On Thu, December 23, 2010 14:36, Christopher Menzel said:
> ...
> Until ontological engineers, like engineers of every other other stripe,
> can be assumed to have a well-defined baseline of knowledge and a basic
> technical skills, an endless repetition of elementary modeling errors ... (01)
Before a professional engineer of any other stripe is allowed to promote
herself as an engineer s/he has to be certified as qualified to do so.
Without a similar rigorous certification process, anyone could hang out a
shingle as an "ontological engineer". (02)
Perhaps some body should design such a certification process and
provide certificates to those who manage to pass. (03)
> We trust every new bridge that is
> built to hold us up (in part) because of the knowledge and skill of the
> engineers who designed it; sound bridges that perform their function
> reliably are the norm, not the exception. (04)
Nowadays. It was different in the 19th Century, before certification
was required. Bridges fell down. Dams collapsed. Ontologies proved F
-- oh wait, that's today. (05)
-- doug f (06)
> Why should it be any different
> for ontologies?
>
> Chris Menzel
>
>
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