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Re: [ontolog-forum] what is open ontology?

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From: "Peter Yim" <peter.yim@xxxxxxxx>
Date: Mon, 21 Apr 2008 10:01:31 -0700
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Paola et al. ... if this discussion is specifically related to the OOR
theme of OntologySummit2008, please use the [ontology-summit] list
(instead of [ontolog-forum] - our general discussion list). We
actually have champions who are trying to synthesize the discussion
there.  =ppy
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On Mon, Apr 21, 2008 at 9:56 AM,  <paola.dimaio@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
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> > Well, what would it mean to say that a Word document was 'open'?
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> I am not sure I see the analogy, however there would be a loong discussion
> around a statement above, and related assumptions, but I dont think its
> central
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> > An ontology is a (document consisting of) a collection of formal
> sentences. You can read the document: how much more 'open' can it get?
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> The document is a repository, the ontology cosists of formal statements
> and thats where the question of 'openness' is key and a major challenge
> today, in particular in the light of collaborative technologies etc etc
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> The opennes of the repository is important, however  it is secondary to the
> openness of the statements, (whatever that may mean, require and imply,
> which needs to be discussed)
> Whithout defining the latter, the former cannot be established meaningfully.
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> pdm
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> > a repository is only a repository, and debating its opennes is interesting
> but
> > an open ontology, as in 'collaboratively deleveloped, adaptive,
> transforming, accessible, usable, multifaceted ontologies  are  key
> challenges  to ontology engineering , and open repositories are only an
> aspect
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> > looking at the repository as being the answer to the opennes of an
> ontology is trivialising
> > the collective intelligence aspef of ontology engineering, which in my
> view comes before
> > the repository aspect is discussed
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> > PDM
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> > My early take linked below, I would be happy to share notes on the work
> done in this last year, as well as to hear how the work of this summit is
> related or differs to the points below
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> > http://ontolog.cim3.net/cgi-bin/wiki.pl?PaolaDiMaio/Towards_OpenOntology
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