GMU's School of Info Tech and Engineering (SITE). Are you familiar with it? (01)
Have read some of your papers and believe you are one of the few who have
delved into this area. E.g., "A Framework for Understanding and Classifying
Ontology Applications." If you have anything further in this area I would
appreciate reading it. (02)
Regards, Norma (03)
"Uschold, Michael F" wrote: (04)
> These are interesting and important topics! I'm glad someone is looking
> into them. What department are you in?
>
> Mike
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: owner-ontology_site22@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> [mailto:owner-ontology_site22@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Norma Slattery
> Sent: Monday, October 07, 2002 8:53 AM
> To: ontolog@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: Re: [ontolog] Welcome to new members
>
> Hi,
>
> My name is Norma Slattery. I am a doctoral student at George Mason
> University, Fairfax, Virginia. My dissertation is in the area of
> ontology developments from the perspective of performance and cost
> metrics. I.e., how much better are systems based on ontologies than on
> traditional systems? 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 managers and/or decision maker
> perspective. Any information any of you have would be most
> appreciated.
>
> Regards, Norma
>
> Kurt Conrad wrote:
>
> > Dear Ontolog Participant,
> >
> > First, let me (individually) and us (collectively) thank all of you
> > for joining the reconstituted Ontolog discussion group. If the
> > timing of this posting is right, it will be the first message you
> > receive through the list.
> >
> > I am quite encouraged by the volume of the responses. We sent the
> > invitation out to 41 people; so far, 19 of that group have
> > joined. Another 19 have also joined, giving us a total of 16 active
> > participants and 25 observers. We expect a few more to trickle in
> > over the next week as word-of-mouth continues and the UBL committee
> > members get back from their meeting in Massachusetts.
> >
> > In order to get the conversation started, please:
> >
> > 1) Reply to this message to help us verify that the new
> > infrastructure is working correctly
> >
> > 2) Include in your reply a short introductory statement:
> >
> > - Provide a brief description of your background
> > (if you have a bio/resume/cv available online, kindly
> > provide us with a link to it.)
> >
> > - Describe the personal goals and objectives that are
> > driving your participation in Ontolog
> >
> > - List your areas of interest
> >
> > - List any ideas that you have for discussion topics
> >
> > You may also wish to visit the archives at:
> >
> > http://ontolog.cim3.org/forums/ontolog
> >
> > While the conversation of late has been rather light, Leo posted a
> > very informative comparison of DAML-S and BPEL4WS that came out of
> > Stanford's Knowledge System Laboratory. It can also be accessed
> > directly at:
> >
> > http://ontolog.cim3.org/forums/ontolog/0209/msg00003.html
> >
> > /s/ The conveners of the Ontolog forum,
> >
> > Kurt Conrad <conrad@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> > Leo Obrst <lobrst@xxxxxxxxx>
> > Peter Yim <yimpp@xxxxxxxxxxx>
> >
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