The educational component will be further developed at the end of Year 1. (2VHB)
A preliminary effort is directed at crating an outline for the basic concepts, terms, knowledge, activity and skills needed for semantic and ontologcial expertise. Thus will be drafted in the style using in the Body of Knowledge (BoK) efforts. (2VHC)
Relevant past efforts in allied fields include: (2VHD)
- DAMA Guide to the Data Management Body of Knowledge (DAMA-DMBOK Guide) (2VHF)
- PMBOK (Project Management Body of Knowledge) (2VHG)
- SWEBOK (Software Engineering Body of Knowledge) (2VHH)
- BABOK (Business Analysis Body of Knowledge) (2VHI)
- CITBOK (Canadian IT Body of Knowledge) (2VHE)
Initial material on Ontologies as an artifact for making information explicit and how it is applied, examples of General and Geospatial ontologies, and Ontological Methods has been drafted by Dr. Gary Berg-Cross and links to standard tutorials on these provided as a draft for the Fall workshops. (2RJM)
Currently a cooperative effort using the BoK2 framework is expected for this and related Geoscience material. (2RJN)