OntologySummit - Suggestions (2XTL)
Please provide your suggestions for future Ontology Summits below: (kindly keep each entry to one short paragraph; be concise and stay within 50 words if you can. Feel free to link to support material. Please date your entries and identify yourself for follow-up purposes) (2XTM)
Suggestions for OntologySummit2012 (2Y6B)
Suggestions for Themes and Topics (2XTN)
- input and suggestions from the community during the OntologySummit2011 postmortem session can be found under: http://ontolog.cim3.net/cgi-bin/wiki.pl?ConferenceCall_2011_05_19#nid2XUX. the community during the OntologySummit2011 postmortem session can be found under: (2Y88)
- To start bootstrapping a new ecosystem built using a new ontology-based paradigm for Internet-based Information System architecting, engineering and delivery. -- ChristopherSpottiswoode / 2011_10_18 (2Y63)
- More information on that project appears under the other headings below. A fuller picture is gradually building up on http://ontolog.cim3.net/cgi-bin/wiki.pl?ChristopherSpottiswoode/OntologyChemistry_WorkingDraft. -- ChristopherSpottiswoode / 2011_12_06 (30DG)
- Suggested Theme: Either “Information Federation with Ontologies” or “Solving the Data Problem”. A focus on the practical application of ontological methods and tools to a problem facing every large organization - understanding and using data from independently conceived resources together. The concerns of information federation are not the same as the concerns of these other ontology use cases (such as proof) and this may result in differences in ontological approach, languages, notations, tooling and even theories. Federated data is inherently distributed, uncoordinated, messy and conflicting - yet there is value in leveraging these disparate data resources in a more unified way. It is not always clear how "neat" solutions work in this unstructured world, yet the very "scruffy" solutions seem to be insufficient. A position of the community on this question could help the application of ontologies, ontological tooling and ontological approaches to this important problem. CoryCasanave / 2011-10-27 (2YBT)
- Schema.org meets Ontology - How the two approaches can come together over time for a win-win. SteveRay / 2011-11-07 (2YXR)
- Ontology Best Practices, Methodologies, Evaluation (LeoObrst at http://ontolog.cim3.net/cgi-bin/wiki.pl?ConferenceCall_2011_05_19#nid2XUY) (2YXA)
- Distinguish "Ontology Best Practices, Methodologies" and "Evaluation of Ontologies" as separate topics (FabianNeuhaus at http://ontolog.cim3.net/cgi-bin/wiki.pl?ConferenceCall_2011_05_19#nid2XVL) (2YXC)
- Ontology Self-Correction, Automated Growth, Ontology Learning. (LeoObrst at http://ontolog.cim3.net/cgi-bin/wiki.pl?ConferenceCall_2011_05_19#nid2XUY) (2YXD)
- Ontology Engineering best practice (MichaelUschold at http://ontolog.cim3.net/cgi-bin/wiki.pl?ConferenceCall_2011_05_19#nid2XV3) (2YXE)
- Ontology acquisition e.g. extracting ontologies from unstructured knowledge (MichaelGruninger at http://ontolog.cim3.net/cgi-bin/wiki.pl?ConferenceCall_2011_05_19#nid2XV6) (2YXF)
- Ontology and Software Engineering (PeterYim at http://ontolog.cim3.net/cgi-bin/wiki.pl?ConferenceCall_2011_05_19#nid2XV7) (2YXG)
- Ontology and Systems Engineering (SteveRay at http://ontolog.cim3.net/cgi-bin/wiki.pl?ConferenceCall_2011_05_19#nid2XV8) (2YXH)
- Developing Ontology Applications (LeoObrst at http://ontolog.cim3.net/cgi-bin/wiki.pl?ConferenceCall_2011_05_19#nid2XV9) (2YXI)
- Solving Problems with Ontology ( RexBrooks at http://ontolog.cim3.net/cgi-bin/wiki.pl?ConferenceCall_2011_05_19#nid2XVA) (2YXJ)
- Challenge Problems for Ontology Design and Applications (MichaelGruninger at http://ontolog.cim3.net/cgi-bin/wiki.pl?ConferenceCall_2011_05_19#nid2XVB) (2YXK)
- Research challenges for ontologies (NicolaGuarino at http://ontolog.cim3.net/cgi-bin/wiki.pl?ConferenceCall_2011_05_19#nid2XVG) (2YXL)
- Ontologies as Part of Knowledge Systems (how it fits into other technologies) (AliHashemi at http://ontolog.cim3.net/cgi-bin/wiki.pl?ConferenceCall_2011_05_19#nid2XVH) (2YXM)
- What is Ontology Good For? it breaks down into Tracks for things like performance, collateral benefits, etc. (RexBrooks at http://ontolog.cim3.net/cgi-bin/wiki.pl?ConferenceCall_2011_05_19#nid2XVK) (2YXN)
- Ontology acquisition (AliHashemi at http://ontolog.cim3.net/cgi-bin/wiki.pl?ConferenceCall_2011_05_19#nid2XVM) (2YXO)
- Ontology usage for Philosophy and the Humanities (TerryLongstreth at http://ontolog.cim3.net/cgi-bin/wiki.pl?ConferenceCall_2011_05_19#nid2XVN) (2YXP)
- even suggestions from the the community during the OntologySummit2010 postmortem session may be useful - see under: http://ontolog.cim3.net/cgi-bin/wiki.pl?ConferenceCall_2010_04_15#nid2IR0 (2YZK)
- Towards Objective Metrics for Understanding Ontology Quality in Context (AmandaVizedom and JoanneLuciano) Picking up threads from several prior Summits, armed with the progress made in distinguishing families of ontology application use cases (see, e.g., the Application Cases and Usage Framework Syntheses from OntologySummit2011, at http://ontolog.cim3.net/cgi-bin/wiki.pl?OntologySummit2011_ApplicationCases_Synthesis and http://ontolog.cim3.net/cgi-bin/wiki.pl?OntologySummit2011_ApplicationFramework_Synthesis, respectively), we are now in a position to push beyond the agreement to disagree that has characterized discussions of ontology quality to date. Specifically, we can work as a community to identify ontology quality characteristics relevant to (families of) ontology applications. We take this suggestion to be compatible with LeoObrst's suggestion at http://ontolog.cim3.net/cgi-bin/wiki.pl?OntologySummit/Suggestions#nid2YXA, FabianNeuhaus's suggestion at http://ontolog.cim3.net/cgi-bin/wiki.pl?OntologySummit/Suggestions#nid2YXC, MichaelUschold's suggestion at http://ontolog.cim3.net/cgi-bin/wiki.pl?OntologySummit/Suggestions#nid2YXE, the quality and requirements aspects of OntologySummit2010, and other suggestions made at various times in the Ontolog community. We believe that our suggested topic focuses these energies on a circumscribed and yet broadly-applicable step in making progress toward ontology quality across domains and lifecycle stages (e.g. development, evaluation, reuse, and ontologist training). (See also Slideshare presentation by Joanne Luciano http://www.slideshare.net/joanneluciano/luciano-pr-08849ontologyevaluationmethodsmetrics-8294436 (30E4)
Suggestions for Process (2XTP)
- To implement that bootstrap and connect it to the open market, the Ontology Community might consider adopting, refining, concisely specifying and issuing under its own banner what it might choose to label The Grand Challenge of Ontology Chemistry. Ontology Summit 2012 might be an excellent occasion for finalizing and issuing the Challenge. -- ChristopherSpottiswoode / 2011_10_18 (2Y64)
- In the future, need a publicity chair (suggested by MichaelUschold, LeoObrst at http://ontolog.cim3.net/cgi-bin/wiki.pl?ConferenceCall_2011_05_19#nid2XU8) (2YXQ)
Suggestions for Format (2XTR)
- CS is starting a series of posts to the Ontolog Forum addressing some of the many aspects of the proposal. He hopes that Community critique and involvement will lead firstly to more relevant and adequate coverage of the issues, and in due course to the organization and execution of the Challenge. -- ChristopherSpottiswoode / 2011_10_18 (2Y65)
Suggestions on People We Should Engage (2XTT)
- ... (insert your input here; kindly provide context and rationale for your suggestion too.) (2XTU)
- We would need an organization to mount and run the Challenge. As background, study the excellent presentation for Ontology Summit 2011 (see http://ontolog.cim3.net/cgi-bin/wiki.pl?ConferenceCall_2011_03_24) by the X PRIZE Foundation's Christopher Frangione: http://ontolog.cim3.net/file/work/OntologySummit2011/2011-03-24_Grand-Challenges/Revolution-Through-Competition_X-PRIZE_--EileenBartholomew-ChristopherFrangione_20110324.pptx . -- ChristopherSpottiswoode / 2011_10_18 (2Y66)
- Funders would of course also be required, for the organization, management, marketing and the prize itself. The strategy for unlocking funding is one of the more burning matters to discuss early in the above process. -- ChristopherSpottiswoode / 2011_10_18 (2Y67)
Other Suggestions (2XTV)
- Proposal (supporting Cory's above at http://ontolog.cim3.net/cgi-bin/wiki.pl?OntologySummit/Suggestions#nid2YBT): "Solving the Data Problem: Information Federation with Ontologies” as this involves many challenges, both practical and research, opens up some of our current debates, provides a frame within which other tracks can be placed (methodology, best practice, even schema.org) and does not sound like a rehash of last year's -- JohnBateman. (2Z14)
- ... (insert your input here; kindly provide context and rationale for your suggestion too.) (2XTW)