Profile Report Welcome to the [ontolog] forum member survey. Original source: http://ontolog.cim3.net/forum/ontolog-forum/2002-10/msg00000.html#nid06 This Survey at: http://ontolog.cim3.net/file/survey/ontolog0.html . Please provide us with the following information so that we can better serve and support this community of practice: Question 1Background Provide a brief description of your background "In the mid-eighties I founded a UK-base company using mult-lingual thesuari to power Intelligent Browsers of online info. In the early nineties I was part of the ANSI/ISO group defining standards for storing metadata in repositories. I now lead CHECKMi, a NJ,USA based company using taxonomies (aka ontologies) to create business centric meta-registry structures. I also contribute to the evolution of OASIS e-business standards." Question 2BioLink If you have a bio/resume/cv available online, kindly provide us with a link to it. URL: http://www.checkmi.com Question 3PersonalObjectives Describe the personal goals and objectives that are driving your participation in [ontolog] Goal/Objective-1: Gain agreement on how to pragmatically harmonize ontological structures Goal/Objective-2: (Not Answered) Goal/Objective-3: (Not Answered) Question 4InterestArea List your areas of interest "Exploitation of Topic maps, combining RFID facts with other surveillance info to deliver operational intelligenc" Question 5DiscussionTopics List any ideas that you have for discussion topics DiscussionTopic-1: Pragmatic harmonization of ontological structures DiscussionTopic-2: Where did Xanadu fail ? DiscussionTopic-3: (Not Answered) DiscussionTopic-4: (Not Answered) DiscussionTopic-5: (Not Answered) Question 6MemberCategory I am subscribing as an [X] 1. Active participant [ ] 2. Observer Question 7ContactInfo Please provide us your contact information Name: Carl Mattocks Organization/Affiliation: CHECKMi Position/Role: Founder Daytime Tel: 908 322 8715 E-mail Address: CarlMattocks@CHECKMi.com Thank you!