OntologySummit2007: OntologySummit2007_Survey individual responses    (WNM)

OntologySummit2007_Survey/Response input from DeniseBedford    (WNN)

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Question 1 Respondant Info    (WNP)

      Name:  Denise Bedford    (WNQ)

Question 2 Affiliated - I am affiliated with the following constituencies/communities (please check all that apply)    (WNR)

      [  ]  Formal ontology communities
      [  ]  Semantic Web communities
      [X]  Linguistic communities
      [X]  Concept Map community
      [X]  Topic Map community
      [X]  SEARCH communities
      [  ]  Web 2.0 communities
      [X]  Thesauri community
      [X]  Taxonomy communities
      [X]  Metadata communities
      [  ]  XML communities
      [X]  Applications Development, Software Engineering and Information Model communities
      [  ]  System Architecture communities
      [  ]  Biomedical communities
      [  ]  Standards Development communities
      [X]  Other (please specify):  Multilingual Architectures    (WNS)

Question 2a Representing - I represent the perspective of the following constituency/community (please pick one; if you want to provide input from more than one perspective, please return a separate form):    (WNT)

      [  ]  1. Formal ontology communities
      [  ]  2. Semantic Web communities
      [  ]  3. Linguistic communities
      [  ]  4. Concept Map community
      [  ]  5. Topic Map community
      [  ]  6. SEARCH communities
      [  ]  7. Web 2.0 communities
      [  ]  8. Thesauri community
      [X]  9. Taxonomy communities
      [  ]  10. Metadata communities
      [  ]  11. XML communities
      [  ]  12. Applications Development, Software Engineering and Information Model communities
      [  ]  13. System Architecture communities
      [  ]  14. Biomedical communities
      [  ]  15. Standards Development communities
      [  ]  16. Other (please specify):  (Not Answered)    (WNW)

Question 2b Specific Community    (WNX)

      or sub-community I am affiliated with:  Taxonomy community    (WNY)

Question 2c Expertise Self Assessment - With respect to the perspective you are representing and providing input from, I am a/an:    (WNZ)

      [  ]  1. informed layman
      [  ]  2. practitioner
      [X]  3. expert
      [  ]  4. other (please specify):  (Not Answered)    (WO2)

Question 3a Ontology Value -    (WO3)

      "It presents the opportunity to formalize and standardize what is current practice.  
       Also, it provides the opportunity to integrate into a larger context many different 
       kinds of practices.   More importantly, it offers the potential to do something 
       more intelligent with an integrated foundation."    (WO4)

Question 3b Ontology Issues -    (WO5)

      "Lack of a common understanding of what is meant by ontologies - different perspectives, 
       different applications.  A framework into which most practices could plug, and a set 
       of more/less rigorous rules for ontological business processes would be a big advance."    (WO6)

Question 3c Ontology Problems -    (WO7)

      "I think the first step we need to take is to reach agreement on basic underlying 
       components of ontologies, and the basic data structures for those components."    (WO8)

Question 3d Corresponding Solutions -    (WO9)

      "First of all, we need to be inclusive rather than exclusive.  I think it would be 
       helpful to have a working group come up with a first cut at the essential functional 
       components of an ontology.  Then individual groups or project teams (such as an 
       extended Taxo Thesaurus project team) could take the individual components and elaborate 
       data structures, behaviors, etc.  There is a 'chicken and egg' problem involved in 
       specifying the components and defining the functionality/business processes -- however, 
       if we had a systematic strategy, I think we could work this out.  Or, at least push it 
       as far as it can go at this time."    (WOA)

Question 4aGlossary - Ontology-related 'vocabulary' and representative 'artifact' from your constituency or community:    (WOB)

      Term:  Network Taxonomy (sometimes called semantic network or thesaurus)
      Gloss:  Extended thesaurus structure of deep concepts (not words!!!)
      Reference (citation/url):  Older version http://www.multites.com/wb/
      Artifact (name/version):  World Bank MetaThesaurus
      - Artifact Ref. (url):  http://www.multites.com/wb/    (WOC)

Question 4a1 Called An Ontology - On a scale of 1 to 5, (where 1 means totally unlikely and 5 means almost always), would the above term or artifact be referred to as an "ontology" in your community?    (WOD)

      [  ]  1. 1 - totally unlikely
      [  ]  2. 2 - rarely
      [X]  3. 3 - sometimes
      [  ]  4. 4 - quite often
      [  ]  5. 5 - almost always    (WOE)

Question 4a2 Additional Remarks -    (WOF)

      "Leveraged in topic classification, used to support search (equivalent terms 
       for synonym expansion), other relationships for suggesting other search terms."    (WOG)

Question 4bGlossary - Ontology-related 'vocabulary' and representative 'artifact' from your constituency or community:    (WOH)

      Term:  Hierarchical Taxonomy
      Gloss:  Classification Scheme - World Bank Topics
      Reference (citation/url):  http://econ.worldbank.org/external/default/main?menuPK=633473&pagePK=64165395&piPK=64165418&theSitePK=469372
      Artifact (name/version):  Enterprise Topic Classification Scheme
      - Artifact Ref. (url):  http://econ.worldbank.org/external/default/main?menuPK=633473&pagePK=64165395&piPK=64165418&theSitePK=469372    (WOI)

Question 4b1 Called An Ontology - On a scale of 1 to 5, (where 1 means totally unlikely and 5 means almost always), would the above term or artifact be referred to as an "ontology" in your community?    (WOJ)

      [X]  1. 1 - totally unlikely
      [  ]  2. 2 - rarely
      [  ]  3. 3 - sometimes
      [  ]  4. 4 - quite often
      [  ]  5. 5 - almost always    (WOK)

Question 4b2 Additional Remarks -    (WOL)

      "Topic maps are typically the products of dynamic statistical clustering.  
       This is actually a rule-based topic classification scheme which we use to 
       programmatically classify content.  This is used in either search or browsing.  
       Can also be used to support syndication."    (WOM)

Question 4cGlossary - Ontology-related 'vocabulary' and representative 'artifact' from your constituency or community:    (WON)

      Term:  Metadata Scheme
      Gloss:  Set of metadata attributes which are required for all WB content.
      Reference (citation/url):  Not accessible outside the WB.
      Artifact (name/version):  World Bank Core Metadata Strategy
      - Artifact Ref. (url):  (Not Answered)    (WOO)

Question 4c1 Called An Ontology - On a scale of 1 to 5, (where 1 means totally unlikely and 5 means almost always), would the above term or artifact be referred to as an "ontology" in your community?    (WOP)

      [  ]  1. 1 - totally unlikely
      [X]  2. 2 - rarely
      [  ]  3. 3 - sometimes
      [  ]  4. 4 - quite often
      [  ]  5. 5 - almost always    (WOQ)

Question 4c2 Additional Remarks -    (WOR)

      "What people sometimes refer to as 'faceted' structures when properly formed is 
       actually a metadata scheme, each facet of which may have its own distinct behavior 
       and structures.   There is a need to bring together the people who talk about 
       'metadata' and the people who talk about 'faceted search'.  They using different 
       terms but meaning the same thing.  There are discrepancies in business rules applied 
       to each one, though."    (WOS)

Question 4dGlossary - Ontology-related 'vocabulary' and representative 'artifact' from your constituency or community:    (WOT)

      Term:  Ring Taxonomy (synonyms)
      Gloss:  Set of equivalent terms, including predecessors, successors, variant 
              lexical forms, abbreviations, variant spellings, other language forms, etc.
      Reference (citation/url):  (Not Answered)
      Artifact (name/version):  ISO Country Names,  ISO Languages, World Bank currency names
      - Artifact Ref. (url):  http://www.iso.org/iso/en/prods-services/iso3166ma/02iso-3166-code-lists/list-en1.html    (WOU)

Question 4d1 Called An Ontology - On a scale of 1 to 5, (where 1 means totally unlikely and 5 means almost always), would the above term or artifact be referred to as an "ontology" in your community?    (WOV)

      [X]  1. 1 - totally unlikely
      [  ]  2. 2 - rarely
      [  ]  3. 3 - sometimes
      [  ]  4. 4 - quite often
      [  ]  5. 5 - almost always    (WOW)

Question 4d2 Additional Remarks -    (WOX)

      "Ontologists may argue about country names, currency names, etc. but the groups 
       that maintain these lists would rarely consider them to be an ontology or 
       even a component of an ontology."    (WOY)

Question 4eGlossary - Ontology-related 'vocabulary' and representative 'artifact' from your constituency or community:    (WOZ)

      Term:  (Not Answered)
      Gloss:  (Not Answered)
      Reference (citation/url):  (Not Answered)
      Artifact (name/version):  (Not Answered)
      - Artifact Ref. (url):  (Not Answered)    (WP0)

Question 4e1 Called An Ontology - On a scale of 1 to 5, (where 1 means totally unlikely and 5 means almost always), would the above term or artifact be referred to as an "ontology" in your community?    (WP1)

      [  ]  1. 1 - totally unlikely
      [  ]  2. 2 - rarely
      [  ]  3. 3 - sometimes
      [  ]  4. 4 - quite often
      [  ]  5. 5 - almost always    (WP2)

Question 4e2 Additional Remarks -    (WP3)

      "(Not Answered)"    (WP4)

Question 4fGlossary - Ontology-related 'vocabulary' and representative 'artifact' from your constituency or community:    (WP5)

      Term:  (Not Answered)
      Gloss:  (Not Answered)
      Reference (citation/url):  (Not Answered)
      Artifact (name/version):  (Not Answered)
      - Artifact Ref. (url):  (Not Answered)    (WP6)

Question 4f1 Called An Ontology - On a scale of 1 to 5, (where 1 means totally unlikely and 5 means almost always), would the above term or artifact be referred to as an "ontology" in your community?    (WP7)

      [  ]  1. 1 - totally unlikely
      [  ]  2. 2 - rarely
      [  ]  3. 3 - sometimes
      [  ]  4. 4 - quite often
      [  ]  5. 5 - almost always    (WP8)

Question 4f2 Additional Remarks -    (WP9)

      "(Not Answered)"    (WPA)

Question 4gGlossary - Ontology-related 'vocabulary' and representative 'artifact' from your constituency or community:    (WPB)

      Term:  (Not Answered)
      Gloss (definition):  (Not Answered)
      Reference (citation/url):  (Not Answered)
      Artifact (name/version):  (Not Answered)
      - Artifact Ref. (url):  (Not Answered)    (WPC)

Question 4g1 Called An Ontology - On a scale of 1 to 5, (where 1 means totally unlikely and 5 means almost always), would the above term or artifact be referred to as an "ontology" in your community?    (WPD)

      [  ]  1. 1 - totally unlikely
      [  ]  2. 2 - rarely
      [  ]  3. 3 - sometimes
      [  ]  4. 4 - quite often
      [  ]  5. 5 - almost always    (WPE)

Question 4g2 Additional Remarks -    (WPF)

      "(Not Answered)"    (WPG)

Question 4hGlossary - Ontology-related 'vocabulary' and representative 'artifact' from your constituency or community:    (WPH)

      Term:  (Not Answered)
      Gloss:  (Not Answered)
      Reference (citation/url):  (Not Answered)
      Artifact (name/version):  (Not Answered)
      - Artifact Ref. (url):  (Not Answered)    (WPI)

Question 4h1 Called An Ontology - On a scale of 1 to 5, (where 1 means totally unlikely and 5 means almost always), would the above term or artifact be referred to as an "ontology" in your community?    (WPJ)

      [  ]  1. 1 - totally unlikely
      [  ]  2. 2 - rarely
      [  ]  3. 3 - sometimes
      [  ]  4. 4 - quite often
      [  ]  5. 5 - almost always    (WPK)

Question 4h2 Additional Remarks -    (WPL)

      "(Not Answered)"    (WPM)

Question 5 Confirm Participation - where,    (WPN)

 a 'convener' is a participant who provides substantive contribution to the OntologySummit2007 
 initiative (through the online discourse, this survey, and other events leading to or during 
 the workshops and the written communique process), and    (WPO)
 a 'co-sponsor' is an organization who is providing technical or funding support (e.g. supporting 
 member(s) of its technical staff to participate as a 'convener'), and/or endorsing the objective 
 of this OntologySummit2007,    (WPP)
      [  ]  I agree that my name can be listed as a 'convener' of OntologySummit2007
      [  ]  I will consider endorsing the OntologySummit2007 communique. Please send it to me for 
              review when it is ready. I will confirm my endorsement after the review.
      [  ]  I confirm that you may list my organization as a 'co-sponsor' for 
              OntologySummit2007 (details below).    (WPQ)

Question 5a Co-Sponsor confirmation:    (WPR)

      Organization Name:  (Not Answered)
      Link (url) to Logo:  (Not Answered)    (WPS)

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