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<DIV><FONT face=Verdana size=2>Apologies for cross-postings</FONT></DIV>
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THE OAEI'06 CAMPAIGN</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Verdana size=2> CALL FOR MATCHING
SYSTEMS PARTICIPATION</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Verdana
size=2> </FONT><A
href="http://oaei.ontologymatching.org/2006/"><FONT face=Verdana
size=2>http://oaei.ontologymatching.org/2006/</FONT></A></DIV>
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size=2>+++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Verdana size=2></FONT><FONT face=Verdana size=2></FONT><FONT
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face=Verdana size=2>BRIEF DESCRIPTION<BR>Ontology Alignment Evaluation
Initiative (OAEI)<BR>is a coordinated international initiative that <BR>has been
set up for organising evaluation of <BR>ontology matching systems. </FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Verdana size=2>The OAEI'06 campaign will consist of four tracks
<BR>gathering six data sets and different evaluation modalities. <BR>The tracks
include: <BR>(i) comparison track (systematic benchmark series);<BR>(ii)
expressive ontologies (e.g., from the anatomy domain);<BR>(iii) directories and
thesauri (e.g., Google, Yahoo);<BR>(iv) consensus workshop.</FONT></DIV>
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face=Verdana size=2></FONT><FONT face=Verdana size=2></FONT><FONT face=Verdana
size=2></FONT><BR><FONT face=Verdana size=2>IMPORTANT DATES<BR>early June, 2006:
First publication of test cases;<BR>June 28, 2006: Comments on test cases (any
time before that date);<BR>July 3, 2006: Final publication of test
cases;<BR>September 4, 2006: Preliminary results due (for
interoperability-checking);<BR>September 15, 2006: Participants send final
results and supporting papers; <BR>October 9, 2006: Organizers publish results
for comments;<BR>November 5 or 6, 2006: Venue - the ISWC'06 workshop on Ontology
Matching,
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OM-2006, GA Center, Athens, Georgia,
USA;<BR>
OAEI'06 final results ready. </FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Verdana size=2></FONT><FONT face=Verdana size=2></FONT><FONT
face=Verdana size=2></FONT><BR><FONT face=Verdana size=2>FURTHER DETAILS of the
OAEI'06 campaign, e.g., an evaluation process, <BR>presentation of the results,
are available at <BR></FONT><A
href="http://oaei.ontologymatching.org/2006/"><FONT face=Verdana
size=2>http://oaei.ontologymatching.org/2006/</FONT></A><FONT face=Verdana
size=2>.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Verdana size=2><BR>More information about OAEI as well as
previous campaigns can be found at:<BR></FONT><A
href="http://oaei.ontologymatching.org/"><FONT face=Verdana
size=2>http://oaei.ontologymatching.org/</FONT></A></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Verdana size=2>More information about Ontology Matching can be
found at:<BR></FONT><A href="http://www.ontologymatching.org/"><FONT
face=Verdana size=2>http://www.ontologymatching.org/</FONT></A><FONT
face=Verdana size=2> </FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Verdana
size=2>-------------------------------------------------------<BR>Pavel
Shvaiko<BR>University of Trento<BR>Dept. of Information and Communication
Technology<BR>Sommarive 14, POVO, 38050, TRENTO, ITALY<BR>Web: </FONT><A
href="http://www.dit.unitn.it/~pavel/"><FONT face=Verdana
size=2>http://www.dit.unitn.it/~pavel/</FONT></A><BR><A
href="http://www.ontologymatching.org/"><FONT face=Verdana
size=2>http://www.ontologymatching.org/</FONT></A><BR></DIV><SPAN
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