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From: Matthew West <dr.matthew.west@xxxxxxxxx>
Date: Thu, 16 Apr 2009 08:44:54 +0100
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Dear Duane,    (01)

> I am doing a talk in Orlando in two days entitled ³Demystifying Search
> Ontology².  While not strictly related to search (the conference
> marketers
> though the title, written as below, would draw more people), this is a
> good
> chance to get in front of a few hundred CIO, CTO types and be able to
> explain the benefits of or even introduce ontology work within an
> enterprise.  Of course I plan to heavily promote this forum ;-)
> 
> What I would like to ask is for some concrete ideas that will allow
> these
> people to walk away with project ideas for their associations that can
> be
> implemented or started right away.    (02)

[MW] Well if the audience really does consist of CIOs and CTOs, my focus
would be on information quality, and what can ontology do to support/improve
that.    (03)

Information quality is an easy sell because business decisions are fuelled
by information, and bad quality information increases the risk of poor
quality decisions.    (04)

There are a number of areas where ontology can help with information
quality, but in particular:
 - Relevance - What process does the information support decisions in? (or
the other way round, what information do you  need to support your
processes?)
 - Clarity - what does the information really mean?
 - Consistency/compatibility - how do you get information from different
parts of your organization to come together?    (05)

I guess you can join the dots on how ontology contributes to these.    (06)

Regards    (07)

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> 
> Talk advertisement:
> 
> Demystifying Search Ontology: What is Google Doing That You¹re Not?
> SALON 2
> 
> Duane Nickull, Senior Technical Evangelist, Adobe Systems
> 
> Things are not defined by the labels we give them. If they were, then
> search
> would be a simple matter of assigning labels to everything. The
> discipline
> of ontology says that the label is only part of the story. Ontology is
> the
> power behind semantic search engines such as Google. What¹s the best-
> kept
> secret about ontology?
> 
> Learning Outcomes:
> 
> ? Walk away with 10 ontology ideas for your association that can be
> implemented right away, using the resources you own.
> 
> ? Learn to assess the potential ROI on each of these ideas.
> 
> ? Identify small steps to implement ontology that will increase value
> to
> members and extract information about your members using data you
> already
> possess.
> 
> Who Should Attend? Association leaders who want to deliver greater
> member
> value, without having to spend money to get started; who want to learn
> about
> the power behind effective search and how to tap into it.
> 
> 
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