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                    Preface
    - The 3rd Workshop on Ontology Patterns -
                   WOP 2012



    During the past two years, the notion of Ontology Patterns has clearly be-
come more mainstream within the Semantic Web field. We have for instance
noted that in last years ISWC one full paper session, entitled Ontologies and
Patterns, was devoted almost entirely to patterns. This emerging role of pat-
terns is also evident from the number of paper submissions for this years edition
of WOP (see further below), which has broken all previous records.
    Since the beginning of the Semantic Web initiative, ontologies have been re-
ferred to as the key tool for implementing the Semantic Web vision. However,
with the success of Linked Data as a highly data-focused movement, ontolo-
gies are now challenged to respond to new needs, such as handling big and noisy
data. Ontologies are also often built to reflect the reality in data, rather than the
other way around. Ontology Patterns, and their related technologies, hold the
potential for bridging the gap between linked data and ontologies, because they
are conceived with simplicity, scalability, and modularity, as well as contribu-
tions from, and usage by, the masses in mind, without giving up the inheritance
from Artificial Intelligence and philosophical ontologies. Hence, we envision On-
tology Patterns as a necessary facilitator in the upcoming breakthrough for the
Semantic Web on the larger social Web arena.
    The aim of WOP is to give researchers and practitioners a forum for sharing
their latest findings and emerging issues, as well as building a common language
of Ontology Patterns. Furthermore, the WOP community is supported by the
ontologydesignpatterns.org initiative, and uses it as its main mean of communi-
cation, e.g. for pattern submission, reviewing and discussion outside the work-
shop schedule. This support gives the workshop a continuity and a platform for
discussion that few others have.
    This years WOP instance is the third in the series. We received 14 full re-
search paper submissions and 5 additional pattern submissions. The members
of the Program Committee acknowledge the very high quality of many of these
submissions, as 10 of them were recommended for acceptance. As this year the
workshop was selected for only a half-day slot, the chairs then decided to also ac-
cept a number of papers for poster presentation. In total 6 papers were accepted
for oral presentation (a 43% acceptance rate), and 4 for poster presentation. In
the pattern track, 3 out of 5 submissions were accepted for presentation as pat-
tern posters. The pattern submissions consisted of both an extended abstract
and an actual pattern uploaded on the ontologydesignpatterns.org portal.
    Further information about the Workshop on Ontology Patterns can be found
at: http://ontologydesignpatterns.org/wiki/WOP:2012.
Acknowledgments

We appreciate support from the DEON project (funded by STINT) and send
special thanks to all members of the steering committee, program committee,
authors and local organizers for their efforts and support.


WOP Paper Chairs
Aldo Gangemi and Eva Blomqvist
WOP Pattern Chairs
Mari Carmen Suárez-Figueroa and Karl Hammar

October 2012

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