RÉSUMÉ
Ron Daniel Jr., Ph.D.
1945 David Ave.
Concord, CA 94518
+1 (925) 368 8371
rdaniel@taxonomystrategies.com
EXPERIENCE
Taxonomy Strategies 8/2002-present
Principal
Consultant on metadata, taxonomies, automatic classification, Natural
Language Processing, and related technologies for text mining and
information organization.
Interwoven, Inc. 11/2000-8/2002
Standards Architect
Represented Interwoven in standards activities related to XML, metadata,
and the web. (RDF, XML, Dublin Core, PRISM). Co-developed Interwoven
standards strategy with other members of team. Frequent conference
presentations and assistance on sales calls. Organized and ran meetings
for architectural issues across Interwoven’s expanding product
line. Development of product feature prototypes in a variety of
languages (Java, Perl, XSLT, WSDL).
Metacode Technologies, Inc. 4/98 – 11/00
(acquired by Interwoven 11/00)
Senior Information Scientist
Represented Metacode in standards activities related to metadata,
information representation, and the web. (RDF, XML, Dublin Core,
PRISM). Wrote proposals which won Metacode’s major initial
contracts. Worked closely with customes to develop the requirements
and specifications for Metacode’s major product, Metatagger.
Frequent work with Marketing to develop product collateral. Frequent
presentations at conferences. Development of XML Document Type Definitions
for file formats of information products. Development of various
Java and PERL programs.
Advanced Computing Lab, Los Alamos National Laboratory
7/93 - 4/98
Technical Staff Member
Participant in numerous projects centered on Dept. of Energy labs'
need for a large-scale and long-duration information infrastructure.
Development and standardization of location-independent web identifiers
and web metadata. Object-oriented design, CORBA and Java programming.
Extensive web experience and web standards involvement.
Cambridge University Engineering Department 10/90-6/93
Postdoctoral Research Associate
Member of the ex-Static project, which investigated parallel computing
architectures for conducting massive neural network simulations.
Designed parallel architectures, developed parallel programs for
neural network simulations.
Okla. State U. School of Electrical and Computer Engineering
6/85-9/90
Graduate Research Assistant, Graduate Teaching Assistant
Participant in numerous research efforts involving parallel processing,
machine vision, neural networks, and expert systems. Instructor
for course and labs in microprocessor assembly language programming.
EDUCATION
- Postdoctoral research at Cambridge University, Los Alamos National
Laboratory
- Ph.D. in Electrical Engineering, Oklahoma State University 1993
- M.S. in Electrical Engineering, Oklahoma State University 1987
- BSEE (Computer Option), Oklahoma State University 1985
(Member Tau Beta Pi and Eta Kappa Nu Honorary Societies)
CURRENT STANDARDS ACTIVITIES
- Editor and former chair of PRISM metadata working group
- Co-editor of W3C XPointer specification
- Acting chair of XML Linking Working Group
PRIOR ACTIVITIES AND INVITATIONAL PARTICIPATIONS
- Noted digital library metadata researcher; co-editor of original
Dublin Core and Warwick Framework reports.
- Chair of W3C XML Linking Interest Group
- Member of standards committees for XML Linking, XML Query,
RDF, JSR 170, PRISM, Dublin Core
- Editor or co-editor of three RFCs in the Internet Engineering
Task Force.
- Author of the first externally-developed Java applet to be
showcased on Sun's featured applet page.
- Co-chair of Dublin Core Datamodel Working group meetings.
- Invited member of Internet Research Task Force on Internet Information
Architecture, Internet Research Task Force on Internet Resource
Description.
- Numerous conference presentations, as well as participation
in program committees.
PUBLICATIONS
D.L. Smith, J. Busch, R. Daniel, Jr. “Taxonomy: A Knowledge Sharing Enabler.“ Presented at: SPE Annual Technical Conference and Exhibition held in Houston, Texas, U.S.A., 26–29 September 2004.
C. Lynch, C. Preston, R. Daniel. "Using Existing Bibliographic Identifiers as Uniform Resource Names". RFC 2288. Internet Engineering Task Force, Feb 1998.
L. Daigle, R. Daniel, C. Preston. "Uniform Resource Identifiers and Online Serials". 33 Serials Librarian (1998) 1-4.
R. Daniel, C. Lagoze. "Extending the Warwick Framework: From Metadata Containers to Active Digital Objects." DLib Magazine (November 1997)
R. Daniel, C. Lagoze. "Distributed Active Relationships in the Warwick Framework." Proc. Second IEEE Metadata Conference (Sept. 1997)
R. Daniel, M. Mealling. "Resolution of Uniform Resource Identifiers Using the Domain Name System". RFC 2168. Internet Engineering Task Force, June 1997.
R. Daniel. "A Trivial Convention for using HTTP in URN Resolution". RFC 2169. Internet Engineering Task Force, June 1997.
C. Lagoze, C. Lynch, R. Daniel. "The Warwick Framework: A Container Architecture for Aggregating Sets of Metadata". Cornell University CS Tech Report TR96-1593. June 1996
W. Arms, et. al. "Uniform Resource Names: A Progress Report." DLIB Magazine, Feb 1996.
S. Weibel, J. Godby, E. Miller, R. Daniel. "OCLC/NCSA Metadata Workshop Report" (a.k.a. "Dublin Core Report") Office of Research, Online Computer Library Center, June 1995.
H. Cha, R. Daniel. "High Level Modelling of SCI-Based Parallel Computers for Conducting Neural Network Simulations". Proc. Fifth IEEE Symposium on Parallel and Distributed Processing, Dallas, Dec 1993.
R. Daniel, H. Cha, R. Prager, A. Knowles, J. Shapiro, F. Fallside, "High Level Modelling of Parallel Computers for Conducting Neural Network Simulations: Interim Results of the ex-static Project". Joint Framework for Information Technology Technical Conference Report, March 1993.
J. Shapiro, H. Cha, R. Daniel. "Parallel Machine Simulation for the Design of Architectures for Neural Networks". Proc. Third Workshop on Parallel and Distributed Processing, Sofia, Bulgaria, April, 1991.
R. Daniel, H. Cha, R. Prager, P. Jones, A. Knowles, J. Shapiro, F. Fallside, T. Marsland. "Simulation of Parallel Architectures for Neural Networks: the ex-static Project". Proc. Workshop on Abstract Machine Models for Highly Parallel Computers, Univ. of Leeds, March 25-27, 1991.
R. Daniel, K.A. Teague. "A Hopfield Neural Network Approach to Model-Based Machine Vision" In: Knowledge Based Systems and Neural Networks: Techniques and Applications. Elsevier Science Publishing Company, New York, 1991.
R. Daniel. "Parallel Nonlinear Optimization". Proc. Fifth Distributed Memory Computing Conf. (DMCC5), Charleston, SC, April 9-12, 1990.
R. Daniel, K.A. Teague. "A Connectionist Technique for Data Smoothing". Proc. Fifth Distributed Memory Computing Conf. (DMCC5), Charleston, SC, April 9-12, 1990.
J. Gordon, R. Daniel, M. Carter, J. Claborne, W.J. Cochran, C. Bacon. "An Expert System for Complex Order Analysis". Proc. Oklahoma Symp. on Artif. Intell., Tulsa, OK, Nov. 2-3, 1989.
R. Daniel, M. Carter, K.A. Teague. "A Parallel Image Processing System for the iPSC/2". Proc. Fourth Conf. Hypercubes, Concurrent Computers, and Applications (HCCA4), Monterey, CA., March, 1989.
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