WOP 2015 - 6th Workshop on Ontology and Semantic Web Patterns (WOP2015)

We propose a sixth edition of the Workshop on Ontology Patterns (WOP). The workshop series address topics centered around design patterns in SemanticWeb data and ontology design, e.g. related to the ontologydesignpatterns.org initiative. As ontology design patterns have seen a sharp rise in attention in the U.S. recently, in particular due to the semi-anual ontology design pattern workshops known as GeoVoCamps, we expect to draw a sizeable audience. In particular, many frequent participants in the GeoVoCamps are usually not attending ISWC but may be attracted by the workshop, and we thus expect that the workshop will increase the outreach of ISWC. The WOP workshop aims at linking to standardization activities such as W3C working and community groups. Patterns can benet knowledge engineers and Semantic Web developers with a direct link to requirements, reuse, guidance, and better communication. They need to be shared by a community in order to provide a common language, hence the aim of this workshop is twofold: providing an arena for discussing patterns, pattern-based ontologies, systems, datasets, etc., and broadening the pattern community by developing its own "language" for discussing and describing relevant problems and their solutions. We propose a full-day workshop consisting of three parts: paper presentations, posters/demos, and a panel on strategic, forward-looking
topics.