crml and 6 month plan

Equiforum, Inc.Jonathan Hendler June 1, 2004

Activities for the Second Half of 2004

Equiforum Projects

• Introduction to CRML

• Projects- CRML Standards Committee- CRML Public Database

Equiforum Projects Equiforum, Inc © 2004

Contents

Introduction to CRML

• What is CRML?• Why is CRML needed?• What does CRML look like?• Will CRML work?


Introduction to CRML

What is CRML?

CRML is Conflict Resolution Markup Language.

A computer data format for storing CR dialog


What is CRML?

Why is CRML needed?

To handle complexity.

To facilitate exchange and analysis of conflict information.


Why is CRML needed?

What does CRML look like?CRML is a directed graph.


What does CRML look like?

What does CRML look like?<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8" ?><rdf:RDF xmlns:rss="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/" xmlns="http://a.com/ontology#" xmlns:jms="http://jena.hpl.hp.com/2003/08/jms#" xmlns:protege="http://protege.stanford.edu/plugins/owl/protege#" xmlns:rdf="http://www.w3.org/1999/02/22-rdf-syntax-ns#" xmlns:rdfs="http://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#" xmlns:owl="http://www.w3.org/2002/07/owl#" xmlns:vcard="http://www.w3.org/2001/vcard-rdf/3.0#" xmlns:daml="http://www.daml.org/2001/03/daml+oil#" xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xml:base="http://a.com/ontology"> <owl:Ontology rdf:about=""> <owl:imports rdf:resource="http://protege.stanford.edu/plugins/owl/protege"/> </owl:Ontology> <owl:Class rdf:ID="Actions"> <rdfs:subClassOf> <owl:Class rdf:ID="ConflictRelations"/> </rdfs:subClassOf> <owl:disjointWith> <owl:Class rdf:about="#Goals"/> </owl:disjointWith> </owl:Class> <owl:Class rdf:ID="Object"/> <owl:Class rdf:ID="Conflict"> <rdfs:comment rdf:datatype="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string" >The whole conflict</rdfs:comment> </owl:Class> <owl:Class rdf:ID="Goals"> …


What does CRML look like?

Will CRML work?Depends on :

Success of the Semantic Web

Software implementations (data entry, retrieval and interpretation)


Will CRML work?

Projects

- CRML Standards Committee- CRML Public Database


Projects

CRML Standards CommitteeMission

Modeled after the W3C“vision, design, standardization… interoperability, evolution, and decentralization”


CRML Standards Committee: Mission

CRML Standards CommitteePeople

• Staff of 5• Volunteers• Academic Authors and Consultants


CRML Standards Committee: People

CRML Standards CommitteeTime Frame

• Next six months Funded and Established• Next year Finished 1.0 version of CRML• Beyond…


CRML Standards Committee: Time Frame

CRML Public DatabaseMission

Provide Access • Data • Basic tools


CRML Public Database: Mission

CRML Public DatabasePeople

• Staff • General public (wikipedia)• Paid researchers (data entry and interpretation)


CRML Public Database: People

CRML Public DatabaseTimeframe

• Next six months Internal planning completed• Next year Fundraising completed• Beyond…


CRML Public Database: Timeframe

ConclusionObstacles

Bridging Different Disciplines

General Outreach and Education


Conclusion: Obstacles

ConclusionPositive Points

Semantic Web is new

There are plenty of computersand plenty of conflicts


Conclusion: Positive Points

ConclusionRemember:

CRML is Simple

Depends on people


Conclusion

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