Any further news on your discussion with Steve, Peter? (01)
Leo (02)
Peter Yim wrote:
>
> Dear Steve,
>
> It's simply wonderful to have the opportunity to speak with you over
> the two telephone sessions this morning. I do look forward to future
> collaboration with you and NIST, in furthering a lot of the the vision
> that we both share.
>
> Per our conversation, this is the link to my CV:
> http://www.cim3.com/cv-ppy.html
>
> As discussed, I shall look forward to meeting you and your colleagues
> during the second week of November.
>
> Best regards,
> PPY
> --
>
> > Steve Ray wrote Wed, 15 Oct 2003 09:52:19 -0400:
> >
> > Dear Peter,
> > Yes, Leo and I spoke. I would be happy to speak with you about
> > ontolog. We're also interested in pursuing semantically grounded
> > interoperation mechanisms, so we are definitely on the same wavelength.
> > Unfortunately, we also have lots in common in terms of trying to find ways
> > to pay for our efforts, but we can share ideas on that front over the phone.
> > Feel free to call me any time, and we can either talk then, or set up a
> > future time. I'll be working from home this Friday afternoon, so that's a
> > possibility.
> >
> > - Steve
>
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Peter Yim [mailto:peter.yim@xxxxxxxx]
> > Sent: Tuesday, October 14, 2003 8:06 PM
> > To: Steve Ray
> > Cc: Leo Obrst; Kurt Conrad; Peter Yim
> > Subject: Introducing [ontolog]
> >
> >
> > Dear Steve,
> >
> > How are you?
> >
> > I understand from Leo Obrst that he just had a conversation with you
> > introducing our [ontolog] forum, and requested, on behalf of the
> > community, for your guidance and support.
> >
> > The [ontolog] initiative dates back to May 2002 when we introduced the
> > notion of developing a business domain ontology, as the eventual
> > deliverable of the UBL effort (-- "Universal Business Language", an
> > OASIS technical standards effort that is, regarded by some, as being a
> > part of the ebXML vision.)
> >
> > Through the joint effort between Leo Obrst, Kurt Conrad and myself, we
> > reconstituted and co-convened the [ontolog-forum] in September 2002,
> > as an open forum to:
> >
> > o Discuss practical issues and strategies associated with the
> > development of both formal and informal ontologies used in business,
> > and to
> >
> > o Identify ontological engineering approaches that might be
> > applied to the UBL effort.
> >
> > We now have over 60 members from 10 different countries in the
> > [ontolog] membership. Our work is hosted on a virtual community
> > platform (now provided by CIM3.NET, a venture of mine, on a pro bonno
> > basis) that is optimized for communities of practice and distributed
> > project team work.
> >
> > We are passionate about the work, and believe that this group is
> > embarking on something that is meaningful, and potentially important
> > to the future of e-business, especially in light of the emerging
> > semantic web. To date, all work has been done on a volunteer basis. We
> > have brought it to a stage where more serious and focused work is
> > necessary; and for that work to be sustainable, proper funding is in
> > order.
> >
> > To get a feel for what is in progress, please see our open work which
> > is archived at:
> >
> > http://ontolog.cim3.net/forum/
> > &
> > http://ontolog.cim3.net/wiki/
> >
> > I would look forward to having the chance to talk to you, in real
> > time, to explain more on what we are doing, and to explore how this
> > work can be directed to synergize with NIST objectives and
> > initiatives. If I may, can I suggest that we set up a time for, say, a
> > 30 minute phone conversation between you and I, over the next week or
> > so. On your positive response, I can take the next steps to schedule
> > the call.
> >
> > Best regards,
> > PPY
> >
> > Peter P. Yim
> >
> > CIM Engineering, Inc.
> > San Mateo, CA 94402
> > http://www.cim3.com
> > (650) 578-9998
> > -- (03)
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