SPEAKERS 
Dave McComb, President
Simon Robe, Ontologist
REGISTRATION
The Essential Foundation Course for Semantically Enabling Your Enterprise
Who Should Attend?
This workshop, which contains a number of live demos, will cover practical issues in employing ontologies. This class is recommended for forward-thinking technology
and business leaders, representing the health care, manufacturing, finance, aerospace, oil and gas, government and military markets, whether as IT and administrative professionals or as
consultants, developers, researchers and investors.
Participants will:
- Gain an understanding of what an ontology is and what it can be used for.
- Understand how representing information in an ontology goes beyond a conceptual model or a simple taxonomy.
- Understand the difference between frame-based/declarative classes and description logic-based/derivable classes.
- Understand the difference between open world and closed world models.
- Understand the basic principles for designing ontologies for corporate applications.
What is an Ontology?
An ontology is a formal description of the meaning of the information stored in a system. It resembles a conceptual model, but goes much beyond a conceptual model
in that the formal definitions allow the system to infer class membership based on properties. Additionally, inference engines, running on ontologies, allow users to extract and integrate
information stored in distributed systems.
About the DBBO Seminar
LOCATION
The seminar will be held in the Semantic Arts offices in the beautiful Old Town district of Fort Collins, CO.
COURSE AGENDA
DAY 1 - Introduction
- Semantics and Information Systems
- The Semantic Web
- Description Logics (DL) and Open World Reasoning
DAY 1 - Building Blocks
- Ontologies and an Ontology Editor
- Objects and Data Properties
- Classes and Subsumption
Testimonials from past DBBO attendees
“This course was very helpful and very practical. The material was presented in a clear and accessible fashion. The hands-on exercises were well organized and very effective for de-mystifying ontologies.”
-- Dan Segal Dow Jones & Co.
“Best seminar I’ve attended. Well organized and presented with a terrific balance of theory and practice. Packed with useful info! Excellent overview and honest assessment of pros and cons. Good examples that can be applied to real problems.”
-- Dwight Fisher, Principal Data Analyst
FM Global
FM Global
“Excellent to understand fundamentals and best practices and avoid pitfalls right at the outset.”
-- Sudarshan Murty, Enterprise Architect
Standard & Poor’s
Standard & Poor’s
Tuition and Cancellation
$2495 ($2295 if paid by Feb 21); 20% discount for groups of three or more.
A LAPTOP COMPUTER IS REQUIRED for this course. Software for an open source ontology tool will be provided for your
use in the seminar. If you do not have a laptop computer to bring with you, one will be provided for you for an additional
charge of $200.
Should you need to cancel for any reason, you must notify us in writing. Substitutions may be made at any time. Cancellations received 30 days or more before the conference are subject to a $100 cancellation charge. Cancellations received less than 30 days prior to the first day of the conference will be subject to a $400 cancellation charge. Cancellations received less than 2 weeks prior to the first day of the conference will not be entitled to any refund. Confirmed registrants who do not attend and do not cancel are liable for the entire registration fee. Please note: Non-payment does not constitute cancellation.
Should you need to cancel for any reason, you must notify us in writing. Substitutions may be made at any time. Cancellations received 30 days or more before the conference are subject to a $100 cancellation charge. Cancellations received less than 30 days prior to the first day of the conference will be subject to a $400 cancellation charge. Cancellations received less than 2 weeks prior to the first day of the conference will not be entitled to any refund. Confirmed registrants who do not attend and do not cancel are liable for the entire registration fee. Please note: Non-payment does not constitute cancellation.
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