F2F6 will be hosted by DERI Innsbruck, in Innsbruck, Austria, on June 2-3, 2007.
The hotels in Innsbruck are expected to fill up quickly, so you are encouraged to book your hotel as soon as possible.
See Registration List.
Objectives
The overall objective of the F2F is to prepare the release of WD2 as soon as possible.
Beyond fixing some problems that we have in WD1 (e.g. wrt the abstract syntax), our objectives for RIF CORE WD2 are to extend WD1 to:
- Make RIF CORE implementable/usable;
- Include RDF compatibility.
Agenda
To make RIF CORE implementable and usable requires at least an XML syntax, and that we address access to data, actions in CORE, as well as built-ins, meta-data and some more. Which, in turns, require that we address the extensibility mecanism.
Hence the agenda:
June 2
- 09:00-10:30 - Abstract syntax
- Fix abstract syntax
- extend to include RDF, slotted syntax
- 10:30-11:00 - Break
- 11:00-12:30 - XML syntax
- Principles, based on strawmen
- "Coin-flip" issues, based on strawmen
- 12:30-14:00 - Lunch
- 14:00-15:30 - Extensibility
- 15:30-16:00 - Break
- 16:00-17:00 - XML syntax
- Data type for list (per charter)
- RIF Core builtins
- Core list for WD2
- Type casting
- How to distinguish logical functions from builtins
- 17:00-18:00 - Actions in RIF Core
June 3
- 09:00-10:30 - Abstract syntax
- Extend wrt access-to-data, meta-data
- Discuss extension to constraints and "black-boxes"
- 10:30-11:00 - Break
- 11:00-12:30 - XML syntax
- 12:30-14:00 - Lunch
- 14:30-15:30 - RIF Architecture
- 15:30-16:00 - Break
- 16:00-17:00 - Test cases, implementation
- 17:00-18:00 - Workplan towards RIF Core WD2, UCR WD3
Reading list
Definition of abstract syntax
- On including sorts in the AS
- R2ML
- On builtins
On RDF in Core: http://lists.w3.org/Archives/Public/public-rif-wg/2007May/0077.html
And, of course:
Arch, esp.
on XML syntax; see also Gary's first strawman proposal (read the whole email, including the forwarded parts, that discuss Philippe's strawman implementation) and the third one, linked to in the stripe-skipping section)
on Access to data (see also issue 32 and issue 33)
on test cases
Location
The meeting will be held at the Location of DERI Innsbruck. The address is:
Room 3W03 ICT - Technologie Park Innsbruck Technikerstraße 21a 6020 Innsbruck Austria If you have problems finding the place you can reach Florian Lechner at: +43 664 812 5232 Jos de Bruijn at: +43 664 812 5233
The building is located in the "Technik" campus of the University of Innsbruck. For reaching the building on the campus, see the On-campus directions.
The meeting will be held on the second floor of the building. There will be indicators to direct you to the meeting room.
Dinner
There will be a dinner on June 2, at 20:00
Location: Riese Haymon
Haymongasse 4 (map)
Ground transportation
The location of the meeting it slightly outside of the center of Innsbruck, whereas most hotels are in the center. From your hotel, you could either take a taxi, or take a bus.
The two major bus lines going from the city center to the University campus are the "O" and the "T" bus. The bus stop closest to the university campus is the "Technik" stop. For a map which shows how to get to the building where the meeting is held from the bus stop see this picture.
Important stops of the "O" bus are: Sillpark, Landesmuseum, Museumstraße, Maria-Theresia-Straße (City Center), Marktplatz, Klinik, Technik (closest bus stop to the ICT Building).
Important stops of the "T" bus are: Fritz-Konzert-Straße, Westbahnhof, Westfriedhof, Freiburger Brücke, Mitterweg, Angergasse, Fischerhäuslweg, Vögelebichl, Lohbachsiedlung, Technik (closest bus stop to the ICT Building).
If you would like to use public transportation to get from the train station to the DERI offices, you can take the "D/E" bus (direction: Hall, Kurhaus) and change at Marktplatz to the "O" bus (direction: Peerhofsiedlung, Allerheiligen, Technik West). Please get off at bus stop "Technik". The bus ride takes about 20 minutes and costs € 1.60.
On regular workdays, the "D/E" and "O" buses run approx. every 10 minutes during the day and every 20 minutes at night (until 22:30). The "T" bus runs every 15 minutes (until 21:00).
You can buy bus tickets at the driver. Usually, the driver will have change but it is advisable to have small bills and coins.
Hotels
There is an exhaustive list of selected hotels.
Here is a selection of three hotels:
Hotel Schwarzer Adler Location (Google Maps)
Kaiserjägerstraße 2 6020 Innsbruck Phone: +43 512 587109 Fax: +43 512 561697
Starting at : 101,00 €
Nearest bus-stop (line O): Landesmuseum
Hotel Innsbruck Location (Google maps)
Innrain 3 6020 Innsbruck Phone: +43 512 59868 Fax: +43 512 572280
Starting at : 80,00 €
Nearest bus-stop (line O): Marktplatz
Hotel Goldene Krone Location (Google maps)
Maria-Theresien-Straße 46 6020 Innsbruck Phone: +43 512 586160 Fax: +43 512 5801896
Starting at : 68,00 €
Nearest bus-stop (line O): Maria-Theresien-Straße
Reaching Innsbruck
The Innsbruck Airport is small and approached mainly by Austrian Arrows. There are direct flights to and from the following cities:
- Frankfurt (daily)
- Graz (5x a week)
- Hannover (6x a week)
- London (3x a week)
- Vienna (daily)
For more information regarding the Airport Innsbruck, please refer to the homepage of Airport Innsbruck.
The nearest major airport is in Munich, Germany. A shuttle service is available which should be booked at least three days in advance of your arrival and will take you from Munich to Innsbruck in approx. 3 hours. A return ticket for one person costs approx. € 72.- For more information please contact 4 Seasons Travel.
Another possibility is to take a train to Innsbruck; this will take around 2.5 hours, and there is a train (with one transfer in Munich) every 2 hours.
Co-located events
The following events, around the same time, might be of interest to participants of the working group:
The ESWC2007 conference will be in Innsbruck, on June 3-7. The main technical program will be on June 4-5.
The OWLED2007 workshop will be in Innsbruck on June 6-7.
The RR (Web Reasoning and Rule Systems) 2007 conference will be in Innsbruck, on June 7-8, 2007.
The DL2007 workshop will be on June 8-10, in Brixen, which is very close to Innsbruck (about one hour by train or by car).