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Re: [okmds-org] Next pass on our draft charter

To: "OKMDS Organizing Committee" <okmds-org@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
From: "Peter Yim" <peter.yim@xxxxxxxx>
Date: Tue, 9 Oct 2007 14:45:26 -0700
Message-id: <af8f58ac0710091445vf8ab80eh547131db75cc42f8@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Great job, Susan .... thank you very much!    (01)

I have One question and three immediate comments:    (02)

Question:    (03)

0. Would we want to put a focus on "Making (better) Decisions" (as the
original title might call up) or "Making Space" (as Susan, and our
process suggests.) I think both are good, but I personally like the
former a bit better as it is a bit more tangible. I'd like to hear
what others think.    (04)

Comments:    (05)

1. this iteration is still somewhat 'lite' on the 'Decision Support'
side of the house - something that Ken pointed out at our last meeting
(when we reviewed the first draft). Therefore, Ken, since the math and
science (hopefully, the art too) of "decision support" is up your
alley, will you be kind enough to suggest some additional wordings
into the draft to reinforce that line of thinking in our charter. ...
Other comments and input solicited too, obviously!    (06)

2. Add the acronym, in parenthesis, "(OKMDS)" to the title (right
after we spell it out in long form.)    (07)

3. May I suggest modifying the last paragraph (before the questions) to:    (08)

//
The virtual seminar and panel discussion events will be offered
concurrently in a real world "space" as augmented conference calls and
a virtual world "space", Second Life.
NASA will provide orientation to Second Life as the mini-series gets
underway.   The announcement and online discourse will be cross-posted
to [ontolog-forum] <ontolog-forum-at-ontolog.cim3.net> (and its
dedicated sub-list: [okmds-convene]) and
[KMgov]<kmgov-at-list.jpl.nasa.gov>.
//    (09)

from:
//
The virtual seminar and panel discussion events will be offered
concurrently in a real world "space" as augmented conference calls and
a virtual world "space", Second Life.
NASA will provide orientation to Second Life as the mini-series gets
underway.   The announcement and online discourse will be cross-posted
to [ontolog-forum] <ontolog-forum-at-ontolog.cim3.net> and
[kmgov]<kmgov-at-list.jpl.nasa.gov>.Others will be added.
//    (010)

Thanks & regards.  =ppy
--    (011)


On 10/9/07, susan.turnbull@xxxxxxx <susan.turnbull@xxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> Hi All -
> Here's the next pass as promised. Susan T.
>
>
> DRAFT
> Ontology in Knowledge Management and Decision Support: Making Space
>
> This six month virtual mini-series will open up dialogue and discovery at
> the promising intersection of Ontology and Knowledge Development.  The NASA
> Mission of "Space Administration" applied in its most expansive form, serves
> as the inspiration for this series.  The need to effectively administer
> "knowledge space" to yield meaningful connections that are scalable and
> sustainable is a strategic challenge of all institutions, whether that
> knowledge resides primarily within, outside, or across an institution's span
> of control.
>
> As the famed architect, Louis Kahn noted, "Architecture is the thoughtful
> making of space."
>
> In this series, we'll explore how Enterprise Architecture (using Ontology
> and Knowledge Management) is the thoughtful making of space…space with the
> tensile integrity needed by disparate institutions to create conducive
> conditions for emergence of the collective scientific and engineering
> knowledge needed for future space... where all humanity can thrive.
>
> We'll explore how Ontology and Knowledge Management, working in concert,
> "make space" to accommodate difference at multiple levels and contexts.   In
> this emerging  space, both individuals and institution can more easily
> distill knowledge from complexity and make informed decisions.  In addition,
> we'll explore how to combine at least three scaffolding approaches for the
> integrated and agile "build-out" of knowledge needed: community (structured
> bottom-up), folksonomy (unstructured bottom-up) and ontology (structured
> top-down).
>
> The virtual seminar and panel discussion events will be offered concurrently
> in a real world "space" as augmented conference calls and a virtual world
> "space", Second Life.
> NASA will provide orientation to Second Life as the mini-series gets
> underway.   The announcement and online discourse will be cross-posted to
> [ontolog-forum] <ontolog-forum-at-ontolog.cim3.net> and
> [kmgov]<kmgov-at-list.jpl.nasa.gov>.Others will be added.
>
> Draft Questions:
> 1.How can we explore the intersection of Ontology and Knowledge Management
> disciplines to define promising collaborations between the two?
> 2. How do we help people working with our organization o discover useful
> knowledge? 3. How can we structure information for decision support (both
> known and serendipitious inquiry)?
> 4. What are the ontologies to prioritize for scientific exchange?
> 5. How does the use of semantic technologies draw these fields closer and
> support better
> knowledge discovery?
> 6.How could "simulation-scripting" exercises in virtual worlds accelerate
> the development and sustained use of ontologies in the real world?
> 7. How might these "simulation-scaffold" ontologies, in turn, improve the
> pace and complexity of learning associated with large-scale "modeling event"
> scenarios that are anticipated in virtual world settings?
>
>
>
> Susan B. Turnbull
>  Senior Program Advisor
>  USA Services Intergovernmental Solutions
>  GSA Office of Citizen Services and Communications
>  U.S. General Services Administration
>  p 202.501.6214
>  susan.turnbull@xxxxxxx
>  http://www.gsa.gov/collaborate
>
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