<html><head></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; ">apologies for multiple posts, please distribute<br><br><br>* RuleML2011@BRF - 5th International Rule Challenge<br>* Nov 4th<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre; "> </span><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre; "> </span><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre; "> </span><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre; "> </span><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre; "> </span><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre; "> </span><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre; "> </span><br>* Westin Diplomat, Ft Lauderdale, Florida <span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre; "> </span><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre; "> </span><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre; "> </span><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre; "> </span><br>* <a href="http://2011.ruleml.org/america/?page_id=126">http://2011.ruleml.org/america/?page_id=126</a> <br><br>* Call for Demos - Submission Deadline - Sept. 2nd, 2011<br>* New categories in the Challenge with prestigious prizes<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre; "> </span><br>* Demo papers published as CEUR proceedings<br>* 15% RuleML2011@BRF Partner discounts - see registration page<br>* <a href="http://2011.ruleml.org/america/">http://2011.ruleml.org/america/</a><br>* <a href="http://www.businessrulesforum.com/register.php">http://www.businessrulesforum.com/register.php</a><br><br><br>Overview and Aim<br>======================================================<br>The RuleML2011@BRF Challenge is one of the highlights at RuleML2011@BRF <br>Conference.The RuleML2011@BRF Challenge is dedicated to practical experiences <br>with rule-oriented applications. In particular, submissions of benchmarks<br>/ evaluations, demos, case studies / use cases, experience reports, best<br>practice solutions (e.g. design patterns, reference architectures, models),<br>rule-based implementations / tools / applications, demonstrations of<br>engineering methods, implementations of rule standards (e.g. RuleML, RIF,<br>SBVR, PRR, rule-based Event Processing languages, BPMN+rules, BPEL+rules,<br>...), rules + industrial standards (e.g. XBRL, MISMO, Accord, ...), and<br>industrial problem statements are particularly encouraged.<br><br>Key themes of the RuleML2011@BRF Challenge include the following:<br>* Demos related to the RuleML2011@BRF Track Topics<br>* Extensions and implementations of rule standards: W3C RIF, RuleML, <br> SBVR, ...<br>* Editing environments and IDEs for Web rules<br>* Benchmarks and comparison results for rule engines<br>* Distributed rule bases and rule services<br>* Reports on industrial experience about rule systems<br><br>A dedicated track of RuleML2011@BRF Challenge will be focused on the theme:<br><br>**Combining Rules, Objects, and Ontologies: Implementations and Applications**<br>- Loose/tight integrations of rules and knowledge bases<br>- Knowledge Modelling and Reasoning<br>- Real cases and practical experiences<br><br>Ideally, demos submitted to the Challenge track should tackle knowledge-rich<br>domain problems. The proposed solution should address such problem using a<br>combination of rule-based modelling and semantic knowledge-based modelling.<br>Solutions ranging from loosely coupled hybrid systems (i.e. where different<br>frameworks are put together), to unified homogeneous architectures (i.e. where<br>a unified model / semantics, within a single framework, is proposed) will be<br>of great interest for the special track.<br><br>Prizes will be awarded to the two best applications from the main focus theme<br>and for the all categories. All accepted demos will be presented in a special<br>Challenge Session.<br><br>Submission<br>======================================================<br>The submission is composed of two parts:<br>- open-source or commercial demo<br>- demo papers describing research, implementation, and technical details of<br> your submission.<br><br>Submissions to the Rules Challenge 2011 consist of a demo paper of 4-8 pages,<br>describing the demo show case, and a link to the demo/show case, e.g. a<br>project site, an online demonstration, a presentation about the demonstration,<br>or a download site for the demonstration.<br><br>Demo and papers submission website:<br><a href="https://www.easychair.org/conferences/?conf=ruleml2011challenge">https://www.easychair.org/conferences/?conf=ruleml2011challenge</a><br><br>Please upload all demo papers submissions as PDF files in LNCS format<br>(<a href="http://www.springer.de/comp/lncs/authors.html">http://www.springer.de/comp/lncs/authors.html</a>). <br>To ensure high quality, submitted papers will be carefully peer-reviewed<br>according to the evaluation criteria indicated below.<br><br>To better disseminate your work, please also udpate your demo in the systems<br>submission website with a brief abstract presentation:<br><a href="http://2011.ruleml.org/america/?page_id=184">http://2011.ruleml.org/america/?page_id=184</a><br><br>Challenge Evaluation Criteria <br>======================================================<br>Submissions to the RuleML2011@BRF Challenge general Track will be evaluated <br>according to the following criteria:<br>- clear exposition of the objectives, outcomes, benefits for going beyond the<br> state of the art in the application domain (25%)<br>- demos should demonstrate a good level of effectiveness to manage complex<br> rules according to statistical/analytical/benchmarking evaluations (25%)<br>- demos have to demonstrate the results with a concrete example balancing<br> conciseness and completeness (25%)<br>- demos should preferably (but not necessarily) be embedded into a web-based<br> or distributed environment (15%)<br>- demos should pay attention to end-user interactions, providing an adequate<br> and usable interface that favors a concrete usage of the application (10%).<br><br>Submissions focused on this year's special theme (Knowledge-Based Applications<br>combining Rules and Ontologies) should show the potential and benefits of<br>combining rule-based reasoning and taxonomic/frame/description-logic reasoning<br>in a realistic application. Demos submitted to the Special Theme will be<br>evaluated according to the following criteria:<br><br>- papers should clearly expose the objectives, outcomes, benefits for going<br> beyond the state of the art in the application domain (20%)<br>- demos should demonstrate a good level of integration or interaction between<br> rules and ontologies (40%)<br>- demos should demonstrate their results with a simple but meaningful case<br> study, balancing conciseness and completeness (20%)<br>- demos should preferably be deployed in a web-based or distributed<br> environment where multiple nodes exchange information (10%)<br>- demos should pay attention to end-user interactions, providing an adequate<br> and usable interface that favors a concrete usage of the application (10%).<br><br>Proceedings<br>======================================================<br>Authors are invited to submit original contributions of practical relevance<br>and technical rigor in the field, benchmarks, evaluations, experience reports<br>and show/use case demonstrations of effective, practical, deployable<br>rule-based technologies or applications in web-distributed environments.<br>Papers must be in English.<br>Accepted papers will be published as CEUR Workshop Proceedings.<br><br>Exhibition Room<br>======================================================<br>The RuleML2011@BRF Chairs are currently evaluating the possibility to have an<br>exhibition space where to present the demo live to the participants throughout<br>the Symposium.<br>More information will be released with the notification of acceptance of the<br>demo papers and demo systems.<br><br>Important Dates<br>======================================================<br>Submission deadline for demo papers and demo systems: Sept. 2nd, 2011<br>Notification of accepted demo papers and demo systems: Sept. 23rd, 2011<br>Camera ready papers: Sept. 30th, 2011<br><br>RuleML2011@BRF Challenge Chairs<br>======================================================<br>Stefano Bragaglia, University of Bologna, Italy<br>Marco Montali, KRDB, Free University of Bozen-Bolzano, Italy<br>Charles Petrie, Stanford University, USA<br>Mark Proctor, Red Hat, UK<br></body></html>