Thanks Peter, (01)
Hurrah! And on to moving forward. (02)
I hope to see and meet all of you at the Ontolog
Forum Workshop Sunday, July 23, 2006 as part of
the Ninth International Prot�g� Conference at
Stanford University, James H. Clark Center. (03)
Regards,
Rex (04)
At 7:28 AM -0700 7/21/06, Peter P. Yim wrote:
> > .. The ballot will be open for seven (7) calendar days from the
>> time-stamp of this message. At the end of that, if we get two
>> or more 'objections', we will make an attempt to get and count
>> the votes from all active members. If we do not have two or
>> more 'objections', we will consider this motion as having been
>> adopted by the Ontolog Community.
>
>The ballot is now closed. There being no objections, the motion:
>
> "That the Ontolog community offer NCOR to be
>an 'Ontolog Partner' and to accept to be an
>'NCOR Partner' if so offered."
>
>.... is adopted by the Ontolog Community.
>
>We do have an offer from NCOR, as relayed
>earlier, by Professor Barry Smith, indicating
>that he and Professor Mark Musen will be
>delighted to have the Ontolog Forum as an NCOR
>Partner.
>
>By including Barry and Mark in this message
>routing, we want to thank them and to confirm
>Ontolog's acceptance to be an 'NCOR partner.' We
>would also like to take the opportunity to
>reciprocate and extend our offer to NCOR to be
>an 'Ontolog Partner.'
>
>We shall look forward to the two communities to
>collaborate and advance our common cause in the
>future.
>
>Thank you all. =ppy
>--
>
>
>Peter P. Yim wrote Fri, 14 Jul 2006 07:05:41 -0700:
>>Dear Ontolog Members,
>>
>>
>>Further to the motion on the subject matter
>>brought up on 7-Jul-2006 (ref:
>>http://ontolog.cim3.net/forum//ontolog-forum/2006-07/msg00005.html#nid013
>>), the 7 days we set aside for discussion has
>>come and gone. Here is a summary of the
>>responses received on the motion as brought up
>>by Peter Yim:
>>
>> o Two members, Bill McCarthy (Michigan State
>>U.) and Rex Brooks (Starbourne), seconded the
>>motion.
>>
>> o Six other members posted in support of the
>>motion. They included: Steven Ray (NIST), Jack
>>Park (SRI), Patrick Cassidy (MITRE), Charles
>>Turnitsa (Old Dominion U. Research Foundation),
>>Naijun Zhou (U. of Maryland College Park) and
>>Bo Newman (KM Forum).
>>
>> o one input was received from Scott Spangler
>>(IBM) requesting to be removed from the mailing
>>list.
>>
>> o No input was received to amend or update the wording of the motion.
>>
>>
>>We shall now put the motion to the vote ...
>>
>>It has been moved, on terms of reference cited
>>before (under -
>>http://ontolog.cim3.net/forum//ontolog-forum/2006-07/msg00005.html#nid03):
>>
>> "That the Ontolog community offer NCOR to be
>>an 'Ontolog Partner' and to accept to be an
>>'NCOR Partner' if so offered."
>>
>>We shall make a first attempt to adopt the motion summarily (precedence ref:
>>http://ontolog.cim3.net/forum//ontolog-forum/2005-06/msg00059.html#nid05)
>>with the following process:
>>
>> "The ballot will be open for seven (7) calendar days from the
>>time-stamp of this message. At the end of that, if we get two or
>>more 'objections', we will make an attempt to get and count the
>>votes from all active members. If we do not have two or more
>>'objections', we will consider this motion as having been adopted
>>by the Ontolog Community."
>>
>>
>>As such, please make a post ONLY if (a) you are
>>a registered active member of this community,
>>and (b) that you object to our adopting this
>>motion. Please state clearly THAT YOU OBJECT TO
>>ADOPTING THIS MOTION.
>>
>>IF YOU AGREE AND SUPPORT THIS MOTION, YOU DON'T
>>HAVE TO DO ANYTHING (for now).
>>
>>
>>Thank you. =ppy
>>
>>Peter Yim
>>Co-convener, Ontolog
>>--
>
>
>>Peter P. Yim wrote Fri, 07 Jul 2006 10:59:27 -0700:
>>>Thank you for the support, Bill, Rex, Steve and Jack!
>>
>>>I just realized that I did not even remember
>>>to explain who/what NCOR is (especially for
>>>those who are new in the community, or those
>>>who are unfamiliar with the acronym). Here
>>>goes:
>>
>>>NCOR is the US National Center for Ontological
>>>Research inaugurated on 27-Oct-2005. NCOR is
>>>led by its two Directors: Professor Barry
>>>Smith of SUNY Buffalo (ref:
>>>http://ontolog.cim3.net/cgi-bin/wiki.pl?BarrySmith)
>>>and Professor Mark Musen of Stanford (ref:
>>>http://ontolog.cim3.net/cgi-bin/wiki.pl?MarkMusen).
>>>
>>>NCOR has the goal of advancing ontological
>>>investigation within the United States. It
>>>will serve as a vehicle to coordinate, to
>>>enhance, to publicize, and to seek funding for
>>>ontological research activities in its two
>>>principal sites and in its partner
>>>institutions. A special focus will be on the
>>>establishment of tools and measures for
>>>quality assurance of ontologies.
>>>
>>>NCOR will provide coordination,
>>>infrastructure, and other forms of support for
>>>investigators working in the United States on
>>>theoretical ontology and on applications in
>>>fields such as ontology of the sciences,
>>>spatial and cognitive ontology, terminological
>>>systems, enterprise ontology and in a variety
>>>of defense- and homeland security-related
>>>projects.
>>>
>>>It will also provide US researchers working in
>>>ontology-related areas with specialized
>>>support in seeking external funding and in
>>>assembling collaborative, interdisciplinary
>>>teams both nationally and internationally. It
>>>will aid the coordination of ontological
>>>projects being pursued by its partner
>>>institutions and also develop resources for
>>>the implementation and evaluation of
>>>ontologies. The Center will also engage in
>>>outreach endeavors that are designed to
>>>broaden the range of institutions and
>>>individuals accepting the goals of high
>>>quality ontology in both theory and practice.
>>>
>>>Ref: http://ncor.us
>>>& http://ontolog.cim3.net/forum//ontolog-forum/2005-08/msg00000.html
>>>
>>>Regards. =ppy
>>>--
>
>
>>>Jack Park wrote Fri, 07 Jul 2006 09:30:55 -0700:
>>>>What Rex said (if I'm qualified to chime in!)
>>>>Jack
>
>
>>>>Steve Ray wrote Fri, 7 Jul 2006 10:55:30 -0400:
>>>>>Great idea. I wholeheartedly support this.
>
>
>>>Rex Brooks wrote Fri, 7 Jul 2006 05:53:39 -0700:
>>> > I second this motion.
>>> >
>>> > Sincerely,
>>> > Rex Brooks
>
>
>>>McCarthy, William wrote Fri, 7 Jul 2006 07:30:36 -0400:
>>> > I second Peter's NCOR Partnership motion.
>>> >
>>> > Bill McCarthy
>>> > Michigan State
>
>
>>>>>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
>>>>>>--
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