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[ontolog-forum] Re: Tagging Ontolog content

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From: "Peter P. Yim" <peter.yim@xxxxxxxx>
Date: Fri, 03 Feb 2006 19:29:37 -0800
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Max (& Nicolas),    (01)

For your consideration next few open Thursday dates are Mar. 9 & 
Mar. 23 & Mar. 30, 2006.  =ppy
--    (02)


Michael Maximilien wrote Fri, 3 Feb 2006 19:17:09 -0800:
> 
>  > [Peter] We can do (a) as early as Feb. 16 or Feb. 23, 2006, if both of
>  > you (Nicolas and Max) are willing to co-moderate (and, obviously,
>  > co-organize) it. The challenge would be: Can you pull together
>  > the real gurus for that in short order? If the answer it yes,
>  > that would be just great!
> 
> I am happy to participate and co-organize but Feb. 16 is not enough time 
> IMO.  Plus personally I am pretty booked for Feb.
> 
> If you can give us a later date I would be happy to work with Nicolas on 
> that.  Best,
> 
> (Of course, Nicolas, if you feel differently then let me know...)
> 
> E. M. (Max) Maximilien, Ph.D.
> IBM Almaden Research Center
> San Jose, CA USA
> maxim@xxxxxxxxxx
> Homepage: http://maximilien.org    (03)


> ontolog-forum-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx wrote on 02/03/2006 12:52:57 PM:
> 
>  >  > [Max] the new podcast schema (I think 2.0) which allows you
>  >  > to add some forms of annotations and pointers during the
>  >  > podcast.  So for instance you can add different images so
>  >  > that as the podcast plays, the image (we have none for now)
>  >  > that is displayed in iTunes would change.
>  >
>  > [ppy] re:image - the speakers' slide(s) would be a natural candidate!
>  >
>  >  > [Max] We should brainstorm and discuss some more.
>  >  > Nicolas/Peter (others) any suggestions on how to proceed?
>  >  > I am happy to continue via email and then do some live
>  >  > discussion.
>  >
>  > [ppy] ... something more concrete: how about organizing a
>  > two-part technical discussion series,
>  >
>  > (a) the first session surveying the relevant technology that's
>  > "out there" now: ... topic maps, swoop, folksonomy, UIMA ... etc.
>  > (especially those for unstructured and semistructured content), and
>  >
>  > (b) the second session devoted to a discussion on what we want to
>  > do (with the Ontolog content), and how we could proceed ... with
>  > this possibly leading up to another Ontolog project.
>  >
>  > We can do (a) as early as Feb. 16 or Feb. 23, 2006, if both of
>  > you (Nicolas and Max) are willing to co-moderate (and, obviously,
>  > co-organize) it. The challenge would be: Can you pull together
>  > the real gurus for that in short order? If the answer it yes,
>  > that would be just great!
>  >
>  > Additional volunteers and input from everyone are welcomed.
>  >
>  > Cheers.  =ppy
>  > --    (04)


>  > Michael Maximilien wrote Fri, 3 Feb 2006 11:52:33 -0800:
>  > >
>  > >  > Max: is podcasting ontolog forum discussions sufficiently 
> practical &
>  > >  > reasonable
>  > >  > in terms of resource demands to do on a systematic basis?
>  > >
>  > > Yes.
>  > >  
>  > >  > If yes, then this raises a number of interesting possibilities that
>  > >  > could help us better "digest our own ontology food"
>  > >
>  > > You mean 'dogfooding', I like that :-)
>  > >  
>  > >  > For example, Nicola Guarino used the famous "red rose" example 
> in his
>  > >  > presentation of DOLCE
>  > >  > (see 
> http://ontolog.cim3.net/cgi-bin/wiki.pl?ConferenceCall_2006_02_02)
>  > >
>  > > I just added his talk to the podcast.  
>  > >
>  > > (Just downloaded it so that I listen to it over the week-end :-)  I 
> had
>  > > to miss most of it...)
>  > >  
>  > >  > Wouldn't it be great then to be able to annotate the podcast w/ a
>  > >  > pointer to an example ontology built (for example)
>  > >  > using Swoop from the public URL of DOLCE in a way that includes 
> "back"
>  > >  > annotation links to the podcast
>  > >  > to establish a 3-way link among
>  > >
>  > > Yes.  This is very interesting indeed.
>  > >
>  > > In that same spirit but more from a engineering point of view, I would
>  > > also point the group (I am sure you are aware of this) to the UIMA
>  > > (http://uima-framework.sourceforge.net/) work and also the new podcast
>  > > schema (I think 2.0) which allows you to add some forms of annotations
>  > > and pointers during the podcast.  So for instance you can add 
> different
>  > > images so that as the podcast plays, the image (we have none for now)
>  > > that is displayed in iTunes would change.  
>  > >
>  > > What you are suggesting is a more generic version of that...  very 
> cool.
>  > >  
>  > >  > Annotations need to be "first-class" things that can themselves be
>  > >  > annotated.
>  > >  > In this case, the above annotation is an example of the distinction
>  > >  > between descriptions (3) and situations (1) in DOLCE.
>  > >
>  > > Yes.  
>  > >
>  > > BTW, (you probably know this as well) but here is a pointer to a paper
>  > > by Tom Gruber on folksonomy and ontology where he begins a model for
>  > > representing tagging and essentially making them "first-class".
>  > >
>  > > http://tomgruber.org/writing/ontology-of-folksonomy.htm
>  > >
>  > > (I believe, in addition to Peter, two or three others may have 
> suggested
>  > > Tom's paper to me---including John Domingue when I met him in A'dam
>  > > during ICSOC last November)
>  > >  
>  > >  > The mindswappers have shown that doing annotations and 
> referencing to
>  > >  > subsets of ontologies is technically doable.
>  > >  > One relevant question is whether the 
> tools/mechanisms/infrastructure to
>  > >  > do it could be deployed as an on-going service for this forum.
>  > >
>  > > Interesting.  It's doable.  There are a variety of possibilities,
>  > > including using/creating services that allow content to be
>  > > tagged/annotated and then composing/mashing that with the Wiki.  It
>  > > might take some engineering effort but definitely doable...
>  > >
>  > > We should brainstorm and discuss some more.  Nicolas/Peter (others) 
> any
>  > > suggestions on how to proceed?  I am happy to continue via email and
>  > > then do some live discussion.
>  > >
>  > > Best,
>  > >
>  > > E. M. (Max) Maximilien, Ph.D.
>  > > IBM Almaden Research Center
>  > > San Jose, CA USA
>  > > maxim@xxxxxxxxxx
>  > > Homepage: http://maximilien.org    (05)


>  > > ontolog-forum-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx wrote on 02/03/2006 11:15:29 AM:
>  > >
>  > >  > Thanks Peter for the heads-up/reminder.
>  > >  >
>  > >  > Max: is podcasting ontolog forum discussions sufficiently 
> practical &
>  > >  > reasonable
>  > >  > in terms of resource demands to do on a systematic basis?
>  > >  >
>  > >  > If yes, then this raises a number of interesting possibilities that
>  > >  > could help us better "digest our own ontology food"
>  > >  > with related technology support (e.g., Swoop's annotation support &
>  > >  > Annotea server, publicly available ontolgies
>  > >  > w/ sufficiently axiomatized content adequate for reasoning 
> analysis --
>  > >  > e.g., SUMO, DOLCE, ...)
>  > >  >
>  > >  > For example, Nicola Guarino used the famous "red rose" example 
> in his
>  > >  > presentation of DOLCE
>  > >  > (see 
> http://ontolog.cim3.net/cgi-bin/wiki.pl?ConferenceCall_2006_02_02)
>  > >  >
>  > >  > As Nicola emphasized at the end of his talk, small examples are 
> really
>  > >  > important to convey
>  > >  > and discuss important ideas like that of being able to precisely 
> capture
>  > >  > the subtle differences
>  > >  > on the various meanings of "red" in "red rose".
>  > >  >
>  > >  > Wouldn't it be great then to be able to annotate the podcast w/ a
>  > >  > pointer to an example ontology built (for example)
>  > >  > using Swoop from the public URL of DOLCE in a way that includes 
> "back"
>  > >  > annotation links to the podcast
>  > >  > to establish a 3-way link among
>  > >  >
>  > >  > (1) a subset of the example ontology that illustrates one of the
>  > >  > meanings of "red"
>  > >  > (2) a segment of the presentation where Nicola explains that 
> particular
>  > >  > meaning
>  > >  > (3) the description of that meaning in DOLCE
>  > >  >
>  > >  > Annotations need to be "first-class" things that can themselves be
>  > >  > annotated.
>  > >  > In this case, the above annotation is an example of the distinction
>  > >  > between descriptions (3) and situations (1) in DOLCE.
>  > >  >
>  > >  > The mindswappers have shown that doing annotations and 
> referencing to
>  > >  > subsets of ontologies is technically doable.
>  > >  > One relevant question is whether the 
> tools/mechanisms/infrastructure to
>  > >  > do it could be deployed as an on-going service for this forum.
>  > >  >
>  > >  > -- Nicolas.    (06)


>  > >  > Peter P. Yim wrote Wed, 01 Feb 2006 06:44:37 -0800:
>  > >  >
>  > >  > > Thank you very much, Max. This is great!
>  > >  > >
>  > >  > > See announcement at the Ontolog:WikiHomePage -
>  > >  > > http://ontolog.cim3.net/cgi-bin/wiki.pl?WikiHomePage#nidJMZ
>  > >  > > (and the ensuing details under the "Events" section.)
>  > >  > >
>  > >  > > Also, please refer to our discussion at last week's call 
> relating to
>  > >  > > this matter -
>  > >  > >
>  > > 
> http://ontolog.cim3.net/cgi-bin/wiki.pl?ConferenceCall_2006_01_26#nidJKM
>  > >  > >
>  > >  > > In particular, there is continuing work to maintain/enhance the
>  > >  > > podcast, and we need some volunteers (contact Max for details).
>  > >  > >
>  > >  > > More interestingly, an initiative that Nicolas Rouquette 
> alluded to
>  > >  > > before is now re-surfacing as a potential project for "tagging
>  > >  > > multimedia and other Ontolog content for podcast & semantic 
> search."
>  > >  > > ... let's discuss this. ... Better still, maybe we can even 
> devote a
>  > >  > > technical discussion session for it (Nicolas and Max, you want to
>  > >  > > co-organize this?)
>  > >  > >
>  > >  > > Thanks & regards.  =ppy
>  > >  > > --    (07)


>  > >  > > Michael Maximilien wrote Wed, 25 Jan 2006 12:58:23 -0800:
>  > >  > >
>  > >  > >>
>  > >  > >> Hi,
>  > >  > >>
>  > >  > >> 1) Podcast available on ONTOLOG forum Wiki.
>  > >  > >> http://ontolog.cim3.net/file/resource/podcast/ontolog-podcast.xml
>  > >  > >>
>  > >  > >> 2) Modified Wiki homepage to announce --- feel free to edit, add
>  > >  > >> images, or change text
>  > >  > >>
>  > >  > >> 3) Added all 2005 episodes -- I will gradually add more as time
>  > > permits
>  > >  > >>
>  > >  > >> 4) Registered podcast with iTunes and Yahoo podcast -- soon 
> you will
>  > >  > >> be able to search and subscribe directly from these sites
>  > >  > >>
>  > >  > >> 5) Tried RSS feed on iTunes and Safari --- works fine
>  > >  > >>
>  > >  > >> 6) Removed RSS feed from my site
>  > >  > >>
>  > >  > >> Thanks to Peter Yim for various assistance and making this 
> happen.  
>  > >  > >> Send me and Peter any feedback or better yet respond to this 
> email.
>  > >  > >>
>  > >  > >> If you have problem using then let me know.  Take care,
>  > >  > >>
>  > >  > >> E. M. (Max) Maximilien, Ph.D.
>  > >  > >> IBM Almaden Research Center
>  > >  > >> San Jose, CA USA
>  > >  > >> maxim@xxxxxxxxxx
>  > >  > >> Homepage: http://maximilien.org
>  >
>  >  >  > >> ...[snip]...
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