I concur. For the time being I'm simply auto-filing the many messages, and will
resume reading them when the tempo decreases. In the long run, I think there
will be unnecessary confusion over many different mail addresses if we split it
up. (01)
- Steve Ray (temporarily connected to the internet) (02)
Quoting Kathleen A Ellis <ELLIS_KATHLEEN_A@xxxxxxxxx>: (03)
> Peter,
>
> I'm a librarian and belong to "taxonomy, thesauri, ontology" group. I
> joined this list to learn more about ontologies and the technology behind
> them and haven't been disappointed. I expect and accept that I will have a
> hard time following some of the discussions. I don't think that you should
> segregate into more lists. I agree with John Sowa the volume will drop
> eventually.
>
> Kathy
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> Peter Yim
> <peter.yim@xxxxxx
> om> To
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> Subject
> Re: [ontolog-forum] spinning-off
> 03/21/2007 11:27 the volume traffic from the
> PM general discussion list
>
>
> Please respond to
> "[ontolog-forum]
> "
> <ontolog-forum@on
> tolog.cim3.net>
>
>
>
>
>
>
> John et al.,
>
> Good insight, John. ... I agree.
>
> Therefore, if we were to segregate into more lists, it probably should
> come from the notion that:
>
> (a) [ontolog-forum] remians the general discussion list, which also
> serves as the marker of Ontolog community membership.
>
> (b) other lists should best be created for:
>
> (b.1) special purposes: like "announcements" (where a broadcast list
> function is needed, and which actually differs from that of a
> discussion list), "admin", "test", ... etc., or
>
> (b.2) the purpose of helping cluster sub-groups of the overall
> membership by their interests or activities.
>
> With the Ontology Summit 2007 initiative, with the theme of "Ontology,
> Taxonomy, Folksonmy: Understanding the Distinctions" we are actually
> expanding the reach of our membership to cover constituencies that
> never used to be prominently represented in the Ontolog membership
> before (while we may or may not succeed in the endeavor, I purport
> that it is a good thing.)
>
> Therefore, with an expanded representation, the pertinent question is
> "Are all members (now and coming) interested in the same discussions?
> (volume aside)" ... if so, maybe we shouldn't consider spinning some
> of the discussion to a new list at all. If not, then, we should at
> least give the matter due consideration in this light (although that
> still doesn't mean we need to split).
>
> Along the same line of thought, we actually have both "formal" and
> "informal" ontology in our charter. Are these the same (cluster of)
> people, or naturally different clusters ?
>
> I am personally in favor of the general "membership discourse" staying
> on one list ... because there is so much we can learn from one
> another, even (especially?) when we are NOT from the same constituency
> ... I believe a lot of value can be derived from it.
>
> ... it is when we go into specific projects (where there are 'real
> world' constraints like schedules, deadlines, deliverables, team
> organization and structures, ...etc.) that we need specific
> project-based lists (for the specific team members of the project.)
> .... and that is almost WHAT WE HAVE NOW.
>
> So, maybe proper client-side message filtering could do the trick
> after all. And, as Duane suggested earlier (and Chris Menzel actually
> started, a while back, ref:
> http://ontolog.cim3.net/forum/ontolog-forum/2007-02/msg00036.html), we
> should put effort into helping people set up their message filters,
> instead.
>
> Did you mean to suggest that we should stay put, John?
>
> Anyone else ... other thoughts?
>
> Regards. =ppy
> --
>
>
> On 3/21/07, John F. Sowa <sowa@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> > Peter,
> >
> > I realize that the volume has been rather high lately,
> > but I suspect that it won't remain so high.
> >
> > What often happens on many email lists is that a few
> > issues come up that many people are concerned about.
> > That will stimulate some heated exchanges over a
> > period of a week or two.
> >
> > But after a while, everybody has more or less exhausted
> > what they had to say on that range of issues, and the
> > list becomes much quieter.
> >
> > I doubt that the high level of activity on this list
> > will last much longer.
> >
> > John
> >
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