@ Edinburgh
Workshop 3 : 11-12 June 2003
Workshop 3 : 11-12 Jun 2003
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Edinburgh Progress
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Latest I-X release.
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Interoperability reports:
– with Compendium.
– with the 3Store.
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Ontology update.
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Scenarios.
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I-X (http://i-x.info)
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V3.0 available now:
– http://i-x.info/release/current
– Download and unpack the files:
• ix-3.0.zip
• ix-3.0-apps-akt.zip
– PDF user guides also available.
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Features:
– Easier to run “out of the box”.
– Improved jabber communications.
– New annotation sub-panel on main interface.
– …and many other improvements….
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Interoperability - 1
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Compendium to I-X communication:
– Can now pass complex plans and issues from
Compendium to an I-X panel.
– Creates environment for collaborative plan creation and
then execution.
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I-X to Compendium?
– (Unsophisticated) facility exists…
– …but what should be passed in this direction? (i.e.,
when is it appropriate to switch to Compendium
collaborative exploration from I-X task activity?)
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Interoperability - 2
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I-X and the 3Store:
– I-X query (I-Query) agent able to create and send RDQL
queries to the 3Store, and translate results into I-X
messages.
– I-Query agent’s capabilities modelled as (panel) activities:
• e.g. Identify-steering-committee
– Information from the 3Store returned to the I-X user.
– (Developed as part of AKTive Portal Demo work.)
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I-Query provides generic approach for modelling
‘external’ information-lookup capabilities…
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Ontology Update
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I-X:Compendium mapping:
– Established common interpretation of overlapping entities.
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INCA and the AKT ontology:
– INCA framework related to the AKT ontology to define
vocabulary and promote knowledge sharing:
– http://www.aktors.org/ontology (OWL version)
– http://www.aiai.ed.ac.uk/~jessicac/project/
coakting/coakting-akt-onto/top-level.html
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Scenario Development
a) AKT PI meeting:
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Setup for meeting and support for a fixed-agenda meeting.
b) AKTors / e-Scientists technical meeting:
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Less structured meeting with open issues, dynamic
options creation, info gathering episodes etc.
c) Emergency scenario: eRelief proposal?
(possible links to FireGrid?)
d) Deliver meeting support ‘package’ to MIAKT.
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