John F. Sowa wrote:
> I agree. In fact, that is one reason why I believe that this project
> should be hosted on neutral grounds, rather than an organization that
> is dedicated to one specific technology or family of technologies.
>
>
This is important.
> Absolutely. And the metadata should also include (or at least point to)
> reviews, evaluations, and case studies of applications of each ontologyna
> by people other than the developers.
>
>
I think that the reviews and statements of compatibility between
overlapping and complementary ontologies will be needed provide users
with the ability to pick components to incorporate into applications.
> PC> The biggest problem I anticipate is simply that [the project] is
> > very complex and time-consuming, and in the absence of funding will
> > move very slowly.
>
> Actually, it is extremely modular, and each step along the way is
> useful by itself. For example, step #1 could consist of a one-level
> hierarchy that contains several different ontologies hanging off the
> top node: OpenCyc, SUMO, DOLCE, BFO, etc.
>
> Most of the work would consist of developing guidelines that specify
> formats, the kind of information that should be included, and the
> various topics we have been discussing in this and other notes.
> The actual work of massaging the ontologies and gathering whatever
> information should be included would be done by the people who
> develop each ontology (or some user group associated with it).
>
>
I agree. The organizations that use the components will have an interest
in funding organizations that commit to creation on the actual data. (01)
> SourceForge is an example of an organization that maintains an
> open-ended number of contributions with a minimal amount of funding.
> But we should go several steps beyond SourceForge in vetting the
> contributions and ensuring that they meet the guidelines.
>
>
Peer review and an editorial board in any subject area that attracts a
lot of authors will likely resolve this issue organically. Wikipedia is
a decent model of how a large number of people can contribute with some
level of usability of the final product.
Standards bodies would have an interest in providing editorial support
for their areas of expertise.
> The number of steps beyond SourceForge depends on two things:
> money and/or volunteers. With enough volunteers, you don't
> need much money. With enough money, you can buy volunteers.
> And with some promising initial steps, I would hope we could
> attract some of both.
>
>
Once there is some evidence of progress, funding will flow to the
project. This will grow as large organizations start to incorporate the
ontologies into their critical processes. For example, banks,
regulators, financial institutions, etc. will fund the ontology
development that creates the underpinnings of their transaction
processing and regulatory reporting system. They will not wait for a
volunteer to document their next financial instrument.
The ontologies used to support the medical billing transactions between
providers, insurance companies and government will not be short of friends. (02)
> John
>
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