Kurt, (01)
Sorry for my delayed response. (02)
1.
> Here's a single HTML output of the profiles. It won't take much to
> split it into multiple files (assuming we still want to deliver
> that way). (03)
The entire html file is 108 KB now (a marginal size to keep as one
page, I guess.) If we have twice the membership, I would say,
definitely break it up. Having individual pages is obviously more
scalable. However, there are pros and cons either way. At least,
keeping everything on one page might make it more convenient for
people to read up on their fellow community members. ... Your call. (04)
2.
> Please take a critical look at the formatting. I copied the color
> pallet from the Ontolog archives and mirror the look-and-feel, a
> bit. (05)
This is beautiful! I really like it!! (06)
3. I've uploaded your file (temporarily) to the following: (07)
http://ontolog.cim3.net/file/ontolog-admin/survey/data/ontolog0-members/MemberRecords--KurtConrad_20030201a.htm (08)
Eventually, it (or the bunch of files) should probably go under: (09)
http://ontolog.cim3.net/file/membership/ (010)
4. I noticed a couple of people (which I added to the list and the
ontolog_subscriber.xls, but which I did not inform you via email) are
missing from the list. They are (i) <jonathan@xxxxxxxxxx> Jonathan
Cheyer, and (ii) <jackpark@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Jack Park.
[See
http://ontolog.cim3.net/file/ontolog-admin/subscriber/ontolog_subscribers.xls
] (011)
5.
> Here are the URLs that you asked for: .. Centered .. Left .. Right (012)
I need to talk to you again to recall what we were referring to, here.
I'll call you in a moment. (013)
Regards,
PPY
-- (014)
Kurt Conrad wrote Sat, 01 Feb 2003 00:09:41 -0800:
> Peter,
>
> Here's a single HTML output of the profiles. It won't take much to
> split it into multiple files (assuming we still want to deliver that way).
>
> Please take a critical look at the formatting. I copied the color
> pallet from the Ontolog archives and mirror the look-and-feel, a bit.
>
> Here are the URLs that you asked for:
>
> Centered
> http://ontolog.cim3.net/forum/ontolog-forum/2002-10/msg00035.html
>
> Left
> http://ontolog.cim3.net/forum/ontolog-forum/2002-12/msg00001.html
> http://ontolog.cim3.net/forum/ontolog-forum/2002-10/msg00028.html
>
> Right
> http://ontolog.cim3.net/forum/ontolog-forum/2002-10/msg00012.html
> http://ontolog.cim3.net/forum/ontolog-forum/2002-10/msg00001.html
>
> /s/ kwc 2003.02.01 00:09
>
> ___________________________________________________________________
> Kurt Conrad
> 2994 Salem Dr. 408-247-0454
> Santa Clara, CA 95051-5502 408-247-0457 (data/fax)
> http://www.SagebrushGroup.com mailto:conrad@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>
> ------------------------------------------------------------------------
>
>
> Ontolog Members
>
> Mike Adcock
> michael.adcock@xxxxxxxxxxxx <mailto:michael.adcock@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Jan Algermissen
> algermissen@xxxxxxx <mailto:algermissen@xxxxxxx> Member Profile <#AlgermJa>
> Email Introduction
> <http://ontolog.cim3.net/forum/ontolog-forum/2002-10/msg00035.html>
> Dean Black
> TrueNorth Consulting dblack@xxxxxxxxxxxx <mailto:dblack@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Member Profile <#BlackDea>
> Email Introduction
> <http://ontolog.cim3.net/forum/ontolog-forum/2002-12/msg00001.html>
> Mike Brenner
> mikeb@xxxxxxxxx <mailto:mikeb@xxxxxxxxx>
> Martin Bryan
> The Diffuse Project mtbryan@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> <mailto:mtbryan@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Member Profile <#BryanMar>
> Email Introduction
> <http://ontolog.cim3.net/forum/ontolog-forum/2002-10/msg00012.html>
> Bill Burcham
> bill_burcham@xxxxxxxxxxxx <mailto:bill_burcham@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Pat Cassidy
> MICRA, Inc. cassidy@xxxxxxxxx <mailto:cassidy@xxxxxxxxx> Member Profile
> <#CassidPa>
> Email Introduction
> <http://ontolog.cim3.net/forum/ontolog-forum/2002-10/msg00009.html>
> Sally Chan
> The Boeing Company sally.m.chan@xxxxxxxxxx
> <mailto:sally.m.chan@xxxxxxxxxx> Member Profile <#ChanSall>
> Email Introduction
> <http://ontolog.cim3.net/forum/ontolog-forum/2002-10/msg00028.html>
> Adam Cheyer
> Dejima adam.cheyer@xxxxxxxxxx <mailto:adam.cheyer@xxxxxxxxxx>
> Member Profile <#CheyerAd>
> Email Introduction
> <http://ontolog.cim3.net/forum/ontolog-forum/2002-10/msg00001.html>
> James Bryce Clark
> MMI jbc@xxxxxxxxxx <mailto:jbc@xxxxxxxxxx> Member Profile <#ClarkJam>
> Kurt Conrad
> The Sagebrush Group conrad@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> <mailto:conrad@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Member Profile <#ConradKu>
> Michael C. Daconta
> McDonald Bradley, Inc. MDaconta@xxxxxxx <mailto:MDaconta@xxxxxxx>
> Member Profile <#DacontMi>
> Email Introduction
> <http://ontolog.cim3.net/forum/ontolog-forum/2002-10/msg00048.html>
> Marc de Graauw
> Marc de Graauw IT marc@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx <mailto:marc@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Member Profile <#deGraaMa>
> Email Introduction
> <http://ontolog.cim3.net/forum/ontolog-forum/2002-10/msg00022.html>
> Chris Doyle
> TIE Holding chris.doyle@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> <mailto:chris.doyle@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Member Profile <#DoyleChr>
> David Ferrell
> ferrell@xxxxxxxxx <mailto:ferrell@xxxxxxxxx>
> Nicola Guarino
> guarino@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx <mailto:guarino@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> John Hardin
> Envision john.hardin@xxxxxxxxxxxx <mailto:john.hardin@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Member Profile <#HardinJo>
> Email Introduction
> <http://ontolog.cim3.net/forum/ontolog-forum/2002-10/msg00036.html>
> Sam Hunting
> eTopicality, Inc. shunting@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> <mailto:shunting@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Member Profile <#HuntinSa>
> Email Introduction
> <http://ontolog.cim3.net/forum/ontolog-forum/2002-10/msg00024.html>
> Dongsoo Kim
> kimdsoo@xxxxxxxxx <mailto:kimdsoo@xxxxxxxxx>
> Eugene Kim
> eekim@xxxxxxxxx <mailto:eekim@xxxxxxxxx>
> Fook-Wai Kong
> Hewlett Packard Far East kongfw@xxxxxxxxx <mailto:kongfw@xxxxxxxxx>
> Member Profile <#KongFook>
> Email Introduction
> <http://ontolog.cim3.net/forum/ontolog-forum/2002-10/msg00010.html>
> Shiang-yu Lee , Ph. D.
> Boeing Commercial Airplane Group shiang-yu.lee@xxxxxxxxxx
> <mailto:shiang-yu.lee@xxxxxxxxxx> Member Profile <#LeeShian>
> Email Introduction
> <http://ontolog.cim3.net/forum/ontolog-forum/2002-10/msg00029.html>
> Thomas Lee
> ytlee@xxxxxxxxxxxx <mailto:ytlee@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Tony Loeser
> tony@xxxxxxxxxxx <mailto:tony@xxxxxxxxxxx>
> Margaret Lyell
> mlyell@xxxxxxxxx <mailto:mlyell@xxxxxxxxx>
> Monica Martin
> mmartin@xxxxxxxxxxx <mailto:mmartin@xxxxxxxxxxx>
> William E. McCarthy
> mccarth4@xxxxxxx <mailto:mccarth4@xxxxxxx>
> Tim McGrath
> tmcgrath@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx <mailto:tmcgrath@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Bill Meadows
> bill.meadows@xxxxxxx <mailto:bill.meadows@xxxxxxx>
> Bob Miller
> Global eXcahnge Services robert.miller@xxxxxxx
> <mailto:robert.miller@xxxxxxx> Member Profile <#MillerBo>
> Email Introduction
> <http://ontolog.cim3.net/forum/ontolog-forum/2002-10/msg00039.html>
> Farrukh Najimi
> farrukh.najmi@xxxxxxx <mailto:farrukh.najmi@xxxxxxx>
> Steven R. Newcomb
> Coolheads Consulting srn@xxxxxxxxxxxxx <mailto:srn@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Member Profile <#NewcomSt>
> Email Introduction
> <http://ontolog.cim3.net/forum/ontolog-forum/2002-12/msg00001.html>
> Bo Newman
> KM Forum bo.newman@xxxxxxxxxxxx <mailto:bo.newman@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Member Profile <#NewmanBo>
> Email Introduction
> <http://ontolog.cim3.net/forum/ontolog-forum/2002-10/msg00006.html>
> Gavin Thomas Nicol
> gtn@xxxxxxxx <mailto:gtn@xxxxxxxx>
> Dr. Leo Obrst
> The MITRE Corporation lobrst@xxxxxxxxx <mailto:lobrst@xxxxxxxxx>
> Member Profile <#ObrstLeo>
> Email Introduction
> <http://ontolog.cim3.org/forums/ontolog/0210/msg00040.html>
> Greg Olsen
> golsen@xxxxxxxxxxx <mailto:golsen@xxxxxxxxxxx>
> Victor Pawley
> (Australian) National Office for the Information Economy
> victor_pawley@xxxxxxxxx <mailto:victor_pawley@xxxxxxxxx> Member Profile
> <#PawleyVi>
> Email Introduction
> <http://ontolog.cim3.net/forum/ontolog-forum/2002-10/msg00019.html>
> Adam Pease
> apease@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx <mailto:apease@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Member Profile <#PeaseAda>
> Email Introduction
> <http://ontolog.cim3.net/forum/ontolog-forum/2002-10/msg00004.html>
> Wendell Piez
> Mulberry Technologies, Inc. wapiez@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> <mailto:wapiez@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Member Profile <#PiezWend>
> Email Introduction
> <http://ontolog.cim3.net/forum/ontolog-forum/2002-11/msg00072.html>
> Sue Probert
> sue.probert@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx <mailto:sue.probert@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Marion Royal
> marion.royal@xxxxxxx <mailto:marion.royal@xxxxxxx>
> Joe Rudnicki
> CSC Advanced Marine Center rudnickijg@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> <mailto:rudnickijg@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Member Profile <#RudniJo>
> Email Introduction
> <http://ontolog.cim3.net/forum/ontolog-forum/2002-10/msg00002.html>
> Vladimir Rykov
> MIPT (Moscow Institute of Physics and Technology) rykov-mtd@xxxxxxxx
> <mailto:rykov-mtd@xxxxxxxx> Member Profile <#RykovVla>
> Joseph Scarpa
> abacuscm@xxxxxxx <mailto:abacuscm@xxxxxxx>
> Andrew Schain
> NASA andrew.schain@xxxxxxxx <mailto:andrew.schain@xxxxxxxx>
> Member Profile <#SchainAn>
> Ron Schuldt
> Lockheed Martin Enterprise Information Systems ron.l.schuldt@xxxxxxxx
> <mailto:ron.l.schuldt@xxxxxxxx> Member Profile <#SchuldRo>
> Email Introduction
> <http://ontolog.cim3.net/forum/ontolog-forum/2002-10/msg00027.html>
> Tia Scott
> tia.scott@xxxxxxx <mailto:tia.scott@xxxxxxx>
> Norma Slattery
> The MITRE Corp. nslatter@xxxxxxxxx <mailto:nslatter@xxxxxxxxx>
> Member Profile <#SlatteNo>
> Email Introduction
> <http://ontolog.cim3.net/forum/ontolog-forum/2002-10/msg00013.html>
> Bob Smith , Ph. D.
> Cal State University robsmith5@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> <mailto:robsmith5@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Member Profile <#SmithBob>
> Email Introduction
> <http://ontolog.cim3.net/forum/ontolog-forum/2002-10/msg00003.html>
> Kevin T. Smith
> kevintsmith@xxxxxxxxx <mailto:kevintsmith@xxxxxxxxx> Member Profile
> <#SmithKev>
> Email Introduction
> <http://ontolog.cim3.net/forum/ontolog-forum/2002-10/msg00051.html>
> Scott Smith
> scottrsmith@xxxxxxx <mailto:scottrsmith@xxxxxxx>
> Shel Sutton
> MITRE Corporation shel@xxxxxxxxx <mailto:shel@xxxxxxxxx> Member Profile
> <#SuttonSh>
> Email Introduction
> <http://ontolog.cim3.net/forum/ontolog-forum/2002-10/msg00031.html>
> Andy Tan
> Intrinix Networks Pte Ltd andytan@xxxxxxxxxxxx
> <mailto:andytan@xxxxxxxxxxxx> Member Profile <#TanAndy>
> Email Introduction
> <http://ontolog.cim3.net/forum/ontolog-forum/2002-10/msg00020.html>
> Michael Uschold
> michael.f.uschold@xxxxxxxxxx <mailto:michael.f.uschold@xxxxxxxxxx>
> Shinya Yamada
> shinya@xxxxxxxxxxxxx <mailto:shinya@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Patrick Yee
> kcyee@xxxxxxxxxxxx <mailto:kcyee@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Peter P. Yim
> CIM Engineering, Inc. yimpp@xxxxxxxxxxx <mailto:yimpp@xxxxxxxxxxx>
> Member Profile <#YimPeter>
> Email Introduction
> <http://ontolog.cim3.net/forum/ontolog-forum/2002-10/msg00005.html>
> John Yunker
> yunker@xxxxxxxxxx <mailto:yunker@xxxxxxxxxx>
>
> ------------------------------------------------------------------------
>
>
> Jan Algermissen
>
> Consultant & Programmer
> algermissen@xxxxxxx <mailto:algermissen@xxxxxxx>
> ++49 (0)40 89 700 511
> ++49 (0)177 283 1440 (alt)
> ++49 (0)40 89 700 841 (fax)
> www.topicmapping.com <http://www.topicmapping.com>
>
>
> Online Bio
>
> More information is available at www.topicmapping.com
> <http://www.topicmapping.com>.
>
>
> Background
>
> My name is Jan Algermissen, I am working as an independent consultant
> for information organization and search technology. My primary focus is
> on topic maps and recently their combination with RESTful web services.
>
>
> Personal Objectives
>
> I think that topic maps are a promising technology to describe web
> services, especially for the use of integrating cross plattform business
> applications. I want to exploit and contribute to the 'ontological
> layer' that is needed for such an integration.
>
>
> Areas of Interest
>
> * Topic maps
> * REST web services
> * Information retrieval
> * Text mining
> * Thesaurus/ontology construction and integration
> * Programming
>
>
> Dean Black
>
> Principle Consultant
> TrueNorth Consulting
> Portland, OR
> dblack@xxxxxxxxxxxx <mailto:dblack@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
> 360-921-5214
>
>
> Background
>
> I'm a consultant / system designer working in Portland, Oregon,
> specializing in modeling and database design. I spend a lot of time
> trying to figure out how to raise the awareness of the importance of
> language within businesses. I think that one of the main reasons IT has
> been a disappointment to businesses over the last 40 years is because
> far too many folks are focused on TECHNOLOGY (hence the name IT) and
> failing to realize that systems are really all about language. Until we
> make strides promoting more universal language, we're going to continue
> to be disappointed by what we get out of our systems.
>
> Also, it seems like systems keep modeling variations of the same
> concepts over and over again. Let's cut out all of this rework and
> develop universal models that are commonly accepted and used.
>
> Those are my interests and why the forum caught my eye. I'm not too sure
> what I have to offer, but I thought I'd come along and observe and learn
> and try to stay up to date with where this kind of thing is heading. Who
> knows? Even if we can never get people to understand each other 100%,
> maybe machines will be able to speak semantically pure and therefore
> they can be our salvation-- by cutting fallable humans (and their
> misunderstandings) out of the information loop! :)
>
>
> Personal Objectives
>
> * Learn
> * Keep up to date with development of a Universal information model
>
>
> 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.
>
>
> Topics for Discussion
>
> * Common understanding of language
> * Universal Business Ontology
>
>
> Martin Bryan
>
> Technical Manager
> The Diffuse Project
> mtbryan@xxxxxxxxxxx <mailto:mtbryan@xxxxxxxxxxx>
> www.diffuse.org <http://www.diffuse.org>
> The Diffuse Project is funded under the European Commission's IST
> programme. Diffuse publications are maintained by IC Focus, The SGML
> Centre and TIEKE (Finnish Information Society Development Centre).
>
> The SGML Centre
> 29 Oldbury Orchard
> Churchdown, Glos GL3 2PU, UK
> mtbryan@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx <mailto:mtbryan@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> +44 1452 714029
> www.sgml.u-net.com <http://www.sgml.u-net.com>
>
>
> Online Bio
>
> You can find more about my background at www.sgml.u-net.com/mtb.html
> <http://www.sgml.u-net.com/mtb.html>and find details of my research
> interests at www.sgml.u-net.com/home.html
> <http://www.sgml.u-net.com/home.html>
>
>
> Background
>
> Hi, I'm Martin Bryan. I was one of the editors of the ISO 13250 Topic
> Map standard, and have been involved in promoting the use of
> multilingual e-business ontologies within CEN. I currently spend most of
> my time tracking the development of Information Society standardization
> projects for the European Union as part of the IST Diffuse project.
>
>
> Personal Objectives
>
> My interest in participating in Ontolog is to ensure that proper
> consideration is taken of the problems with describing ontologies both
> multilingually and "naturally". In both these cases terms have multiple
> meanings, meanings overlap and conflict. Problems with defining things
> using terms such as "but not" or "within domain x" or "in Spain" are
> often overlooked, yet these terms are vital in understanding why people
> from different cultures have misunderstandings despite the best will in
> the world to cooperate.
>
> Scoping and assigning roles to associations are key techniques for
> differentiating between the use of words in specific contexts that I
> have been exploring.
>
>
> Areas of Interest
>
> Another key interest is how to automatically identify the contexts that
> apply where terms have been used with specific meanings within
> electronic resources.
>
>
> Topics for Discussion
>
> Among the areas of discussion I would like to see encouraged are:
>
> * The linking of resources to multiple ontologies
> * Identifying relationships between ontologies
> * Defining the area of overlap of multilingual terms
>
>
> Pat Cassidy
>
> MICRA, Inc.
> 735 Belvidere Ave.
> Plainfield, NJ 07062-2054
> cassidy@xxxxxxxxx <mailto:cassidy@xxxxxxxxx>
> (908) 561-3416
> (908) 668-5252 (if no answer)
> (908) 668-5904 (fax)
>
>
> Background
>
> * Ph.D. (Chemistry) 1971
> * Biochemical and microbiological research at Merck & Co. 1967-1993
> * Ontologist at VerticalNet 2000-2001
> * Involved in building ontologies since 1992, primarily working
> independently.
>
>
> Personal Objectives
>
> To participate in construction of a reference upper ontology that could
> serve as the logical defining vocabulary for any domain or specific
> application -- to promote efficient re-use of research results and
> application interoperabilty.
>
>
> Areas of Interest
>
> My ongoing interest is in the development of natural language
> understanding systems. I believe that the development of an ontology
> that can serve to define the concepts in a computational lexicon is a
> necessary preliminary to the problem of achieving human-level language
> understanding. Developing such an ontology that is in practice widely
> used is in consequence a necessary preliminary to the efficient conduct
> of such research by promoting re-use of results among multiple research
> groups.
>
> I believe that the development of a widely-used upper ontology is likely
> to require substantial funding, and I am now exploring with others the
> best mechanism to obtain funding for such a project.
>
>
> Topics for Discussion
>
> There has been ample discussion of formats for ontology description in
> other fora; I hope that any discussion of formats will not be redundant
> with those discussions. What I think would be valuable at this point are:
>
> 1.
>
> Accumulation of a set of examples where ontologies have been used
> in practical applications, with some evaluation that could allow
> an estimate of how much money was saved by the use of the ontology
> as compared with alternative resources for data storage (e .g. a
> traditional database). This could provide the evidence of benefit
> necessary to convince potential users to adopt ontologies, and
> potential funders to allot more money for research.
>
> 2.
>
> Maintaining a list of applications that use ontologies, are
> available to the public, and could serve as test programs to
> evaluate alternative ontological theories.
>
> 3.
>
> A discussion aimed at gaining some degree of agreement on the
> content of the top two levels (and some additional detail) of an
> upper ontology that could serve as the highest level of any
> application ontology. This would require that the participants in
> this discussion suggest those highest-level concepts that they
> feel are necessary to represent their domain concepts, and then
> discussion could focus on the question of whether those proposed
> upper-level concepts are logically contradictory, or could in fact
> be accommodated within a single logically consistent ontology
> (which may have some redundancy). Where logically contradictory
> representations appear necessary, the next question would be how
> to include such alternative theories while minimizing the
> differences with other ontologies. This would help us to learn how
> to maximize interoperability even when logically contradictory
> representations are desired by different developers.
>
> This could help answer an important question: whether the
> differences in existing ontologies are due to a true need for
> logically contradictory representations, or in fact arise as an
> accident of independent development and individual preferences of
> the developers. A related question is whether one representation
> may be preferred because it allows more efficient computation than
> another, rather than being uniquely necessary for representation.
> Having example applications that could be tested with different
> ontologies would help to resolve such questions.
>
> The IEEE-SUO project conducted related discussions, but ultimately
> did not focus on determining the maximum degree of agreement
> obtainable at the highest level. Such a narrower focus for this
> group would not be redundant with the IEEE discussion group
> effort. The structure of the SUMO (Adam Pease's Teknowledge
> ontology) and Open CYC would be initial candidates for discussion,
> but others need to be considered in order to determine whether a
> single set of upper concepts would not be incompatible with the
> many existing ontologies.
>
>
> Sally Chan
>
> Associate Technical Fellow
> The Boeing Company
> Boeing Commercial Airplanes / IS - Architecture & eBusiness
> 206-544-7488
>
>
> Online Bio
>
> My bio is published in Diversity Careers Magazine Sept, 2000. (scroll
> down to the middle of the article to read my bio)
> www.diversitycareers.com/articles/pro/aug-sept-00/asianameng.htm
> <http://www.diversitycareers.com/articles/pro/aug-sept-00/asianameng.htm>
>
>
> Background
>
> My responsibility at Boeing is in the area of XML Data Interchange which
> enables system interoperability and eBusiness.
>
> I participate in several standards groups, in particular, I use the
> Boeing example to prove out the standards work and recommend improvements:
>
> * ebXML, UNCEFACT - Prove ebXML architecture, define standard
> business process (BP), and core components (CC) supporting the
> business process. Register common BP & CC in public registry for
> reuse across industry. Boeing example documents is publicly
> available.
> * OASIS-UBL - Define standard eBusiness documents by reusing ebXML
> core components. Have completed purchase order and purchase order
> response documents. Available from OASIS UBL site. An example from
> Boeing is in work, available in Nov. OAG (Open Application Group)
> - provides a set of XML documents. Boeing contributes to the OAG
> extensions white paper, it is available from OAG site.
> * AIA (Aerospace Industry Association) - moving towards XML.
> Applying UDEF to solve the interoperability problem between
> different data element names from different standards.
> * ATA (Air Transportation Association) - moving towards XML. ATA XML
> is used in the Boeing ebXML example above.
>
>
> Areas of Interest
>
> To achieve interoperability, there needs to be a "SINGLE" standard,
> however, XML language is so flexible, every standards group creates
> their own. Developers needs to continue mapping to yet to another
> "standard". Can we apply ontology to align the different yet similar
> data elements defined in these standards?
>
>
> Topics for Discussion
>
> 1. The relationship and difference in ontolog, top maps, semantic web.
> 2. For system interoperability, the focus is on data elements, what
> is the right approach?
> 3. For document centric application, the focus is content, what is
> the right approach?
>
>
> Adam Cheyer
>
> Vice President of Engineering
> Dejima
>
>
> Online Bio
>
> Lots more info available at www.adam.cheyer.com <http://www.adam.cheyer.com>
>
>
> Background
>
> Adam Cheyer is Vice President of Engineering at Dejima, a provider of
> solutions for enterprises and service providers that need to arm mobile
> employees and end-users with direct access to critical data.
>
> As the former Vice President of Engineering at VerticalNet, Mr. Cheyer
> was responsible for development organizations delivering products for
> consortium marketplaces, private markets, and extended enterprise
> solutions. Mr. Cheyer has 15 years experience in a variety of roles,
> including software engineer, research scientist, consultant, lecturer,
> and technical manager.
>
> In the areas of distributed computing, intelligent agents, and advanced
> user interfaces, he is the author of more than forty-five peer-reviewed
> publications and nine patents. As Senior Scientist in the AI Center and
> co-director of the Computer Human Interaction Center at SRI
> International, he lead a multi-disciplinary team of researchers
> exploring web-services, distributed knowledge, and pervasive computing.
> While at Bull S.A., he was lead developer and architect for NOEMIE, a
> configuration expert system used to manage Bull's line of 30,000
> hardware and software products worldwide.
>
> Adam received a bachelor's degree with highest honors from Brandeis
> University and was awarded "outstanding master's student" from UCLA.
>
>
> Personal Objectives
>
> * Interested in mechanisms for enhancing productivity of distributed
> teams through methodologies and technologies such as knowledge
> management, ontologies, web services.
> * Know and respect some of the founders of Ontolog group.
>
>
> James Bryce Clark
>
> VP & GC
> MMI
> jbc@xxxxxxxxxx <mailto:jbc@xxxxxxxxxx>
>
>
> Background
>
> I am a lawyer practicing in Los Angeles primarily in e-commerce,
> software and data privacy. After spending some years as a lobbyist and
> then a few in law school, I started out as a finance lawyer working on
> complex deals for one of the largest Wall Street firms. Eventually I
> moved West and into e-contracting issues, becomnig first a partner in a
> Los Angeles corporate law firm and then general counsel to a small
> healthcare oriented EDI company.
>
> I am a co-author of business process standards for the joint ebXML
> project and a member of its coodinating committee, a frequent apeaker
> and consultnt on HIPAA and EDI implementations, and current chairman of
> the American Bar Association's business law subcommittee on electronic
> commerce. I was not active in UBL (from which I gather this group
> emerged) but have generally followed its work.
>
>
> Areas of Interest
>
> 1. Automated business requires transactors to constrain reality to a
> stated model; so inaccuracies or biases in the model can radically
> affect the user's outcomes. What cautions should users take? Who
> is responsible for failures of model isomorphism or model bias?
> 2. The potential for lightweight methods for augmenting data with
> object/relation metadata for KR and computability purposes.
>
>
> Kurt Conrad
>
> President
> The Sagebrush Group
> 2994 Salem Drive
> Santa Clara, CA 95051
> conrad@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx <mailto:conrad@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> (408) 247-0454
>
>
> Online Bio
>
> SagebrushGroup.com/pdfres.htm <http://SagebrushGroup.com/pdfres.htm>
>
>
> Background
>
> I've come into the world of ontological engineering from my work
> involving SGML, XML, and the design of markup languages for knowledge
> representation.
>
> I started studying and applying ontological engineering principles to my
> consulting since 1998. At that time, I was working on an SGML initiative
> that identified classes of metadata (mostly involving products and
> technologies) that needed to be standardized at a corporate level.
>
> It quickly became apparent that not only did basic terminology need
> standardization, but that common definitions needed to be negotiated and
> articulated so that the controlled vocabulary could be implemented
> consistently across a wide variety of organizations and systems.
>
>
> Personal Objectives
>
> * Advance understanding of mechanics and limits of ontological
> engineering
> * Foster an open conversation that is independent of and not
> subordinated to any specific commercial, technology, or
> standards-development initiative
> * Expand commercial opportunities
>
>
> Areas of Interest
>
> Formalization and representation:
>
> * The relative strengths and weaknesses of different formalization
> models
> * Optimal levels of formalization for different types of agents and
> processes
> * The practical limits of formalization and engineering
>
> The human and social dimensions of ontological engineering:
>
> * The impact of ontologies (formalized or not) on such behaviors as
> awareness, data selection, interpretation, and decision making
> * The mechanics of conceptualization and conceptual change that
> occurs within individuals
> * The underlying dynamics that influence and constrain the
> integration of multiple individual ontologies within groups
> * Strategies for maintaining adequate alignment in the face of
> conceptual change
>
>
> Topics for Discussion
>
> * What is an ontology?
> * Identifying usage patterns in natural language that point to new
> conceptualizations or shifting meanings for previously-defined
> terminology
> * Case studies
> * UBL issues and recommendations
>
>
> Michael C. Daconta
>
> Director, Web & Technology Services
> McDonald Bradley, Inc.
> mdaconta@xxxxxxx <mailto:mdaconta@xxxxxxx>
> (520)378-3708
> www.mcbrad.com <http://www.mcbrad.com>
>
>
> Online Bio
>
> www.daconta.net/Resume.html <http://www.daconta.net/Resume.html>
>
>
> Background
>
> My name is Michael Daconta and I am the Chief Architect for the DIA's
> Virtual Knowledge Base Project. I don't have a resume online but have
> quite a few online articles and a few interviews. I have authored or
> co-authored technical books on C, C++, Java, and XML.
>
>
> Personal Objectives
>
> We are creating an IC [Intelligence Community]ontology for the VKB that
> unambigously describes the subjects of resources in the knowledge base.
> My participation in this group is to share any ideas to help improve
> that ontology.
>
> * Discover practical applications of Ontologies
> * Learn best practices for building ontologies
> * Share experience with other members
>
>
> Areas of Interest
>
> * Ontologies, taxonomies
> * RDF Topic Maps
> * RDF, Rules
> * Java programming
> * OWL Programming APIs (specifically Java)
> * Integration with XML Documents
>
>
> Topics for Discussion
>
> * RDF Syntax
> * The suitability of RDF as the foundation for ontologies.
> * The distinction between ontologies and topic maps (Topic Maps
> versus RDF/S OWL).
> * Linking to Ontologies
> * Similarity measures for linking free-text concepts to ontology
> classes.
> * Best Ontology editor
> * Future of Ontologies
> * ...lots more...
>
>
> Marc de Graauw
>
> independent consultant
> Marc de Graauw IT
> Amsterdam, Neatherlands
> marc@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx <mailto:marc@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> +31(20)6123281
> www.marcdegraauw.com/ <http://www.marcdegraauw.com/>
>
>
> Online Bio
>
> www.marcdegraauw.com/aboutme.htm <http://www.marcdegraauw.com/aboutme.htm>
>
>
> Background
>
> I am Marc de Graauw , I work and live in Amsterdam, the Netherlands, as
> an independent IT consultant with over 14 years of experience.
>
> I have studied Philosophy of Language and have been working in IT since
> 1988. I am an independent consultant since 1998 and specialize in B2B
> information exchange.
>
>
> Personal Objectives
>
> * Study interoperability between diverse ontologies
> * Learn about other aspects of ontologies
>
>
> Areas of Interest
>
> My main area of interest is described in my recent XML.COM article
> (www.xml.com/pub/a/2002/08/21/topicmapb2b.html
> <http://www.xml.com/pub/a/2002/08/21/topicmapb2b.html>):
> interoperability between B2B vocabularies.
>
> My focus here is on short-term working solutions for ontology
> interoperability, in particular enabling human business analysts to make
> ontology-to-ontology mappings in a quick, robust and structured manner.
>
> I studied Philosphy of Language long ago, and so there is also a
> long-term general interest: the working of natural language and
> knowledge representation, both within and without computers.
>
> On XML 2001 I presented a paper on the relevance of Frege and
> Wittgenstein for problems we encounter in contemporary B2B applications
> (www.marcdegraauw.com/files/whatisis.pdf
> <http://www.marcdegraauw.com/files/whatisis.pdf>). A relevant general
> area of interest is using computers to leverage human intelligence
> instead of using humans to leverage computer processing capabilities.
>
>
> Topics for Discussion
>
> Interoperability between diverse ontologies, B2B ontologies, Topic Maps,
> KR general issues.
>
>
> Chris Doyle
>
> Director of Product Managment
> TIE Holding
> chris.doyle@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx <mailto:chris.doyle@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> 651-999-8694
>
>
> Background
>
> 30 years in technical positions, from programmer to CTO. Currently
> Director of Product Management for TIE Holding, I am responsible for
> ensuring business objectives are appropriately interpreted as technical
> specifications for product development, and that developed product is
> described for and targeted to an audiance that can appreciate its
> application and value.
>
>
> Personal Objectives
>
> * Practical applications of ontology as it relates to electronic
> messaging
> * Universal models that are commonly accepted and used
>
>
> Areas of Interest
>
> Automated messaging and intelligent adaptation (software)
>
>
> John Hardin
>
> EBusiness Architect
> Envision
> john.hardin@xxxxxxxxxxxx <mailto:john.hardin@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
> 314-878-4777 x 145
> www.Envision.com <http://www.Envision.com>
>
>
> Online Bio
>
> I have attached an HTML version of my resume, and you may find it online
> at seeker.dice.com/util/resultResume.epl?DOCKEY=3303892ef51b6122842b3db4
> 77c8f2dc
>
><http://seeker.dice.com/util/resultResume.epl?DOCKEY=3303892ef51b6122842b3db4%0A%09%09
>
> 77c8f2dc>
>
>
> Background
>
> I have been involved in mission critical internet applications design
> and development for 7 years, for a wide variety of purposes and vertical
> markets: HealthCare, Insurance, Financial, Retail, E-Marketplaces,
> Manufacturing, Mobile Phone/Web, and others. My experience spans both
> Java and Microsoft based architectures, and XML / Web Services
> engineering. I am currently serving as Technical Advisor to the
> Electronic Enterprise Working Group of the Aerspace Industries
> Association, and as Co-Chair of the Metadata Harmonization Project for AIA.
>
>
> Areas of Interest
>
> * Metadata, Semantic and Ontological models, Web Services architectures
> * linkage between disparate e-business standards
>
>
> Topics for Discussion
>
> I'm open on this, I want to become more familiar with the current
> discussions the group is involved in.
>
> A primary need is to identify mapping/linking schemes for data element
> concepts in cross-standard and cross-industry documents.
>
> Clarify the meaning and usage of the word "Ontology" and "Ontological
> Behavior": An ontology is a shared vocabulary that describes a concept
> (in our case, a data element concept). Ontological behaviour is to
> provide a specification or representation of a data element concept(s).
>
>
> Sam Hunting
>
> President
> eTopicality, Inc.
> shunting@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx <mailto:shunting@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> 215-413-2981
> www.etopicality.com <http://www.etopicality.com>
> Topic map consulting and training
>
> Co-Founder
> Gooseworks.org
> www.gooseworks.org <http://www.gooseworks.org>
> Free open source topic map tools
>
>
> Online Bio
>
> www.etopicality.com/index.shtml#people
> <http://www.etopicality.com/index.shtml#people>
>
>
> Background
>
> I am an "old-time" SGMLer and have been working with markup technology
> for over 10 years with large information owners and publishers (legal,
> medical, aerospace).
>
> Recently, I've been working with Topic Maps. I am a founding member of
> TopicMaps.Org, which developed the XML Topic Maps (XTM) specification; a
> co-author of the XTM 1.0 DTD for topic maps; and a co-author of the
> current draft of the ISO Reference Model for topic maps. I was the
> technical editor of "XML Topic Maps: Creating and Maintaining Topic Maps
> for the Web", from Addison-Wesley.
>
> I head a consultancy whose service offerings include topic maps, content
> analysis, and DTD development and co-founded of GooseWorks project for
> creating open source topic map tools (www.gooseworks.org
> <http://www.gooseworks.org>).
>
> Philosophically, I am a fan of the later Wittgenstein (the one who said
> that "language is a form of life"). Often, in the computer world, we
> mistake the "objects" that we create for living things in the real
> world, which is a lot more complicated and intertwingled than our
> objects can be. There are times when I think that the very use of the
> word "ontology" is an example of this.
>
> And I believe that clear, clean prose is at the foundation of every
> tower of abstraction that we build. Prose has status equal, if not
> superior to, the concepts we throw around for a living. "Prose poets are
> the unacknowledged legislators of the world." ;-)
>
>
> Personal Objectives
>
> Understand ontologies and the ontology community.
>
> * Understand the language of ontologists and the concepts of ontology
> * Listen for pragmatic applications of ontologies
> * See if topic maps can be used to represent and interchange ontologies
>
>
> Areas of Interest
>
> * Markup, topic maps, Python, open-source software, collaborative
> learning environments, conversation, standards, standards work,
> clear clean prose.
> * Can the topic map paradigm and the topic map syntax be used to
> make ontologies more widely distributed?
> * All things practical with ontologies. How can I use them to help
> customers? Especially, how can I use them to help customers by
> using generic, markup-based tools, and the RESTful web architecture?
> * Can ontologies become something that consumers use as tools to
> think with, in a collaborative environment?
>
>
> Fook-Wai Kong
>
> Storage Training Manager
> Hewlett Packard Far East
>
>
> Background
>
> Master in Education; BSc (Hons) in Computer Science with Business
> Studies. Presently working at HP Far East as Storage Training Manager.
> Working experience in ERP/MRP2 project implementation.
>
>
> Personal Objectives
>
> Did an expert system (PROLOG) project in first-aid on diagnosing
> victim's condition and interested in knowledge acquisition of
> intelligent systems. Wanted to know how XML and knowledge engineering
> could deploy in the area of e-learning. Would like to see how I am able
> to identify areas where such technology could be used in business.
>
>
> Shiang-yu Lee , Ph. D.
>
> Boeing Commercial Airplane Group
> Architecture and eBusiness
> P.O. Box 3707, M/S 2R-97
> Seattle, WA 98124-2207
> shiang-yu.lee@xxxxxxxxxx <mailto:shiang-yu.lee@xxxxxxxxxx>
> (206)-544-5252
> (206)-544-5889 (fax)
>
>
> Background
>
> I have involved in information standards development and implementation
> activities for over ten years, primarily in the ISO-10303 suite of
> product data standards sponsored by ISO SC4-TC184. Recently I am
> invovled in developing the ISO-10303-239, Product Life Cycle Support
> application protocol, particularly, in drafting the data model
> representation of logical constructs for "condition" and "condition
> evaluation" subjects.
>
>
> Personal Objectives
>
> To observe and help clarify foundation concepts for usable standards
> development.
>
>
> Areas of Interest
>
> Information modeling, information system implementation,
> meta-information languages.
>
>
> Topics for Discussion
>
> 1. The SC4 developed data model schema covering "expressions" for
> mathematical and logical structures (ISO 13584-20)
> www.steptools.com/sc4/archive/PLIB/13584-020.exp (The site only
> contains the up to date "express code" for the data model. The
> standards document is ISO copy righted and please inquire your own
> library for availability.
> 2. Clarify the meaning and usage of the word "Ontology" and
> "Ontological Behavior"
>
>
> Bob Miller
>
> eBusiness Consultant
> Global eXcahnge Services
> robert.miller@xxxxxxx <mailto:robert.miller@xxxxxxx>
> 615-371-6037
>
>
> Background
>
> I join the group as a veteran software developer (I am semi-retired),
> whose work experience includes 40 years experience in software development:
>
> * Application developement
> * Compiler & runtime development
> * Database software development (co-authored both a DBM and a DBML)
> * Code generators
> * EDI translators and other third party EDI software
>
> I am actively involved in efforts to define EDI standards, including EDI
> standards based in XML syntax. Prior Chair X12C Communciations &
> Controls. Active participant in ebXML and X12 efofrts to define
> standards for use of XML to represent eBusiness transaactions.
>
> I've found that most of my EDI colleagues do not recognize the need to
> systematically examine EDI artifacts, to discern an ontological
> framework into which such information can be collected and organized. As
> a result, we are paying little more than lip service to our goal of
> interoperability among implementations of Electronic Data Interchange.
>
> With my reduced work schedule and commitments, I will likely be more an
> observer than an active participant. But note that I've not been a
> silent observer on any listserv to which I've subscribed, and I'm not
> likely to be silent on this one.
>
>
> Personal Objectives
>
> * Improve capture of eBusiness metadata
> * Increase awareness of Ontology tools
> * Application of Ontology tools to eBusiness
>
>
> Areas of Interest
>
> Interoperability of eBusiness systems, and integration of eBusiness
> messages into eBusiness applications.
>
>
> Topics for Discussion
>
> * Ontology Languages Which to use (when)
> * eBusiness metadata How best represent
> * Storing/Locating eBusiness metadata (gets into higher order
> metadatas)
>
>
> Steven R. Newcomb
>
> Consultant
> Coolheads Consulting
> 1527 Northaven Drive
> Allen, Texas 75002-1648, USA
> srn@xxxxxxxxxxxxx <mailto:srn@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> +1 972 359 8160
> +1 972 359 0270 (fax)
> www.coolheads.com <http://www.coolheads.com>
>
>
> Online Bio
>
> www.coolheads.com/srn.cv.htm <http://www.coolheads.com/srn.cv.htm>
>
>
> Background
>
> * Co-editor, Topic Maps standard, ISO/IEC 13250:2002
> * Co-editor, HyTime standard, ISO/IEC 10744:1997
>
> I've been involved in Topic Maps from the beginning (1992), but my
> passion for self-describing information paradigms began with a very
> unpleasant experience in 1981. I lost the value of five years of work
> when Control Data Corporation changed the PLATO system, in an arbitrary
> and pernicious decision, in such a way as to make my interactive
> tutorial in sixteenth-century counterpoint unpublishable. A few weeks
> later, vowing never again to invest development effort in systems
> controlled by untrustworthy social structures (such as for-profit
> corporations), I learned C.
>
> In 1986, when SGML became a standard, Charles Goldfarb and I launched a
> music-representation standardization effort that ultimately resulted, in
> 1992, in the HyTime standard. (That's a bizarre story, but much more fun
> than my gastric misadventure with CDC.)
>
> So I guess I came into the knowledge-rep area by way of thinking about
> how to make hyperlinks self-describing, and therefore self-disqualifying.
>
> I'm still wondering how to make serious thinking about knowledge
> integration self-supporting, but lately we've been having more luck with
> that particular problem. In my wife's (Vicky's) consulting company,
> Coolheads Consulting, we're doing knowledge integration work for the
> Internal Revenue Service. Michel Biezunski (mb@xxxxxxxxxxxxx) is in
> charge of that project.
>
> My recent writings (that might be interesting to participants in this
> forum) include:
>
> * Draft ISO Reference Model for Topic Maps (with Sam Hunting and Jan
> Algermissen) www.isotopicmaps.org/rm4tm/
> <http://www.isotopicmaps.org/rm4tm/>
> * Economics of the Draft Reference Model for Topic Maps slides:
> www.coolheads.com/SRNPUBS/xml2002-econ/
> <http://www.coolheads.com/SRNPUBS/xml2002-econ/>paper:
> www.coolheads.com/SRNPUBS/xml2002-econ.htm
> <http://www.coolheads.com/SRNPUBS/xml2002-econ.htm>
> * Forecasting Terrorism: Meeting the Scaling Requirements
> www.coolheads.com/SRNPUBS/extreme2002/forecasting-terrorism.htm
> <http://www.coolheads.com/SRNPUBS/extreme2002/forecasting-terrorism.htm>
> * Preemptive Reification
> www.coolheads.com/SRNPUBS/preemptive-reification.htm
> <http://www.coolheads.com/SRNPUBS/preemptive-reification.htm>
> * Topic Maps for the Web (with Michel Biezunski)
> www.coolheads.com/SRNPUBS/ieee-mm-topicmaps-article.pdf
> <http://www.coolheads.com/SRNPUBS/ieee-mm-topicmaps-article.pdf>
> * "A Perspective on the Quest for Global Knowledge Interchange",
> Chapter 3 of "XML Topic Maps - Creating and Using Topic Maps for
> the Web" (Jack Park and Sam Hunting, eds.), 2003: Addison-Wesley.
> The publisher makes this chapter available free at
> www.aw.com/samplechapter/ <http://www.aw.com/samplechapter/>
>
>
> Personal Objectives
>
> To take Kurt Conrad's advice
>
>
> Areas of Interest
>
> You've got to be kidding. The only thing I'm *not* interested in is
> sweet potatoes, which I loathe and despise, especially when served with
> melted marshmallows.
>
>
> Topics for Discussion
>
> The privileging of some subjects over others (such as ontological
> subjects). I consider such privileging pernicious.
>
>
> Bo Newman
>
> Founder and Executive Director
> KM Forum
> West Richland, WA
> bo.newman@xxxxxxxxxxxx <mailto:bo.newman@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
> (509) 967-2286
> www.km-form.org <http://www.km-form.org>
>
> Executive Director
> Health Care Industry CBT Alliance
> Richland, WA
> bonewman@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx <mailto:bonewman@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> (509) 967-2286
> www.HICAonline.com <http://www.HICAonline.com>
>
>
> Online Bio
>
> The majority of my writing, my Knowledge Sciences Blog, and a few other
> misc items can be accessed via my personal home-page
> www.3-cities.com/~bonewman/ <http://www.3-cities.com/~bonewman/>
>
>
> Background
>
> My name is Bo Newman and I am the founder of the original Knowledge
> Management Forum, one of the first virtual communities of practice in
> the field of Knowledge Management. My personal research focuses on the
> dynamics of the knowledge to establish improved models for understanding
> the ways knowledge is developed, stored, transferred, and used within
> organizations.
>
> Recent research products include; the Knowledge Management
> Characterization Framework (1999), Critical Alignment Path Analysis
> (1999), Knowledge Flow Theory and Analysis (2000, 2002), and on-going
> work on Long Term Knowledge Preservation. I was the co-author of the
> primary postgraduate course on knowledge management fundamentals at
> George Washington University as well as course-work on the Knowledge
> Management Characterization Framework. I was a contributing author to
> The "Handbook of Knowledge Management" to be published this month.
>
>
> Personal Objectives
>
> My over-arching goal is to strengthen the theoretical foundations for
> the practice. My specific interest is to examine characteristics of
> ontologies, the process of ontology development, issues of ontological
> alignment, and it we get to that point, something called
> trans-navigational ontologies.
>
> I'm looking forward to some good discussions.
>
>
> Areas of Interest
>
> Knowledge Sciences (ontology, epistemology, alignment theory), Knowledge
> Engineering (Knowledge Flow Analysis, ontology analysis), Long-term
> Knowledge perpetuation, Project and Process Management.
>
>
> Dr. Leo Obrst
>
> Intelligent Information Management/Exploitation
> The MITRE Corporation
> 7515 Colshire Drive, M/S W640
> McLean, VA 22102-7508, USA
> lobrst@xxxxxxxxx <mailto:lobrst@xxxxxxxxx>
> 703-883-6770
> 703-883-1379 (fax)
>
>
> Background
>
> I am a senior AI scientist at the MITRE AI Center in Northern Virginia
> (www.mitre.org) and the technical coordinator for knowledge
> representation and semantics, involved in projects on context-based
> semantic interoperability, ontology modeling of complex decision-making,
> conceptual information retrieval, community metadata and semantic
> markup, and semantic mapping/brokering. I was recently Director of
> Ontological Engineering at VerticalNet.com, a department I formed to
> create ontologies in the product and service space to support
> Business-to-Business e-commerce.
>
> My PhD is in theoretical linguistics with a concentration in formal
> semantics from the University of Texas-Austin. I have worked nearly 20
> years in computational linguistics, knowledge representation, and in the
> last seven years in ontological engineering.
>
> I am a member of the W3C Web Ontology Working Group
> (www.w3.org/2001/sw/WebOnt/ <http://www.w3.org/2001/sw/WebOnt/>) and the
> IEEE Standard Upper Ontology working group and am currently the
> assistant technical editor for one proposed standard upper ontology
> candidate, the Information Flow Framework (suo.ieee.org/
> <http://suo.ieee.org/>). In addition, I participate in the OntoWeb
> network (www.ontoweb.org/index.htm <http://www.ontoweb.org/index.htm>).
>
> My general research interests include formal models, the semantics and
> pragmatics of natural language, ontology representation and reasoning,
> the Semantic Web, constraint and logic programming, intelligent agents,
> and category theory. I am currently most interested in the formalization
> of context for ontology mapping and integration, and semantic mapping
> methods.
>
> Some recent or forthcoming publications:
>
> * The Semantic Web: The Future of XML, Web Services, and Knowledge
> Management [Book], forthcoming, 2003.
> * Obrst, L., H. Liu, R. Wray, L. Wilson. 2002. Ontologies for
> Semantically Interoperable Electronic Commerce. In the Proceedings
> of ICEIMT?02, International Conference on Enterprise Modelling and
> Enterprise Integration Technologies (ICEIMT), and the Conference
> of the EI3-IC Initiative (Enterprise Inter- and
> Intra-Organisational Integration International Consensus),
> Valencia, Spain, April 24-26, 2002, Kluwer Academic Publishers, 2002.
> * Obrst, L., R. Wray, H. Liu. Ontological Engineering for B2B
> E-Commerce. In the Proceedings of The Second International
> Conference on Formal Ontology in Information Systems, October
> 17-19, 2001, Ogunquit, ME. www.fois.org/fois-2001/index.html
> <http://www.fois.org/fois-2001/index.html>
> * Obrst, L., H. Liu. Knowledge Representation, Ontological
> Engineering, and Topic Maps, chapter in XML Topic Maps: Creating
> and Using Topic Maps for the Web, Jack Park, ed., Addison-Wesley,
> 2003 (available July, 2002).
> * Obrst, L., P. Carbone. Situating Knowledge Management on the
> Interpretation Continuum, AAAI Spring Symposium on Bringing
> Knowledge to Business Processes, April, 2000, Stanford University.
> * Tyler, J., L. Obrst, D. Pack, E. Peterson. Knowledge-Based Agents
> for C2 Decision Support, September 14-16, 1999, Simulation
> Interoperability Workshop, Fall, 1999, Orlando, Fl.
> * Obrst, L., E. Peterson, J. Tyler. Ontologies and Complex Command
> and Control Decision-making Behavior Modeling, AAAI Workshop on
> Ontology Management, Orlando, FL, July 19, 1999.
> * Obrst, L., G. Whittaker, A. Meng. Semantic Context for Object
> Exchange, AAAI Workshop on Context in AAI Applications, Orlando,
> FL, July 19, 1999.
> * Obrst, L., G. Whittaker, A. Meng. Semantic Interoperability via
> Context Interpretation, submitted to Context-99, Trento, Italy,
> April, 1999, invited poster session.
> * Smith, K., L. Obrst. Unpacking The Semantics of Source and Usage
> To Achieve Semantic Reconciliation In Large-Scale Information
> Systems, SIGMOD special issue on Semantic Interoperability, March,
> 1999, A. Sheth & A. Ouksel, eds.
>
>
> Victor Pawley
>
> (Australian) National Office for the Information Economy
>
>
> Background
>
> Working with Australian government and industry on a number of projects
> to facilitate interoperability, including a pilot ebXMLrr and an ebXML
> integration toolkit/module targeting small business software community.
>
>
> Topics for Discussion
>
> Practical plans/strategies for promoting and rolling-out UBL to small
> businesses and their support communities. How do we turn abstract B2B
> concepts (eg. ontology, isomorphism) into a practical introduction for
> these groups, to get them to make a substantial culture change?
>
>
> Adam Pease
>
> apease@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx <mailto:apease@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>
>
> Online Bio
>
> My CV is at projects.teknowledge.com/apease
> <http://projects.teknowledge.com/apease>
>
>
> Background
>
> My group works in logic and knowledge based systems.
>
> Our focus currently is on the Suggested Upper Merged Ontology
> ontology.teknowledge.com <http://ontology.teknowledge.com>: a free,
> formal upper ontology, expressed in first order logic, and in DAML. It
> has been mapped to all the WordNet nouns and verbs, several free
> domain-specific ontologies have been created from it, an open-source
> browser is available and format files supplied with the browser allow
> logic statements to be presented in both English and Czech as well as
> logic. SUMO has also been subjected to formal consistency checking with
> first order logic theorem provers.
>
>
> Personal Objectives
>
> I'm interested in applying ontology to real-world applications and
> working with a group of people on common ontology content so application
> ontologies are reusable.
>
>
> Areas of Interest
>
> Formal ontology content, and it's application
>
>
> Topics for Discussion
>
> What are particular domain ontology content needs that people have?
>
>
> Wendell Piez
>
> Consultant
> Mulberry Technologies, Inc.
> 17 West Jefferson Street
> Suite 207
> Rockville, MD 20850
> wapiez@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx <mailto:wapiez@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> 301/315-9635
> 301/315-9631 (switchboard)
> 301/315-8285 (fax)
> www.mulberrytech.com <http://www.mulberrytech.com>
> Mulberry Technologies: A Consultancy Specializing in SGML and XML
>
>
> Online Bio
>
> www.mulberrytech.com/people/piez/wapresume.html
> <http://www.mulberrytech.com/people/piez/wapresume.html>
>
>
> Background
>
> BA in Classics (Ancient Greek, 1984); Ph.D. in English (1991); working
> with markup technologies since 1994.
>
> Although mindful, in general, of the pivotal importance of work on
> ontologies, and interested, in principle, in its progress, I have
> hesitated to post to this list out of a lack of confidence in my
> experience and authority in this area. I come from a rather different
> background from many of you (though possibly not all): originally I was
> trained in Classical Philology and Poetics, and turned from that to get
> a Ph.D. in English (literature and critical theory), which I received in
> 1991. Since 1994 or so I have been working with markup technologies
> (SGML, XML, XSLT), especially in their applications to publishing and to
> other uses particularly of interest to humanists (such as textual
> analysis and hypermedia). Since 1998 I have been at Mulberry
> Technologies, a small but active firm in the markup languages industry.
> Our work for clients includes both design and design-related services,
> and "softer" work helping to plan and make transitions, including
> providing training, independent design reviews, vendor-neutral advice on
> implementation, and so forth.
>
> So although this has given me (so far) little exposure to formal
> ontologies as such, the work I have done may be as near to them as might
> be without being actually among them. I confess this may make me
> something of a skeptic, since I tend to be fairly demanding in my
> assessment both of the practical aspects (the hands-on problems) and of
> the philosophical assumptions built into any technological approach to a
> problem. Nevertheless I hope to be an open-minded and forward-looking
> skeptic: without feeling able to say more, I can certainly assert that
> ontologies address one of the core problems in information processing,
> and that many of the visionary ideas now circulating will be impossible
> without robust and well-managed ontological frameworks.
>
> Readers of this list may be interested in a couple of papers I've
> written on some of the theoretical problems facing markup language
> designers: please see www.piez.org/wendell/critique.htm
> <http://www.piez.org/wendell/critique.htm>or
> www.idealliance.org/papers/extreme02/authors.html
> <http://www.idealliance.org/papers/extreme02/authors.html>(under "Piez",
> naturally).
>
>
> Personal Objectives
>
> Tracking/observation
>
>
> Areas of Interest
>
> Markup language design; interface design; see lmnl.org <http://lmnl.org>
> for more cool stuff.
>
>
> Joe Rudnicki
>
> Senior Computer Scientist & Naval Architect
> CSC Advanced Marine Center
>
>
> Background
>
> * Bachelor of Science, Naval Architecture and Marine Engineering
> (Ship Design), Webb Institute
> * Masters of Science, Computer Science, The Johns Hopkins University
> * Employed by CSC Advanced Marine Center in Washington, DC, USA
> * Provide support for the U.S. Department Of the Navy Member of
> OASIS WSRP TC
>
>
> Personal Objectives
>
> * I hope to keep an eye on what's happening in the Ontology area
>
>
> Vladimir Rykov
>
> Professor
> MIPT (Moscow Institute of Physics and Technology)
> rykov-mtd@xxxxxxxx <mailto:rykov-mtd@xxxxxxxx>
> +7-903-749-19-99 - any time
>
>
> Online Bio
>
> rykov.narod.ru <http://rykov.narod.ru>
>
>
> Background
>
> I am IT engineer. Got my diploma in 1971 at Moscow Institute of Physics
> and Technology (MIPT - www.mipt.ru - there's Engl version). Then I
> shifted to Computational Linguistics and got my PhD in 1986 in Moscow
> State University. Now I read lectures in Computational Linguistics and
> Knowledge Management back in MIPT, take part in various info projects -
> mostly in NLP and Business Intelligence.
>
>
> Personal Objectives
>
> * upgrade my competence level in Business Intelligence
> * upgrade my competence level in ontology related domains
>
>
> Areas of Interest
>
> Computational Linguistics, Semiotics, Business Intelligence, Ontology
>
>
> Topics for Discussion
>
> * Ontology-RDF relation
> * Ontology-RDF-Prolog relation
> * DB mapping ontology
> * meta data mapping ontology
> * meta ontology
>
>
> Andrew Schain
>
> Manger, IT Engineering
> NASA
> andrew.schain@xxxxxxxx <mailto:andrew.schain@xxxxxxxx>
> 202-358-0066
>
>
> Background
>
> Responsible for information system engineering and architecture projects
> at NASA Headquarters and participates in many NASA information systems
> projects.
>
>
> Personal Objectives
>
> * Rendering data elements as knowledge
> * Management of extreemly large data sets
> * Knowledge distribution across geo-political boundries
>
>
> Areas of Interest
>
> Networks, privacy, knowledge structures
>
>
> Ron Schuldt
>
> Senior Staff Systems Architect
> Lockheed Martin Enterprise Information Systems
> 11757 W. Ken Caryl Ave.
> #F521 Mail Point DC5694
> Littleton, CO 80127
> ron.l.schuldt@xxxxxxxx <mailto:ron.l.schuldt@xxxxxxxx>
> 303-977-1414
>
>
> Background
>
> * M.S. - Facilities Management 1978
> * B.S. - Mechanical Engineering 1972
> * Active Duty Air Force - Officer 1972-1981
> * Martin Marietta (now known as Lockheed Martin) - Systems Engineer
> 1981-1989 - Information Systems Systems Engineer (Data Standards
> Consultant) 1989-present
> * Co-Chairman of the Aerospace Industries Association (AIA)
> Electronic Enterprise Working Group (EEWG)
> * Chair of the AIA Metadata Harmonization Project - a major project
> within the AIA EEWG
> * Previously - Chair of the CALS effort that developed the Universal
> Data Element Framework (UDEF)
>
>
> Areas of Interest
>
> My interest in this subject is driven by the belief that the Universal
> Data Element Framework (UDEF) could be applied to the Ontology
> discussion and perhaps become the foundation for the Semantic Web.
> Although many might question the notion that any single framework could
> be robust enough to handle any data of interest to any enterprise, that
> is the claim that I make and I welcome the opportunity to
> demonstrate/prove it.
>
> A brief glimpse of the UDEF can be obtained from www.udef.com/
> <http://www.udef.com/>
>
> In addition, the attached briefing provides a UDEF Primer
> (ontolog.cim3.net/forum/ontolog-forum/2002-10/ppt00000.ppt
> <http://ontolog.cim3.net/forum/ontolog-forum/2002-10/ppt00000.ppt>). The
> Primer was used to conduct UDEF training within the Aerospace Industries
> Association (AIA) Metadata Harmonization Project.
>
>
> Norma Slattery
>
> Lead Multi-disciplined System Eng.
> The MITRE Corp.
> nslatter@xxxxxxxxx <mailto:nslatter@xxxxxxxxx>
> 703-883-7491
>
> Doctoral Student
> George Mason University, School of Info Tech and Engineering (SITE)
> Fairfax, Virginia
>
>
> Background
>
> I've worked for MITRE Corp (a not-for-profit corporation working in the
> interest of the American public) more in the systems analysis and
> project management areas than in technical development--the fun stuff.
>
> Currently, I am also a doctoral student at George Mason University,
> Fairfax, Virginia.
>
> My dissertation is in the area of metrics of ontology developments that
> will support identification of quantifiable and qualitative benefits and
> costs of ontologies.
>
> * What does it cost to develop an ontology?
> * What are the cost drivers of an ontological development?
> * What are the benefits of ontology-based systems?
> * How do we validate an ontologies integrity to ensure accuracy?
> * Etc.
>
> In other words, I'm looking at ontology developments from a program
> manager's and/or decision maker's perspective. Any metrics or data
> information anyone has would be greatly appreciated and also, would be
> kept confidentially.
>
>
> Personal Objectives
>
> * Identification of lifecycle process for developing ontology-based
> systems
> * Identification of metrics that provide information on how well an
> Ontology-based system will support system requirements
> * Identification of quantified and qualified benefits and costs of
> using ontologies in systems
>
>
> Areas of Interest
>
> * Lifecycle process for incorporating ontologies into system
> developments.
> * Metrics, benefits, and costs of using ontologies in support of
> decision making
>
>
> Topics for Discussion
>
> * Processes for developing ontologies especially within the context
> of a larger system
> * Metrics that provide insight into an ontology-based systems
> integrity, capabilities, usability, maintainability, etc.
> * Quantifiable and qualitative benefits and costs of developing
> ontology-based systems
> * Decision points relative to ontology development
> * Approaches for discerning which level of the Obrst Ontology
> Spectrum might best suit a specific application of ontology-based
> systems
>
>
> Bob Smith , Ph. D.
>
> Professor Emeritus
> Cal State University
>
> Semantic Projects
> Tall Tree Labs - SemTalk USA
> robsmith5@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx <mailto:robsmith5@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> 714 536 1084
>
>
> Background
>
> Ph.D., UCI; Professor Emeritus, California State University (LB); Chair,
> AI and Expert Systems Council- CSU; Organizational modeling;
> "Intelligent" IT Audits; Crises Response Systems.
>
> My background involves 30 years as a University Professor in Management
> Science-Ops Research, AI, Expert Systems, HazMat Response, business
> strategy, and the many legal economic issues in software engineering.
>
> The vision of an intelligent web service as a strategic support element
> for small and medium sized business is compelling. Actions expanding
> this vision demand attention and project execution.
>
>
> Personal Objectives
>
> * Interested in roles that Semantic Web technologies can play in
> making effective and transparent interorganizational and
> * Transparent intraorganizational decision making;
> * Balanced external economies and price structures
>
>
> Areas of Interest
>
> Collaborative technologies and visualization tools to achieve a balance
> of Goals 1,2, & 3 above
>
>
> Topics for Discussion
>
> * Repository structures and policies for Large, Medium, Small sized
> organizations
> * Price-Performance-Investment issues for the "top ten" Ontological
> Tools listed in Denny's XML Survey
> * Technology Choices Roadmap of next 4 years related to Semantic Web
> based technologies
> * Metrics for organizational workflow ontology studies
> * Comparison of Active vs Observer Obligations
>
>
> Kevin T. Smith
>
> Chief Security Architect
>
>
> Background
>
> I am Kevin T. Smith, and I am the Chief Security Architect of the DIA's
> Virtual Knowledge Base Project.. I don't have a resume online, but have
> authored a few books on XML and Java, have spoken at technical
> conferences (JavaOne), and am currently co-authoring a book on the
> Semantic Web with Mike Daconta and Leo Obrst.
>
>
> Personal Objectives
>
> We are creating an ontology for our project that unambigously describes
> resources in the Virtual Knowledge Base. Most of my work is
> security-focused, controlling how information in the knowledge base can
> be accessed, and describing the security requirements of data sources in
> the registry.
>
>
> Areas of Interest
>
> Web Services Security, Java Programming, XML
>
>
> Topics for Discussion
>
> * The mapping of security requirements/info in an ontology
> * Ontology-driven registries for web services
>
>
> Shel Sutton
>
> Principle Information Systems Engineer
> MITRE Corporation
> shel@xxxxxxxxx <mailto:shel@xxxxxxxxx>
>
>
> Background
>
> I am an Principal Information Systems Engineer with the MITRE
> Corporation with over 30 years experience. My experience is broad,
> having supported US government agencies ranging from the National
> Institute of Mental Health (NIMH), Environmental Protection Agency
> (EPA), National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA), National
> Cancer Institute, and Department of Defense and associated agencies.
> Currently I am supporting the National Imagery and Mapping Agency (NIMA)
> in activities supporting their mission relative to Homeland Security.
>
>
> Personal Objectives
>
> I hope to gain a better understanding of ontologies and how they can be
> used in the information systems that will evolve to support "first
> responders" and those that support them in training, planning, and
> responding to crises, both natural and man-made.
>
>
> Andy Tan
>
> Director
> Intrinix Networks Pte Ltd
> 25 Serangoon North Ave 5
> #05-01A Keppel Digihub
> Singapore 554914
> (65)64847321/(65)64847322
> (65)64842713 (fax)
> www.intrinix.com <http://www.intrinix.com>
>
>
> Background
>
> I am the founder of Intrinix Networks. Intrinix Networks provides
> e-business application development services. I have been in software
> development for over 17 years and has successfully implemented many
> projects over the years. I have been focusing on Internet related
> software development since 1997. My business contact information is
> provided below. I am also an exco member of the XMLOne User Group
> (www.xmlone.org <http://www.xmlone.org>). XMLone.org is a non-profit
> organization supported by the technology companies, government board,
> developers and professionals from the business Community. We are the
> organizer of XMLAsia conference held annually in Singapore.
>
>
> Personal Objectives
>
> Since I am new to the field of Ontology, I am joining as an observer and
> hope to participate actively in the later stage.
>
>
> Areas of Interest
>
> I have startup a special interest group to focus on applying XML and its
> complimentary standards in SCM applications. The purpose of this
> XML-SCM, Special Interest Group is to provide a forum for companies and
> individual to meet and discuss about technical issues and other related
> subject regarding XML and its application in the area of supply chain
> management. My area of interest is to explore XML and its complementary
> standards in B2B applications. I am actively promoting the use of XML in
> data exchange.
>
>
> Peter P. Yim
>
> President & CEO
> CIM Engineering, Inc.
> yimpp@xxxxxxxxxxx <mailto:yimpp@xxxxxxxxxxx>
> 650-578-9998
>
>
> Online Bio
>
> My bio can be found at www.cim-oem.com/ppybio.html
> <http://www.cim-oem.com/ppybio.html>
>
>
> Background
>
> I founded CIM Engineering (in 1984) and is still operating it -- doing
> business as CIM3.COM/.NET/.ORG We provide infrastructure and
> professional services to communities of practice, and to high
> performance project team, while keeping an "open knowledge" profile. I'm
> a member of the OASIS UBL TC and one of the co-conveners of this forum
>
>
> Personal Objectives
>
> * I still believe in dreams and in collective abilities to make a
> difference.
> * I hope to see that this forum will make significant contribution
> to bridge the gap between today's business transaction processing
> needs and the future when the semantic web becomes pervasive.
>
>
> Areas of Interest
>
> Collaboration processes and technology, and to carry on the "Bootstrap"
> mission that Doug Engelbart had started back in the 1960's. (see
> www.bootstrap.org/ba/index.jsp#nid01
> <http://www.bootstrap.org/ba/index.jsp#nid01>)
>
>
> Topics for Discussion
>
> While we shall continue to hold online discussions and address issues
> that fall within our charter
> ontolog.cim3.org/forums/ontolog/0209/msg00000.html#nid03
> <http://ontolog.cim3.org/forums/ontolog/0209/msg00000.html#nid03>, may I
> suggest that the group consider going through the following motions in
> short order. It's wonderful that part of that process has already begun.
>
> 1. Get people to know one another
> 2. Collate participants wishes and desires
> 3. Adopt our charter
> 4. Adopt an initial set of objectives and work up an agenda
> 5. Get organized
> 6. Put together an action plan
> 7. Start doing some real work
>
> Since we are just starting with a charter membership at this point, this
> is the best time to really get involved. This way, we can all influence
> the direction and approach of this community as a whole.
>
>
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