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1 Open House: March 26, 2010 Information Integration Intelligence Building Semantic Enterprise Solutions with TopBraid Suite Supporting the Complete Semantic Application Lifecycle

2 Agenda 1:00 pm Welcome, Introductions and Interests 1:30 pm TopQuadrant Company & TopBraid Suite Overview Products and Power Tools Enterprise Applications 2:00 pm Customer Solutions Overview and Demos Demo: Enterprise Vocabulary Management (45 min.) Break: (15 min) Demo: Judicial Information Exchange (MoJ) (45 min) 3:45 pm Power Tools of TBS Demo: SPARQLMotion (20 min.) Demo: SPIN (SPARQL Inferencing Notation) (20 min.) Demo: uispin, Java Tag Library (20 min.) 4:45 pm Wrap-up 5-6:00 pm Optional Extended Q&A / Birds of a Feather Copyright TopQuadrant Inc. Slide 2

Corporate Overview Formed in 2001 Products: TopBraid Suite Semantic Web Application Development Platform 600+ Customers Solution Services Jumpstarts to

People Trained OnSite and Public Classes Introductory-Foundation Training (May 3-6, 2010) Advanced Product Capabilities Training (June 7-10, 2010)

3 Corporate Overview Formed in 2001 Products: TopBraid Suite Semantic Web Application Development Platform 600+ Customers Solution Services Jumpstarts to Large Implementations Competency Development Workshops: Solution Envisioning Ontology Modeling Semantic Application Development Semantic Web Training 700+ People Trained OnSite and Public Classes Introductory-Foundation Training (May 3-6, 2010) Advanced Product Capabilities Training (June 7-10, 2010) International Locations Alexandria, VA Mountain View, CA United Kingdom, Europe Strategic Partnerships Oracle, OntoReason Copyright TopQuadrant Inc. Slide 3

Leadership Holger Knublauch (Protégé OWL

Chief Scientist and Trainer Dean Allemang

Ontologist) TQ team has authored 4 books

4 Semantic Web Thought Leadership TopQuadrant Product Development Team Leadership Holger Knublauch (Protégé OWL creator) Jeremy Carroll (JENA Architect) Chief Scientist and Trainer Dean Allemang (Co-author Semantic Web for the Working Ontologist) TQ team has authored 4 books about Semantic Technology Copyright TopQuadrant Inc. Slide 4

5 21 st Century Market Dynamics Global economy demands that enterprises become more agile in order to survive. Growing expectations about what technology should do for companies & end-users Current economic recession requires companies to: Do more with less Do less with less Add Graphic Picture from: Copyright TopQuadrant Inc. Slide 5

6 TopBraid Suite Platform Capabilities Enterprise Middleware Business-to-Business Applications TopBraid Platform End User Applications Provide Data Services User Interfaces Combine Link- Relate Transform - Align Semantics - Validate Any Source -Any Format Connect Copyright TopQuadrant Inc. Slide 6

7 TopBraid Suite Ontology Experts Client/Server Infrastructure Provide Web Application Combine Deployment Connect Copyright TopQuadrant Inc. Slide 7

Semantic Model-driven Applications Rapid Deployment of Agile,

Custom Application S XML EXCEL RSS By combining capabilities for:

assembly, configuration and use Configurable components for

8 Semantic Model-driven Applications Rapid Deployment of Agile, Evolvable Applications Designed for users Built for change RDBs Custom Application S XML EXCEL RSS By combining capabilities for: Semantic data integration Semantic model-driven application assembly, configuration and use Configurable components for dynamic presentation and interaction Copyright TopQuadrant Inc. Slide 8

9 TopBraid Suite Overview TopBraid Suite provides multiple ways to develop W3C standards-based model-driven applications/solutions Platform capabilities (SPIN, SPARQLMotion Web Services, Databases, APIs) delivered through: TopBraid Composer (TBC) - development tool TopBraid Live Server (TBL) Multiple User Interface options provided for solution development: Adobe Flex front-ends: TopBraid Ensemble: Built-in, configurable UI components + event wiring infrastructure Flex SDK: API for TBL services used by custom Flex components HTML/SVG front-ends: UISPIN, JSP REST Web Services: SPARQLMotion scripts invoked directly in TBE and Live SDK Copyright TopQuadrant Inc. Slide 9

10 TopBraid Suite Architecture Stack Applications Web Services JSP, XSLT Live SDK Adobe Flex API TBE TopBraid Ensemble uispin User Interface Framework TopBraid Suite capabilities SPARQLMotion Data Processing Pipelines SPIN Rules, Constraints, Functions, Templates SPARQL Query Language RDF Schema, OWL Classes, Properties RDF Base Infrastructure, Databases Copyright TopQuadrant Inc. Slide 10

TBS - an Integrated Standards-based Platform (1) Personal server on Composer Maestro Edition (TBC-ME) Test TopBraid Live applications on localhost open

11 TBS - an Integrated Standards-based Platform (1) Personal server on Composer Maestro Edition (TBC-ME) Test TopBraid Live applications on localhost open TBC-ME, then open a browser to: View any model in TBC-ME workspace with Default Application Copyright TopQuadrant Inc. Slide 11

12 TBS - an Integrated Standards-based Platform (2) Develop model, scripts, etc. in Composer deploy project to TopBraid Live server Copyright TopQuadrant Inc. Slide 12

13 TopBraid Live Servers TopBraid Live Personal Server localhost TopBraid Composer Maestro Edition Eclipse Jetty TopBraid Live Enterprise Server Web server TopBraid Live Tomcat, WebLogic TopBraid Live Platform RDF/RDFS/OWL, SPARQL, import/export, SPIN, SPARQLMotion Copyright TopQuadrant Inc. Slide 13

14 TopBraid Live Server (TBL) Copyright TopQuadrant Inc. Slide 14

15 TBL Server Configuration Copyright TopQuadrant Inc. Slide 15

16 TBS Access Control Editor Copyright TopQuadrant Inc. Slide 16

17 Example Solution Areas Enterprise Vocabulary Management Semantic Mediated Information Exchange Enterprise Architecture Flexible and customizable solutions for managing taxonomies and business vocabularies in support of content delivery, search, navigation, data integration and disambiguation of terms Consistent, reusable and repeatable approach to specifying information and data exchanges as structured electronic business documents/messages built from components Solutions for IT governance and management Copyright TopQuadrant Inc. Slide 17

18 Customer Stories Copyright TopQuadrant Inc. Slide 18

EVT Taxonomists and Process Modelers work with COI to develop the Standard Information Structure (SIS), including glossaries, semantic models

19 Air Force (SAF/XC) Enterprise Vocabulary Team (EVT) data transparency efforts to design, develop, and implement enterprise vocabularies and ontologies for various functional COI. EVT Taxonomists and Process Modelers work with COI to develop the Standard Information Structure (SIS), including glossaries, semantic models and contextual models. Support DoD s efforts to create COI-defined, vocabulary-based Service Oriented Enterprise (SOE), through harmonizing vocabularies, establishing synonym sets, and defining mappings. Copyright TopQuadrant Inc. Slide 19

20 Large Legal Research Firm Taxonomies are used to tag publications, providing added value over competitors in the ease with which materials can be accessed. Their current home grown tools and information representation don t offer the required flexibility. Taxonomy tools did not support connecting and reusing terms across taxonomies or allow customizability for the different lines of business. Taxonomy Processing: Standard hierarchical, associative and equivalency relationships; repositioning and numbering of terms; crosswalk mapping and graph capabilities. Automatic processing: Ability to create validation rules and automated script processing via SPIN and SPARQLMotion. Import/Export: Import/Export from RDBMS, RDF Store, SPARQL endpoints, spreadsheets (CSV), XML, RDF and OWL. Merging: RDF standard universal identifiers provide easy hooks for merging vocabularies. Systems Integration: Integrate with existing enterprise or vocabulary management systems via API. Copyright TopQuadrant Inc. Slide 20

21 Judicial Information Sharing Seamless information sharing is challenging: Data resides in many diverse systems supporting unique operation requirements of courts, police, hospitals, border control, motor vehicle, local and federal offices. Copyright 2010 The Netherlands Ministry of Justice, TopQuadrant Inc. 21

22 Enterprise Vocabulary Management Solution (EVMS) Copyright TopQuadrant Inc. Slide 22

23 What is Enterprise Vocabulary Management? Flexible and customizable solutions for managing taxonomies and business vocabularies in support uses including: content delivery search navigation data integration disambiguation of terms Copyright TopQuadrant Inc. Slide 23

Enterprise Vocabulary Management - The Problem The Conventional Approach Companies aim for a single, centralized master vocabulary system The Reality Vocabularies are managed in a disconnected,

24 Enterprise Vocabulary Management - The Problem The Conventional Approach Companies aim for a single, centralized master vocabulary system The Reality Vocabularies are managed in a disconnected, distributed manner Spreadsheets Individual user desktops The Result Information navigation becomes disjointed Poor information quality and faulty communication Directly impacts productivity, customer service quality, revenues and missed competitive opportunities Copyright TopQuadrant Inc. Slide 24

How it Works Constructs a Dynamic Web of Terminology Leverages W3C standards Uses URIs identify each concept (Uniform Resource Identifiers) TopBraid EVMS Enterprise Vocabulary Management Solution

25 How it Works Constructs a Dynamic Web of Terminology Leverages W3C standards Uses URIs identify each concept (Uniform Resource Identifiers) TopBraid EVMS Enterprise Vocabulary Management Solution Create relationships between terminology elements that are recorded as hyperlinks on the WWW Connections previously accomplished with custom software are easily described in a standard, declarative format Key Benefits A sustainable, shared and distributed vocabulary web Improves Data Quality, Search, Analysis and Interoperability Ultimately impacts productivity, customer service quality, revenues and competitive opportunities Copyright TopQuadrant Inc. Slide 25

26 TopBraid EVMS: Core Capabilities Vocabulary Processing Automatic Processing Import/Export Collaborative Vocabulary Lifecycle Management Merging Systems Integration Copyright TopQuadrant Inc. Slide 26

27 Benefits of the EVMS Solution Business Benefits Accurate and rapid enterprise vocabulary development and integration between organizations. Enterprise Data Architecture leverage application semantic layer by sharing common vocabulary and ontologies across enterprise. Extensible workflow and change management for collaboration Technical Benefits Application is customizable and scalable, and based on industry standards where semantic consistency is preserved and confirmed. Ability to seamlessly integrate linked data, in native RDF format. Copyright TopQuadrant Inc. Slide 27

28 Demo: TopBraid EVMS Copyright TopQuadrant Inc. Slide 28

TopBraid Ensemble TopBraid Ensemble (TBE) is a Rich

development can open any RDF file (including import file

29 TopBraid Ensemble TopBraid Ensemble (TBE) is a Rich Internet Application Assembly Framework rapid application development can open any RDF file (including import file types) flexible user interface, efficient client-side caching, etc. User actions invoke serverside scripts Visual Query Editor Client-side editing Copyright TopQuadrant Inc. Slide 29

TBE Utilizes a Semantic (model-based) Application Architecture Business Applications (semantic model-driven) People or programs interact through the semantic business layer within more powerful

30 TBE Utilizes a Semantic (model-based) Application Architecture Business Applications (semantic model-driven) People or programs interact through the semantic business layer within more powerful applications. Standards-based Semantic Layer Enterprise Ontology Models Mapping Mapping Mapping Mapping Semantic web layer defines standard vocabularies, formal models and semantic relationships between data sources. Data are mapped to the semantic layer to provide integrative views, queries and other services. ERP CRM Data on the Web PLM Unstructured Data (e.g. documents) Data Warehouse Copyright TopQuadrant Inc. Slide 30

31 Ensemble Application Assembly - 1 Ensemble is an application assembly toolkit modify component configuration Modify what is displayed in component Copyright TopQuadrant Inc. Slide 31

Family tree generates a named event Customized application displays

32 Ensemble Application Assembly - 2 Ensemble is an application assembly toolkit event wiring Form listens to that event Single-click action in Family tree generates a named event Customized application displays formatted information when chosen from tree Copyright TopQuadrant Inc. Slide 32

33 Customizing EVMS Application Capabilities to Customer Specific Requirements Copyright TopQuadrant Inc. Slide 33

34 Netherlands Ministry of Justice (MoJ) Metadata Workbench Solution (Semantic Mediated Information Exchange) Copyright TopQuadrant Inc. Slide 34

35 Judicial Information Sharing: The Problem Poor information sharing is costly to society Criminals are not caught in time Wrong identity Insufficient information Security threats are not prevented A terrorist is able to enlist as a passenger on an airplane Immigrants and refugees are not helped in time with the right quality Illegal immigrants wander the street Juveniles don t receive the proper care they need End up as a professional criminal Changes in legislation cause changes in data exchange needs Unique data requirements exist for police, public prosecutor, courts, prisons, probation services, mental health care, border control, motor vehicle, local and federal offices Mistakes happen due to incomplete data Copyright TopQuadrant Inc. Slide 35

36 Business Challenges for the Message Builders I am spending all my time comparing business components across different versions of XML Schemas. What is the meaning of this business entity? Give me a proper definition. Am I working with the right XML Schema? How do I share domain knowledge with my colleagues? Actually, I don t want to be bothered with details of XML Schema at all! I need more context, more context please. I don t like to retype everything by hand. How do we make an integrated model that makes sense? Semantics can t work without a conceptual model. I want generic building blocks and reuse them! Copyright 2010 TopQuadrant Inc. 36

37 Previous Approaches have failed There is only version control for each separate project. No conceptual model everything is in the head of the ontologist. No traceability comparisons are done manually No generic reusable components this only works fine for a short time. Copyright TopQuadrant Inc. Slide 37

38 Person First Name Last Name Driver License Birth Date Physical Characteristics Eye Color Hair Color Weight Height Physical Condition Blood Alcohol Level Physical Damages Address Address Core Component Core Components Justice Metadata Workbench Process Govern Collaborate Person.Name First Name Last Name cardinality =1 Person. Address Driver Street Number License Street First City Name Last Name Driver License Birth Date Physical Characteristics Eye Color Hair Color Business Information Entities Evolve Change of Address Person.Name First Name Last Name Address.Old Select fields from the Address BIE Address.New Select fields from the Address BIE Business Document (message) Structure Copyright 2010 TopQuadrant Inc. 38

39 Netherlands Justice Metadata Workbench: Solution Capabilities Creation of reusable Core Information Components Construction of purpose-specific Business Information Entities from the Core Components Construction of Business Documents (electronic messages) by combining one or more Information Entities Generation of XML Schemas for the Business Documents Support for Code Lists and Data Types Support for the Evolution of information objects versioning, comparison, governance, etc. Merge and aggregation of the data Messages Copyright TopQuadrant Inc. Slide 39

Business Benefits Benefits of the MoJ Solution* Accurate and rapid Information Sharing between Organizations Agility in response to Legislation Changes Data Quality is guaranteed Reduced Costs of

40 Business Benefits Benefits of the MoJ Solution* Accurate and rapid Information Sharing between Organizations Agility in response to Legislation Changes Data Quality is guaranteed Reduced Costs of Message Schema Development Technical Benefits Direct and flexible Reuse of Data Components Full Automation of XML Schema creation Semantic Consistency is preserved and confirmed Linked Data / traceability Version Management *See Enterprise Data Journal Article for more details on this solution: Copyright TopQuadrant Inc. Slide 40

41 Demo: MoJ Metadata Workbench Copyright TopQuadrant Inc. Slide 41

Example of a Business Document Business Document Business Information Entities that

44 Creation of XML Message Schemas Rich Ontologies Projects Contexts CCTS Ontologies Business Document Ontologies Business Component Overlay CCTS-Compliant XML Schemas are generated from the XSP Document Domains Core Component Overlay CCTS Document CCTS XML SchemaPlus CCTS XML Schema SPIN Transformation rules CCTS Document Editor XSP Generation XSD Generation CCTS MetaModel XSP MetaModel XSLT Script Rich Ontologies are expressive models of domains. These include LKIF and detailed situations of law and legal document and procedures. Users create CCTS documents from BIEs and Core Components Acronyms BIE Business Information Entity CCTS UN/CEFACT Core Component Technical Specifications LKIF Legal Knowledge Interchange Format SPIN SPARQL Inferencing Notation XSLT XSL Transformations (XSLT) Version 2.0 XSP XML SchemaPlus Copyright 2010 TopQuadrant Inc. 44

Solution Architecture SPARQLMotion MDW Flex User Interface REST TopBraid Live Server JENA SDB SPIN OWL RDF/XML Ontologies OWL DL OWL FULL Full CCTS Domain Model

46 Solution Architecture SPARQLMotion MDW Flex User Interface REST TopBraid Live Server JENA SDB SPIN OWL RDF/XML Ontologies OWL DL OWL FULL Full CCTS Domain Model CCTS Pragmas CCTS Metamodel Values Oracle DB CCTS Domain Model Vocabs Vocab Metamodel Values CCTS Metamodel CCTS Model CCTS UDT Copyright 2010 TopQuadrant Inc. 46

47 TBS Power Tools SPARQLMotion SPIN uispin Copyright TopQuadrant Inc. Slide 47

48 SPARQLMotion and SPIN: Built on the SPARQL Standard SPARQL query language query and insert triples SPARQLMotion scripting processing pipelines import, process, export data SPIN SPARQL Inference Notation reusable query definitions common infrastructure for standard inferences and custom rules constraint violation rules Copyright TopQuadrant Inc. Slide 48

49 SPARQLMotion Demo Copyright TopQuadrant Inc. Slide 49

50 SPARQLMotion Import from multiple formats Apply rules, other data processing Extract data for output XML transformation Export XML Copyright TopQuadrant Inc. Slide 50

51 Custom Menus in TBC & Ensemble Scripts defined to customize menu same for Composer and Ensemble Copyright TopQuadrant Inc. Slide 51

52 REST Web Services Web service calls to SPARQLMotion scripts URL embedded in any HTML or application Personal Live server URL Function name parameters Get parameters Import Data Access to all SPARQLMotion features Get linked data from DBPedia Create text from JSP template return text Copyright TopQuadrant Inc. Slide 52

53 SPIN Demo Copyright TopQuadrant Inc. Slide 53

54 SPIN (SPARQL Inferencing Notation) First object-oriented Semantic Web language that applies business logic to data. SPIN Motivation: Need to express business rules in models not code Object-Oriented modeling is turning out to be more relevant than Logic-Oriented (like previous Semantic Web Modeling Languages) Based on SPARQL standard for expressing Semantic Web models Key Features: SPIN Inference Rules SPIN Constructors SPIN Constraints SPIN Meta-modeling SPIN Standard Modules Library Copyright TopQuadrant Inc. Slide 54

Constraint violation warning rule Rule for creating new instances Inference

55 SPIN (SPARQL Inferencing Notation) SPIN builds on W3C s SPARQL query language define data processing rules, constraints, queries, etc. Constraint violation warning rule Rule for creating new instances Inference rule Defined SPIN function Parameterized template for rules Copyright TopQuadrant Inc. Slide 55

56 SPIN Benefits: Make business rule definition available to a larger range of industrial users Express rules and constraints with a richer language than possible with OWL or other rule languages Takes advantage of SPARQL development in support of modeldriven applications Contributes to advancement of Semantic Web industry through W3C cooperation Availability: SPIN API available as an open source Java API Distributed under dual license by TopQuadrant Copyright TopQuadrant Inc. Slide 56

57 The QUDT Ontologies Quantity, Units, Dimensions and Datatypes A NASA spinoff from their 300+ Ontology Collection Schema 200 Classes, 61 Properties Quantities 239 (e.g. Time, Volume, Mass) Units 239 (e.g. Foot, Meter, Furlong) Dimensions 460 (e.g. CGS, SI, Planck, Gaus) Datatypes Forthcoming NIST 648 Constants (e.g. Planck, Electron Volt) Undergoing OASIS Standardization Copyright TopQuadrant Inc. Slide 57

unitis a member of the Metric System (unit:systemofunits_si) Signal a

58 Acme Measurements spin:constraint Constrain the Measurement Unit System Interpretation: For a given measurement (?this), require that its?unitis a member of the Metric System (unit:systemofunits_si) Signal a constraint violation if this isnot the case Copyright TopQuadrant Inc. Slide 58

Acme Measurements spin:rule Infer a User Friendly Display Measurement Value Interpretation: For a given measurement (?this), take its?value(e.g. 0.123456789) Round the?

59 Acme Measurements spin:rule Infer a User Friendly Display Measurement Value Interpretation: For a given measurement (?this), take its?value(e.g ) Round the?valueoff to 2 decimal places (e.g. 0.12) Create (CONSTRUCT) a new property(acme:displayvalue) from the rounded value (?displayvalue) The acme:roundnumber function is JavaScript! Copyright TopQuadrant Inc. Slide 59

60 Acme Measurements spin:construct Infer a Converted Measurement Interpretation: For a given Metric measurement (?metricqv), take its?metricvalue Convert the value into Imperial Units and round it Create (CONSTRUCT) a new measurement instance with the Imperial values Copyright TopQuadrant Inc. Slide 60

61 JSP + uispindemo Copyright TopQuadrant Inc. Slide 61

62 Java Server Pages Java Based Dynamic Web Content & Applications TBS SPARQL Tag Library Imbed SPARQL Queries Copyright TopQuadrant Inc. Slide 62

defines layout for instances of class Sample views

63 uispin Model-driven framework to describe user interfaces define HTML/SVG rendering in model Model defines layout for instances of class Sample views from different browsers Copyright TopQuadrant Inc. Slide 63

64 uispin Examples Copyright TopQuadrant Inc. Slide 64

65 Open House Wrap Up Copyright TopQuadrant Inc. Slide 65

66 Summary Today s global economy demands agility Semantic Web technology uniquely enables more flexible, and evolvable business applications / solutions TopQuadrant offers a complete Semantic Web product platform to help enterprises rapidly build and deploy competitive, agile business applications and solutions Leading companies and organizations are building solutions today with TopBraid Inside *Slide Set from this event is available at: Copyright TopQuadrant Inc. Slide 66

Webinar May 13, 2010

Information Integration Intelligence Solutions The Netherlands Ministry of Justice Webinar May 13, 2010 Netherlands Ministry of Justice Metadata Workbench Supporting the Complete Semantic Application Lifecycle