I am definitely in favor of alignment with NCOR. This should certainly prove to be a valuable relationship. Chuck Charles Turnitsa Project Scientist Virginia Modeling, Analysis & Simulation Center Old Dominion University Research Foundation 7000 College Drive Suffolk, Virginia 23435 (757) 638-6315 (voice) (757) 686-6214 (fax) cturnits@xxxxxxx
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To: "[ontolog-forum]" <ontolog-forum@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> From: Jack Park <jack.park@xxxxxxx> Sent by: ontolog-forum-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Date: 07/07/2006 12:30PM Subject: Re: [ontolog-forum] NCOR Partnership
What Rex said (if I'm qualified to chime in!)
Jack
Steve Ray wrote:
Great idea. I wholeheartedly support this. -----Original Message----- From: ontolog-forum-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
[ mailto:ontolog-forum-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx ] On Behalf Of Rex Brooks Sent: Friday, July 07, 2006 8:54 AM To: [ontolog-forum] Cc: [ontolog-admin] Subject: Re: [ontolog-forum] NCOR Partnership I second this motion. Sincerely, Rex Brooks At 4:02 AM -0700 7/7/06, Peter P. Yim wrote:
Those who have been attending our planning meetings will recall that we have had the item: "NCOR relationship" listed as "pending" for months now. I am pleased to report that we (through exchanges between myself, Barry Smith and Mark Musen) are making very good progress lately, and are poised to establish a Two-Way Partnership Relationship between Ontolog and NCOR (once we get all the formalities out of the way). On our part, what needs to be done is that we put forth a motion, and get that adopted by this community. Terms of Reference: According to the NCOR Statutes, they are expecting NCOR partners to be: "institutions and research groups in academia, industry and government (that) have a proven track record of excellence in ontological research or in the application of ontology to the solving of concrete problems. In addition they should be committed to NCOR's primary goal of raising the quality of ontological research and development through development and testing of objective measures of quality. NCOR partner will also have obligations: o to contribute to NCOR's broader goals of coordination and evaluation of ontology research; o to help steer NCOR's work in a direction that makes sense for their respective constituency; o to help publicize NCOR's goals in their respective constituency; o to inform the Executive Committee about funding opportunities, and o to provide real problems which can be used to test ontologies developed by other NCOR partners." I believe Ontolog qualifies. Additionally, I reckon that we (Ontolog) will readily accept as 'partner' any organization that shares our vision and mission as stated in the Ontolog's Charter (ref: http://ontolog.cim3.net/cgi-bin/wiki.pl?WikiHomePage#nidB ) and is willing to join us in advancing that mission. In the case of NCOR, I trust that a two-way Partnership between our two organizations (NCOR and Ontolog) will potentially bring about synergies that will benefit practitioners and users of ontologies or ontology-related work. Motion: I, therefore, move: "That the Ontolog community offer NCOR to be an 'Ontolog Partner' and to accept to be an 'NCOR Partner' if so offered." Due Process: (a) I need an active Ontolog member to second the motion. (b) For the next 7 calendar days, we'll open this up for discussion (via this virtual forum), suggestions or amendments. (c) After that we'll re-state the (possibly updated) motion and put it to the vote. The ballot shall be open for 7 calendar days (during which active members will vote by e-mail.) We may adopt this summarily if there are no objections. (precedence ref: http://ontolog.cim3.net/forum//ontolog-forum/2005-06/msg00059.html#nid0
5) If we are lucky, we may be able to adopt this in time to allow us to announce this during the upcoming Ontolog Face-to-Face Meeting which commences on 23-Jul-2006. As such, your prompt response are solicited and appreciated. Feel free to post any question you may have on the matter. Thanks & regards. =ppy Peter P. Yim Co-convener, Ontolog -- _________________________________________________________________ Message Archives: http://ontolog.cim3.net/forum/ontolog-forum/
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