| Solution | AP | BC | BM | BP | CM | EA | EB | FO | IM | IN | LC | MD | ML | SA | SD | SW | TH | TM | TX | W2 | XM | Count |
| Methods for developing, verifying and validating ontologies | 3 | | 1 | | | | | 2 | 1 | | 1 | 2 | | 3 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 5 |
| Cooperation among different groups | 1 | | 1 | | 1 | | 1 | 1 | | | | 1 | | | 3 | 2 | 1 | | 2 | | 2 | 3 |
| De-mystifying and simplifying ontologies and ontological terminology | 2 | | | | | | | 1 | | | | 1 | | 1 | 2 | 2 | | | 1 | 1 | | 3 |
| Agreement on what is meant by an ontology | 1 | | 1 | | 1 | | | 1 | | | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | | | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 | | 2 |
| An open, well-maintained clearinghouse for ontologies and related products and services that are enabled by them | 2 | 1 | | | 1 | | | 1 | | | | | | | 1 | 2 | | 1 | | 1 | | 2 |
| Demonstrate utility | 2 | | | | | 1 | | 2 | | | | | | | 2 | 1 | | | 1 | | | 2 |
| Education | 1 | | 1 | | | | | 1 | | | 1 | | | 1 | 1 | | 1 | | 1 | | | 2 |
| Examples and use cases of potential applications | 1 | | 1 | | | | | 2 | | | 1 | 1 | | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | | 2 | 1 | | 2 |
| More research | 1 | | | | | | | 1 | | | | 1 | | 1 | 1 | | 1 | | | | | 2 |
| Reasoning about causality, conflict, uncertainty, and diverse value systems | 2 | | 1 | | | | | 1 | | 1 | | | | | 1 | 2 | | | | 1 | | 2 |
| Semantic social computing | 1 | | 1 | 1 | | | | | | 1 | | | | | 1 | 2 | | | 1 | 1 | | 2 |
| Upper ontologies | 1 | | 1 | | | | | 1 | | | | 1 | | 1 | 1 | 1 | | | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| Architectures that map opinions and expertise | 1 | | 1 | | 1 | | | | | | | | | 1 | | 1 | | 1 | | 1 | | 1 |
| Conceptual modeling | 1 | | | | | | | | | | | 1 | | 1 | | | | | | | | 1 |
| Embed in an upper ontology | 1 | | 1 | | 1 | | | 1 | | | 1 | 1 | | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | | 1 | 1 |
| Logic programming | | | 1 | | | | | 1 | | | | | | | | 1 | | | | | | 1 |
| Methods for automatic acquisition of ontologies | | | 1 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 1 |
| Money | | | | | | | | 1 | | | 1 | | | | | | | | 1 | | | 1 |
| More coordination among existing research groups | | | | | | | | 1 | | | | | | | 1 | 1 | | | | | | 1 |
| More practice less theory | | | 1 | | | | | 1 | | | | | | | | 1 | | | | | | 1 |
| ODM | | | | | | | | | | | | 1 | | | 1 | | | | | | | 1 |
| Reduce the complexity of OWL | | | 1 | | | | | | | | | | | | | 1 | | | | | | 1 |
| Rewards for building on existing ontologies | 1 | | | | | | | 1 | | | | | | | | 1 | | | | 1 | | 1 |
| Semantic processing | 1 | | | | | | | | | 1 | | | | | | 1 | | | | 1 | | 1 |
| Use of theory | 1 | | 1 | | 1 | | | 1 | | | 1 | 1 | | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | | 1 | 1 |
| Visual languages | 1 | 1 | | | 1 | | | | | | | | | | 1 | 1 | | 1 | | | | 1 |
| iTags and TagCommons | | | | | | | | | | | | 1 | | | 1 | | | | | 1 | 1 | 1 |