The OntoWare Group provides organizational and legal support for a broad range of Semantic Web related software projects*. Through a collaborative and meritocratic development process, OntoWare projects deliver enterprise-grade, freely available software products that attract large communities of users.
The OntoWare Group has been incorporated as a membership-based, not-for-profit organisation in order to ensure that the OntoWare projects continue to exist beyond the participation of individual volunteers. Individuals who have demonstrated a commitment to collaborative Semantic Web software development, through sustained participation and contributions within OntoWare projects, are eligible for membership in the OntoWare Group. An individual is awarded membership after nomination and approval by a majority of the existing OntoWare Group members. Thus, the OntoWare Group is governed by the community it most directly serves -- the people collaborating within its projects.
The OntoWare members periodically elect a Board of Directors to manage the organizational affairs of the Group. The Board, in turn, appoints a number of officers to oversee the day-to-day operations of the Group.
Current officers of The OntoWare Group:
Chairman
President
Exec. V.P.
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Prof. Dr. Rudi Studer
Dipl.-Inf. Jens Hartmann
Dr. York Sure
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*: Initially based on ideas and text material of the Apache Software Foundation.
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