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Re: [ontolog-forum] Ontolog invited Speaker Presentation - Professor Ala

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From: Alan Rector <rector@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Sun, 10 Sep 2006 19:39:20 -0400
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Peter    (01)

What do you need from me for this. I should be able to get you slides  
for Tuesday. Hope that's OK.    (02)

Regards    (03)

Alan    (04)

On 8 Sep 2006, at 15:06, Peter Yim wrote:    (05)

> Ref: http://ontolog.cim3.net/cgi-bin/wiki.pl?ConferenceCall_2006_09_14
>
> *REMINDER*
>
> The subject talk is coming up next Thursday, 14-Sep-2006 (starting at
> 17:30 UTC / 6:30pm BST / 1:30pm EDT / 10:30am PDT).
>
> Professor Rector is a great lecturer. The talk he will be giving:
> "Terminologies and Ontologies: What are they for? What would it mean
> to QA an ontology?" will be addressing some of the very basic issues
> and assumptions in ontology development. This talk will provide a good
> lead up to our upcoming joint NIST-Ontolog-NCOR mini-series in
> "Measurement & Evaluation of Ontology, and Supporting Tools" too.
> Don't miss this ... come join us on Thursday!
>
> ... RSVP (by e-mailing the sender offline) if you are planning to
> attend and haven't already responded. We do need the response to
> prepare enough resources to support everyone's participation.
>
> We look forward to having you at the session.
>
> Regards.  =ppy
> -- 
>
>
> Peter P. Yim wrote Sun, 20 Aug 2006 20:58:06 -0700:
>> Ref: http://ontolog.cim3.net/cgi-bin/wiki.pl? 
>> ConferenceCall_2006_09_14
>
>> *ANNOUNCEMENT*
>>
>> We are pleased to announce that *Professor Alan Rector* from the  
>> University of Manchester (United Kingdom) will be presenting to  
>> the community his talk entitled: "Terminologies and Ontologies:  
>> What are they for? What would it mean to QA an ontology?"
>>
>> We take pleasure in inviting you to join us at this virtual event.
>>
>
>> *Conference call-in details*:
>>
>> Date: Thursday, 14-September-2006
>> Start Time:  17:30 UTC / 6:30pm BST / 1:30pm EDT / 10:30am PDT
>>   (World Time:
>> http://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/fixedtime.html? 
>> month=9&day=14&year=2006&hour=10&min=30&sec=0&p1=224)
>> Session Duration: ~2 Hours
>> Dial-in Number: +1-641-696-6600 (Iowa)
>> Participant Access Code: "686564#"
>> Shared-screen support will be available
>>
>
>> Topic: *Terminologies and Ontologies: What are they for*?
>>        *What would it mean to QA an ontology*?
>>
>
>> *Abstract*: (by Alan Rector)
>>
>> Terminologies and 'Ontologies' serve several disparate purposes:
>>
>>   o  Providing a controlled vocabulary and/or standard set of  
>> identifiers
>>   o  Providing a means of browsing and finding appropriate  
>> vocabulary or identifiers
>>   o  Providing the linguistic terms - synonyms, translations,  
>> etc.. - to go with the controlled vocabulary
>>   o  Cross mapping and translation between different systems
>>   o  Providing logical criteria which can be used for inference  
>> and query expansion
>>   o  Providing additional 'universal' or intrinsic information  
>> about the entities involved
>>   o  Serving as an index for other background knowledge and resources
>
>> Most current biomedical ontologies serve primarily the first three  
>> functions, with varying efforts towards formal logical criteria.  
>> However, there are aspirations, and sometimes claims, for more  
>> rigorous functions, and many standardisation efforts pre-suppose  
>> more and more formal structure.
>>
>> Each of these functions implies criteria for quality assurance.  
>> For example, for managing controlled vocabularies, process issues  
>> such as version control and coverage are most critical. Browsing  
>> raises issues of human computer interaction, and language raises  
>> its own issues. The last three all require a degree of logical  
>> coherence and rigour.
>>
>> In addition to many biomedical ontologies, scaling is critical.  
>> Biomedical ontologies are large and potentially combinatorially  
>> explosive. For some applications, small enumerated terminologies  
>> are sufficient. For others, indefinitely large compositional  
>> ontologies that cannot, in principle, be pre-enumerated are required.
>>
>> Finally almost all ontologies are based on many poorly articulated  
>> assumptions. Any quality assurance methodology must take account  
>> both of what can be understood independent of consultation with  
>> the originators and what conclusions can be reached after  
>> consultation with the originators.
>>
>> Overall we propose an approach to quality along two dimensions -  
>> process and content - and a two stage process - the first  
>> independent of consultation with the originating authority, the  
>> second in consultation with the originating authority.
>>
>
>> *About the Speaker*:
>>
>> *Professor Alan Rector* is Professor of Medical Informatics in the  
>> School of Computer Science at University of Manchester. He  
>> currently leads the MRC funded E-Science Projects CLEF/CLEF- 
>> Services and the JISC/EPSRC jointly funded CO-ODE/HyOntUse  
>> projects on ontology development tools. His research interests are  
>> in knowledge representation and management, user interface design,  
>> and practical support of clinical patient care. He has led the MRC/ 
>> DoH funded PEN&PAD programme on user centred design of intelligent  
>> clinical interfaces, the EC funded GALEN programme a large  
>> reference ontology for clinical medicine. He is a member of the  
>> W3C Semantic Web Best Practices Working Group and on HL7, CEN and  
>> ISO working groups on healthcare terminology. In 2003 he was  
>> awarded the first BCS Award for Lifetime Achievement in Health  
>> Informatics. Address: School of Computer Science, University of  
>> Manchester, Manchester M13 9PL. email: rector-at-cs.man.ac.uk
>>
>
>> *Refer to details on the session wiki page at*:
>> http://ontolog.cim3.net/cgi-bin/wiki.pl?ConferenceCall_2006_09_14
>>
>
>> This will be a virtual session over an augmented conference call.  
>> The session is expected to start with a 45 min. ~ 1 Hour  
>> presentation followed by an extended discussion between the  
>> participants and the speaker. The entire session will be recorded  
>> and made available as open content under the prevailing Ontolog  
>> IPR policy (see: http://ontolog.cim3.net/cgi-bin/wiki.pl? 
>> WikiHomePage#nid32).
>
>> As usual, this Ontolog event is open to all. I look forward to  
>> having you at this session. Please pass the announcement along to  
>> those who might be interested to join us too.
>
>> *RSVP* by by emailing me at <peter.yim@xxxxxxxx> offline.
>>
>>
>> Regards. =ppy
>>
>> Peter P. Yim
>> Co-convener, Ontolog
>
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Alan Rector
Professor of Medical Informatics
School of Computer Science
University of Manchester
Manchester M13 9PL, UK
TEL +44 (0) 161 275 6149/6188
FAX +44 (0) 161 275 6204
www.cs.man.ac.uk/mig
www.clinical-esciences.org
www.co-ode.org    (07)



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