Profile Report Welcome to the [ontolog] forum member survey. Original source: http://ontolog.cim3.org/forums/ontolog/0210/msg00000.html#nid06 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 "I'm a consultant / system designer working in Portland, Oregon, specializing in modeling and database design." Question 2BioLink If you have a bio/resume/cv available online, kindly provide us with a link to it. URL: (Not Answered) Question 3PersonalObjectives Describe the personal goals and objectives that are driving your participation in [ontology] Goal/Objective-1: Learn Goal/Objective-2: Keep up to date with development of a Universal information model Goal/Objective-3: (Not Answered) Question 4InterestArea List your areas of interest "* Standard ontology * Developing ways for humans to gain equivalent understandings of terms. We have vague understandings for the most part, yet we still manage to communicate fairly well. The miscommunications still prevalent, though, are killing system effectiveness." Question 5DiscussionTopics List any ideas that you have for discussion topics DiscussionTopic-1: Common understanding of language DiscussionTopic-2: Universal Business Ontology DiscussionTopic-3: (Not Answered) DiscussionTopic-4: (Not Answered) DiscussionTopic-5: (Not Answered) Question 6MemberCategory I am subscribing as an [ ] 1. Active participant [X] 2. Observer Question 7ContactInfo Please provide us your contact information Name: Dean Black Organization/Affiliation: TrueNorth Consulting Position/Role: Principle Consultant Daytime Tel: 360-921-5214 E-mail Address: dblack@dsl-only.net Thank you!