NetworkMeeting3

Network Meeting 3:

The theme of the second network meeting, hosted by the FreshWater Biological Association, is temporal and geospatial modelling.

The aims of this one and half day meeting are four-fold:

· to understand and survey current practical problems and solutions identified from network applications and literature

· to discuss the philosophical/descriptive logic aspects of temporal and geo-spatial modelling

· to identify requirements for modelling temporal and geo-spatial artefacts in ontologies

· to produce possible design patterns to model 4-dimensional

Contents:

Meeting Details
Programme of speakers and presentations
Blog
Organisers
Attendees

1. Meeting Details

1.1. Dates/Time

July 2 and 3 2007

DAY 1	09.30 - 17.00
DAY 2	09.00 - 14.00

1.2. Meeting Location

The Freshwater Biological Association
The Ferry House
Far Sawrey
Ambleside
Cumbria
LA22 0LP
United Kingdom

Tel: 01539 442468
Fax: 01539 446914
Email: info@fba.org.uk

1.3. Directions

The Freshwater Biological Association is situated on the west shore of Windermere, close to the ferry slipway, on the B5285. Car parking is available on site but is limited. There are National Trust car parks a few minutes walk away (pay-and-display or free to NT members) or alternatively you can park in the pay-and-display car park on the east shore and cross the lake on the ferry as a pedestrian. There is a charge to use the ferry.

Windermere Car Ferry

The car and passenger ferry departs from the east shore at 10, 30 and 50 minutes past the hour. The crossing takes 5–7 minutes and returns at 00, 20 and 40 past the hour. During busy periods, the ferry crosses more frequently, but there can be long queues. The status of the ferry can be visually checked via the FBA webcam at www.fba.org.uk/webcam.html. If the ferry is of service the alternative is to drive round the lake.

By road

From the south: Leave the M6 at junction 36 and at the end of the slip-road take the first exit off the roundabout onto the A590 (A591). Via the ferry along the east shore: To drive to the east shore of the lake and cross on the ferry stay on the dual-carriageway until its end, then at the roundabout take the first exit B5284, signed for Hawkshead via Ferry. After about 6km turn left at the T junction and immediately right, follow the signs to the Ferry. Direct to FBA up the west shore of the lake: take the first exit off the dual-carriageway and turn left at the roundabout at the end of the slip-road onto the A590 signed for Barrow-in-Furness; continue on the A590 to Newby Bridge; go straight ahead at the roundabout, then take the first right, over the bridge towards the Swan Hotel; follow the road through Lakeside for approximately 10 minutes, turn right at Graythwaite towards Cunsey (by the telephone box), keep on this road for approximately 10 minutes and follow signs for the ferry (note that this road is single-track and is narrow in places). From the north: Leave the M6 at junction 40 and follow the A66 towards Keswick then take the A591 signposted to Ambleside and Windermere. To drive to the east shore of the lake follow the A591 to Windermere and follow the signs to Bowness-on-Windermere and the ferry, cross the lake via the ferry and the FBA is located adjacent to the Ferry House apartment complex. To drive down the west shore of the lake take the A591 to Ambleside then pass through the Ambleside one-way system and follow the signs to Coniston then to Hawkshead (B5286). After driving round the edge of Hawkshead village turn left onto the B5285 which passes through Near and Far Sawrey before following the shore of Windermere towards the ferry.

By rail

The nearest mainline train station is Oxenholme Lake District, from where you can board a connecting train to Windermere. From there, take a taxi to the ferry, or take a bus to Bowness Bay and then walk along the main road following signs to the ferry (approx. 15 minutes).

Taxi Numbers

There is as taxi rank just outside Windermere railway station. Local taxi numbers are:
Windermere Taxis 01539 442355
Lakes Village Taxis 01539 442777

1.4. Information about Ferries

Car Ferry operates from 06:50 approx every 20 mins untill 21:50. You can check online if Car Ferry is running or not here: http://www.fba.org.uk/webcam.html

This means that people staying on the West side of the lake have to be on Car Ferry by 21:50 after evening meal on Monday otherwise they will have to drive around or hire a cab etc.

In case Car Ferry is off, we will suggest that you should coordinate with other attendees and try to hire a mini bus cab to get to FBA headquarters. Taxi number are above.

1.5. Recommended Accommodation

Burneside Hotel
Kendal Rd
Bowness On Windermere
LA23 3EP

Direct-line 0870 046 8640 Bookings 01539 442 211

On booking your accommodation, please mention you are with The FreshWater Biological Association. The cost will £70.00 per person.

Other Recommended Accommodation

All accommodation below is situated on the East side of the Lake. A ferry runs from the Ferry Nab to the West side every 20 minutes – 10 minutes past the hour. For further timetable details see http://www.cumbria.gov.uk/roads-transport/publictransport/ferryserv/default.asp

BOWNESS IN WINDERMERE

Annisgarth House 2 Annisgarth Bowness on Windermere LA23 2HF Tel: 015394 48049

Belsfield House 4 Kendal Road Bowness on Windermere LA23 2JG Tel: 01539 45823 Web: www.belsfieldhouse.co.uk

Burn How Hotel Bowness LA23 3HH Tel: 015394 46226 Web: www.burnhow.co.uk

Burnside Hotel Kendal Road Bowness LA23 3EP Tel: 015394 42211 Web: www.burnsidehotel.com

Cranleigh Hotel Kendal Road Bowness on Windermere LA23 3EW Tel: 015394 43293 Web: www.thecranleigh.com

Laurel Cottage St Martins Square Kendal Road Bowness on Windermere LA23 3EF Tel: 015394 45594 Web: www.laurelcottage-bnb.co.uk

Lindeth Howe Lindeth Drive Longtail Hill Bowness on Windermere LA23 3JF Tel: 015394 45759 Web: www.lindeth-howe.co.uk

All accommodation below is situated on the West side of the Lake (the same side as FBA Windermere).

NEAR SAWREY

Buckle Yeat Guest House Near Sawrey LA22 0NZ Tel: 015394 36538 Web: www.buckle-yeat.co.uk

Ees Wyke Country House Near Sawrey LA22 0JZ Tel: 015394 36393 Web: www.eeswyke.co.uk

Sawrey House Country Hotel Near Sawrey LA22 0JZ Tel: 015394 36387 Web: www.sawreyhouse.com

HAWKSHEAD

Ivy House Hotel Hawkshead LA22 0NS Tel: 015394 36204 Web: www.ivyhousehotel.com

Kings Arms Hotel The Square Hawkshead LA22 0NZ Tel: 015394 36372 Web: www.kingsarmshawkshead.co.uk

NEWBY BRIDGE

Lyndhurst Country House Newby Bridge LA12 8ND Tel: 015395 31245 Web: www.lyndhurstcountryhouse.co.uk

The Swan Hotel Newby Bridge LA12 8NB Tel 015395 31681 Web: www.swanhotel.com

1.6. Costs

For non-members of the Ontogenesis Network the cost of attending the meeting is £30.00 per attendee for day 1 (coffee and lunch) and £10.00 for day 2 (coffee and lunch).

1.7. Evening Meal

The evening meal will be held at Rastelli’s Italian Restaurant
Lake Road
Bowness
Tel: 015394 44227

2. Programme of speakers and presentations

Day 1

(Chair: David Shotton)

09-30 Arrival and Coffee
10-00 Welcome to the FBA – Anne Powell
10-20 Session 1 – Presentations on (Real-life) Applications of Ontologies (Chair – David Shotton)

25 min. per presentation, 5 min. questions.

• Robert Stevens (The University of Manchester) Ontology Design Patterns
• Kearon McNicol (FBA) FreshwaterLife
• Jenny Ure (The University of Edinburgh) The Social Life of Ontologies: roadmapping issues in ontology development on NeuroGrid.
• Ian Pettman (FBA) Fisheries Stock Depletion Alert System (FSDAS)
• Brandon Bennett (The University of Leeds) TBA

13-00 Lunch

14-00 Workshop 1: Ontology model sharing

Each group of attendees to bring PowerPoint slides with them to the meeting, illustrating

a ontology design pattern they have found useful
an area where modelling is proving difficult

(5 min. present. 10 min. questions / discussion)

16-00 Coffee
16-15 Practical applications, issues and solutions – Summary by the Chair

16-30 Session 2 – Temporal and geospatial ontologies: Some food for thought

• John Goodwin (Ordnance Survey) Key challenges in expressing and utilising geospatial semantics at Ordnance Survey
• Alan Rector (The University of Manchester) The theoretical face of temporally and geo-spatially dynamic artefacts

17-30 Finish for the day

19-00 Evening Meal - please see above for address and directions

Day 2

Requirements for modelling temporal and geo-spatial artefacts in Ontologies

09-00 Arrival and coffee
09-15 Introduction to the day 2 (Kearon McNicol)
09:30 Bijan Parisa (The University of Manchester) Time in OWL: The possible and the easily achievable
10-00 Break-out workshops focussing on:

What do temporal/geospatial problems do your applications need to be able to model? (what time and space modelling we must have, what we'd like)
(Facilitator: Phil Lord)

B. Brainstorming potential design patterns to model 4-dimensional artefacts (What can we do?; What can we do with some hack?; and What can't we do?)
(Facilitator: Alan Rector)

(Coffee to be served throughout the morning)

12-00 Raporteurs and general discussion

Break-out A report (10 min)
Break-out B report (10 min)
Discussion (30 min)

13-00 Lunch
14-00 Depart

3. Blog

During the workshop there will be a BLOG for you to record your thoughts!
The blog can be found at http://www.ontogenesisnetwork.blogspot.com/
George will have registered you to the blog and details will be sent via email to you BEFORE the meeting.
This will enable you to create a username for posting blogs and comments.

4. Organisers

Salman Elahi ( SElahi@fba.org.uk), Kearon McNicol and George Moulton ( georgina.moulton@manchester.ac.uk)

5. Attendees

David Shotton
Robert Stevens
Graham Klyne
Georgina Moulton
Phillip Lord
Andrew Gibson
Kearon McNicol
Salman Elahi
Ian Pettiman
Louisa Casely-Hayford
Alan Rector
Jenny Ure
John Goodwin
Glen Hart
Bijan Parisa
Jun Zhao
John Rooksby
Dave Randall
Aayda Shukla
Wes Sharrock
Sebastian Brandt
Brandon Bennett
Norman Morrison