University of Manchester

Organization full name: The University of Manchester
Organization acronym: VUM
Organization Web: http://www.man.ac.uk/
Country: UK
City: Manchester
Zip code: M13 9PL
Street address: Oxford Rd
Funded: true
generates: Applying Functional Languages in Knowledge-Based Information Integration Systems D1.2.2: Report on Semantic Web Framework requirements analysis D2.4.2: Definition of semantics for web service discovery and composition D2.5.1: Specification of coordination of rule and ontology languages D2.5.2: Report on query language design and standarization D2.5.3: Report on Inplementataion and Optimisation Techniques for Ontology Query Systems D2.5.4: Analysis of Requirements for Further Language Extensions D4.5.1: Report on Gender Action Plan D4.5.1v2: Report on Gender Action Plan D4.5.3: Report on gender action plan and public engagement activities D4.5.3v2: Report on gender action plan and public engagement activities Description Logics: Reasoning Support for the Semantic Web Manchester - WP2.5: Semantic Web Language Extensions
has contact person: Rob Shearer Simon Harper
is involved in: T1.2.1: Utility of ontology-based tools T1.2.2: Creation of the Semantic Web Framework T1.2.3: Creation of the Kweb Ontology Repository T1.2.4: Ontology content evaluation and usability T1.2.5: Management and self-assessment T1.3.4: Management and self-assessment T1.4.2: Success Stories and Best Practices T1.4.6: Management and self-assessment T2.1.2.2: Realizing Practical Approximate and Distributed Reasoning for Ontologies T2.1.3.1: Modularization of ontologies including a Framework for modularisation T2.1.3.2: Methods for modularization of ontologies T2.2.1: Continous research on alignment alignment semantics T2.2.3: Research on integration techniques and implementations T2.2.4: Research on alignment techniques and implementations T2.3.5: Implementation of a Semantic Web consensus making environment T2.3.6: Defining criteria for ontology evaluation and building language dependant prototypes for evaluating ontologies especially RDF-Schema, OWL-light-minus and WSMO-Core ontologies T2.4.5: Define semantics for automatic web service invocation and interoperation T2.4.6: Survey on the state of the art on agent based services
leads: WP2.5: Semantic Web Language Extensions WP4.5: Society and Gender Issues
participates in: Knowledge Web
team is formed by: Alan Rector Antoon Goderis Birte Glimm Carole Goble Christopher Wroe Duncan Hull Hai Wang Ian Horrocks Nick Drummond Phillip Lord Pinar Alper Rob Shearer Robert Stevens Sean Bechhofer Simon Harper Ulrike Sattler
works in: WP1.2: Evaluation for technology selection WP1.4: Promotion of Ontology Technology WP1.5: Cross Network cooperations WP2.1: Scalability WP2.2: Heterogenity WP2.4: Semantic Web Services WP2.5: Semantic Web Language Extensions WP3.2: Educational Contents and Event Provision WP4.3: Technical Management WP4.5: Society and Gender Issues