Activities on Semantic Web Technologies in Japan

A WWW2005 Workshop

Tuesday May 10, 2005
Chiba(Makuhari Messe), Japan

Workshop Topic and Content

The Semantic Web is a new Web technology that has potentiality of innovating the existing information society. In Japan, research institutes and industries are advancing various research projects on the Semantic Web and developing various practical applications.
In this workshop, each of presenters will speak about outlines of their research projects or practical applications on the Semantic Web in Japan, including some demonstrations of software. One of the purposes of the workshop is introducing Japanese activities in the Semantic Web field to other country’s participants, as the host country.
There have been a series of specifications and several tools that will become the basis of the spread of the Semantic Web. Currently, the emergences of some application systems that will open the door for further spread and dissemination of the Semantic Web are eagerly anticipated. During the workshop, presenters will introduce various breakthrough research projects and practical applications on the Semantic Web and share their significant knowledge and experiences. Through the workshop, we intend to contribute further spread and dissemination of the Semantic Web technology.

Presenters and Themes

1. SemanticWeb Engine (A Semantic Web Platform)

   Noboru Shimizu

   Keio Research Institute at SFC

   [Presentation], [Proceeding]
   
   

2. Metamodel for Ontology Registration - Toward ontology management -

   Masao Okabe

   Co-Editor, MMF Ontology Registration Project, ISO/IEC JTC1 SC32/WG2
   Corporate Systems Department, Tokyo Electric Power Co., Inc.
   
   

3. Semantic-Structure-Based Search Engine

   Takashi Miyata

   Core Research for Evolutional Science and Technology, Japan Science and Technology Agency

   [Presentation], [Proceeding]
   
   

4. Knowledge Resource Search System on Groupware

   Shiroh Ikegami

   Software R&D; Group Ricoh Company, Ltd.
   
   

5. Functional Metadata Schema for Engineering Knowledge Management

   Riichiro Mizoguchi

   The Institute of Scientific and Industrial Research, Osaka University

   [Presentation], [Proceeding]
   
   

6. RDF/Topic Maps mapping and application framework -Realization of Seamless Knowledge-

   Motomu Naito

   Knowledge Synergy Inc.

   [Presentation], [Proceeding]
   
   

7. Pragmatics of RDF/OWL

   Guus Schreiber [Invited Speaker]

   Free University Amsterdam
   Co-chair W3C Web Ontology Working Group 2002-2004
   Co-chair W3C Semantic Web Best Practices & Deployment Working Group
   
   

8. Ubiquitous Service Finder - Discovery of Services semantically derived from metadata in Ubiquitous Computing -

   Takahiro Kawamura

   R&D; Center Toshiba Corp.
   
   

9. Semblog Project

   Hideaki Takeda

   National Institute of Informatics

   [Presentation], [Proceeding]
   
   

10. Finding Similarity and Comparability from Merged Hetero Data of the Semantic Web by Using Graph Pattern Matching

    Hiroyuki Sato

    NTT Information Sharing Platform Laboratories, NTT Corporation

    [Proceeding]
    
    

11. Decision Support System for Rocket Launch Using Semantic Web Services

    Seiji Koide

    Galaxy Express Corporation

    [Presentation], [Proceeding]
    
    

12. An Intelligent Data Broker for Virtual Integration of Heterogeneous Distributed Meteorological Databases

    Seishi Ninomiya

    National Agricultural Research Center, National Agriculture and Bio-oriented Research Organization

    [Presentation], [Proceeding]
    
    

13. Meeting information management based on Semantic Web - Semantic Web integrates system, information appliance, and knowledge -

    Hiroshi Tsuda

    Fujitsu Laboratories Ltd.

    [Presentation], [Proceeding(Refer to the presentation.)]