OWL 2, the currently ongoing revision of the Web Ontology Language, has become a W3C Candidate Recommendation.  This means that there is a call for implementations now, and if they meet the requirements, it is intended that the documents proceed to Proposed Recommendation status – just one step away from being a full W3CThe World Wide Web Consortium (W3C) is the main international standards organization for the World Wide Web (abbreviated WWW or W3). Founded and headed by Tim Berners-Lee, the consortium is made up of member organizations which maintain full-time staff for the purpose of working together in the ... Recommendation.

The general entry point is the Document Overview. For OWL 2 in a nutshell, see the Primer. Or have a look at our ESWC09 tutorial (Part 1).

Pascal Hitzler