerr, Beth Huffer, Thomas Narrock, Chris Mungall, Douglas Fils, Stian Soiland-Reyes
    
    Title: SWEET Ontology Suite v3.0.0: Development, Alignments and Use Cases
    
    Abstract: Version 3.0.0 of the Semantic Web for Earth and Environmental Terminology (SWEET) Ontology Suite was recently released under new community management and governance by ESIP?s Semantic Technologies Committee. SWEET is a highly modular ontology suite with ~6000 concepts in ~200 separate ontologies covering Earth system science. SWEET consists of nine top-level concepts/ontologies and is considered as a middle-level ontology; most users add a domain-specific ontology which build off of these top-level SWEET components. SWEET ontologies are written in W3C Turtle; the Terse RDF Triple Language and are publicly available under the Apache License v2.0.
    This presentation will provide a three-pronged update on (i) advances in SWEET since it?s transition from NASA JPL over to the open source, community driven management and governance structure now overseen by the ESIP Semantic Technologies Committee, and (ii) ongoing alignment activities with existing semantic technology resources such as the hugely popular OBO Foundry collection, W3C SOSA/SSN, W3C PROV-O, CHEBI, etc., and (iii) uses of SWEET across old, new and unexpected domains including building and engineering, provenance of science data product generation, search and information retrieval query expansion, article and text tagging and a whole host more.
    This session will be aimed at both new comers and experienced Geospatial and Spatiotemporal Ontology and Semantics enthusiasts. Attendees will leave with a significantly improved understanding of what SWEET currently is, what it will become and how one can use it for a wide variety of scenarios.
    
    
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       *Session Title: *Artificial Intelligence and Deep Learning Symposium:
       ?Geospatial and
    
       Spatiotemporal Ontology and Semantics
    
    
    
       *Sponsoring AAG Specialty Groups: *Cyberinfrastructure (CI) Specialty
       Group, Geographic Information Science and Systems
    
    
    
       *Session Organizer*:
    
       Alex Sorokine (*Oak Ridge National Laboratory*) (SorokinA at ornl.gov<mailto:SorokinA at ornl.gov>)
       corresponding
    
    
    
       *Session Co-organizers*:
    
       Chen-Chieh Feng (*National University of Singapore*) (geofcc at nus.edu.sg<mailto:geofcc at nus.edu.sg>)
    
       Dalia Varanka (*USGS*) (dvaranka at usgs.gov<mailto:dvaranka at usgs.gov>)
    
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       *Abstract Deadline: *Same as AAG Annual Meeting abstract submission deadline
    
    
    
       *AAG Session Id:* 406
    
    
    
       *Call for Papers:*
    
       Capturing and representing geospatial and spatiotemporal dimensions of
       geographic knowledge is a great challenge from both theoretical and applied
       perspectives. Latest advances in knowledge representation and ontology
       engineering have spurred a number of traditional and novel geoprocessing
       applications such as intelligent search and geographic information
       retrieval, image understanding, integration of disparate and
       multi-provenance spatial and spatiotemporal data, knowledge discovery from
       Big Data, visual representation of geographic categories, information
       extraction from unstructured sources, and many others.
    
       Encouraged by well-received special sessions on ontology and semantics for
       several years now, we are again soliciting presentations on both
       theoretical and applied aspects of geospatial and spatiotemporal ontologies
       for a series of special sessions at the 2018 Association of
       American Geographers Annual Meeting. We invite presentations focusing on
       one or more of the following (or other related) areas of ontology research:
    
    
    
       ?     Spatial and spatiotemporal knowledge modeling, analysis,
       formalization, and validation (thesauri, vocabularies and ontologies)
    
       ?     Semantic interoperability across domains, cultures, ethnicities,
       languages and time, spatiotemporal models and reasoning
    
       ?     Semantic annotation methods, provenance, and standards for spatial
       knowledge representation and processing (e.g. XML, RDF, RDFS, OWL)
    
       ?     Semantic extensions to spatial data infrastructures for the IoT,
       sensor networks, VGI, and other application areas
    
       To present a paper or to participate in the session as a discussant, submit
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       SorokinA at ornl.gov<mailto:SorokinA at ornl.gov>). Please follow standard AAG abstract submission
       procedure and guidelines. If you have any questions please forward them to
       one of the organizers.
    
    
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       U.S. Geological Survey
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       Rolla, MO 65401 USA
    
       Tel. 573.308.3897
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