Announcing: W3C Workshop on Frameworks for Semantics in Web Services

["Huhns, Michael" <huhns@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

2ND CALL FOR PARTICIPATION:
WORKSHOP ON FRAMEWORKS FOR SEMANTICS IN WEB SERVICES

  W3C is holding a workshop on Frameworks for Semantics in Web
  Services. This workshop is being held to discuss the establishment of
  a generic extensible framework based on Semantic Web technologies, to
  support longer-term objectives, while continuing to develop immediate
  solutions for the most pressing Web Services requirements.  The
  workshop results will be used in setting directions at W3C with
  respect to this vital technology area. Input is sought from
  researchers, developers, technology managers, tool builders, users,
  and other interested parties.

    When:  9-10 June 2005
    Where: Digital Enterprise Research Institute (DERI),
           Innsbruck, Austria

  Other details about the workshop are available at:

       http://www.w3.org/2005/01/ws-swsf-cfp.html

  The event is being organized by the W3C Architecture Domain. The
  workshop will be chaired by Steve Battle, <steve.battle@xxxxxx> and
  David Martin, <martin@xxxxxxxxxx>. Carine Bournez <carine@xxxxxx> is
  the W3C Contact for this workshop; please direct any questions you
  have to her.

  Other important dates and deadlines for this workshop are:
     April 22, 2005: Position papers due
     May 20, 2005: Final agenda available
     May 27, 2005: Registration closes

  Please note that:
    - There will be a limit of 80 participants.
    - Attendance is open to everyone, including non-W3C members,
      but each organization or individual wishing to participate
      must submit a position paper.
    - To ensure maximum diversity among participants, only two
      participants may attend per organization.
    - There is no registration fee.

  Scope

  There are a great many relationships to existing Semantic Web efforts
as well as to existing Web Services development, including:
     Semantic Web background technologies; e.g. RDF, OWL
     Web Services background technologies; e.g. SOAP, WSDL
     Registries, taxonomies, and search mechanisms; e.g. UDDI
     Rule languages; e.g. SWRL
     Ontologies for Web Services; e.g. OWL-S, WSMO
     Web Services Choreography; e.g. WS-CDL
     Business process; e.g. BPEL4WS

Discussion of the relationship of these areas to the workshop topic is
encouraged.  We are looking forward to your participation and
contributions to this workshop.