Jon, (01)
That message (see:
http://grouper.ieee.org/groups/suo/email/msg12640.html) was from a
thread that began with someone (Leonid Ototsky) bringing up the Common
Information Model ("CIM" ... no relations to us) in a thread "One more
Upper Onotlogy" in the IEEE SUO (Standard Upper Ontology WG) mailing list. (02)
Cheers. -ppy
-- (03)
jon.bosak@xxxxxxx wrote Mon, 14 Jun 2004 09:12:22 -0700 (PDT): (04)
>>Jon, with John Sowa endorsing UBL ... that's really something!
>
>
> Thanks. Where did Sowa's comment originally appear?
>
> Jon (05)
> Date: Fri, 11 Jun 2004 14:43:49 -0700
> From: Peter Yim <peter.yim@xxxxxxxx>
> CC: Jon Bosak <jon.bosak@xxxxxxx>,
> Ontolog-Admin Forum <ontolog-admin@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>
> Leo, Great response! Thanks. -ppy
>
> Jon, with John Sowa endorsing UBL ... that's really something!
>
> Cheers. -ppy
> -- (06)
> Leo Obrst wrote Fri, 11 Jun 2004 17:30:54 -0400:
>
> > John,
> >
> > We have an open effort to ontologize at least a portion of the UBL
> > spec., as part of the Ontolog group, founded by some of us (Peter Yim,
> > Kurt Conrad, and I) in 2002, to address "ontologies meet business". We
> > created this as an outgrowth of prior Business-to-Business ontology work
> > we were involved in during the dot.com era.
> >
> > There are currently a few projects going on, which you can discover at
> > the Ontolog web site and Wiki that Peter Yim is so graciously hosting
> > at: http://ontolog.cim3.net/. The Wiki is at
> > http://ontolog.cim3.net/cgi-bin/wiki.pl/. There, you'll see three
> > projects we're working on (me personally, very little these days, but we
> > have some energetic contributors such as Pat Cassidy, Adam Pease, whom
> > you know from the IEEE SUO, and many others):
> >
> > UblOntology - UBL Ontology Project (018)
> > ProtegeKIF - Protege-KIF Project (053)
> > CctRepresentation - CCT-Representation: Modeling / Formalizing
> > Representation of ebXML Core Component Types - Findings &
> > Recommendations (071)
> >
> > Perhaps you and others would like to join us in this effort?
> >
> > I'm cc-ing the Ontolog forum, above too.
> >
> > Thanks,
> > Leo (07)
> > "John F. Sowa" wrote:
> >
> >>While we are thinking about various domain ontologies, I
> >>would like to suggest UBL, which is an XML-based language
> >>for specifying business documents that is being defined
> >>by OASIS (Organization for the Advancement of Structured
> >>Information Standards). Following is a brief description
> >>from their web site:
> >>
> >> > The purpose of the OASIS UBL TC is to develop a standard
> >> > library of XML business documents (purchase orders, invoices,
> >> > etc.) by modifying an already existing library of XML schemas
> >> > to incorporate the best features of other existing XML
> >> > business libraries. The TC will then design a mechanism for
> >> > the generation of context-specific business schemas through
> >> > the application of transformation rules to the common UBL
> >> > source library. UBL is intended to become an international
> >> > standard for electronic commerce freely available to everyone
> >> > without licensing or other fees.
> >>
> >>Following is the main web site for the UBL Technical Committee:
> >>
> >> http://www.oasis-open.org/committees/tc_home.php?wg_abbrev=ubl
> >> OASIS Universal Business Language TC
> >>
> >>And following is the May 2004 draft of the UBL specification:
> >>
> >> http://docs.oasis-open.org/ubl/cd-UBL-1.0/
> >> Universal Business Language 1.0
> >>
> >>This draft defines terms by short English sentences, which are
> >>not sufficiently precise or detailed to be used in the kinds
> >>of ontologies we envision for the SUO. However, it shows
> >>promise of becoming an important subdomain for many mainstream
> >>business applications.
> >>
> >>Although UBL would not be part of an upper-level ontology,
> >>any general-purpose ontology should have the ability to define
> >>and include the UBL categories (and other business-related
> >>categories) as subtypes of its upper-level categories.
> >>
> >>John Sowa (08)
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