Re: [ontolog-forum] An Ontologist's Hippocratic Oath>

["Obrst, Leo J." <lobrst@xxxxxxxxx>]

Duane,

 

You’ve  hit on the primary rationale for the Open Ontology Registry (OOR), an effort that has been ongoing here at Ontolog since Ontology Summit 2008.

 

OOR: http://ontolog.cim3.net/cgi-bin/wiki.pl?OpenOntologyRepository.

Ontology Summit 2008: Towards an Open Ontology Repository: http://ontolog.cim3.net/cgi-bin/wiki.pl?OntologySummit2008.

Ontology Summit 2008 Communique: http://ontolog.cim3.net/cgi-bin/wiki.pl?OntologySummit2008_Communique.

 

Thanks,

Leo

 

From: ontolog-forum-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:ontolog-forum-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Duane Nickull
Sent: Saturday, February 09, 2013 2:16 PM
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Subject: Re: [ontolog-forum] An Ontologist's Hippocratic Oath>

 

On the serious side, addressing your first bullet below,  has anyone ever taken steps to help others identify if an ontology exists that is suitable (perhaps from a global registry of ontologies)?   In standards bodies we had the same problem.  To many people producing competing standards.  Some organizations introduced a litmus test that was unique to the organization and the establishment of a JTC liaison was introduced to help reduce overlap.

 

It might be worthy community endeavour to use something like CKAN to set up and run a registry of ontology work in the public domain.   The cost savings of not duplicating others work would be enormous.

 

OK – now on the the sarcastic side of things:

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I will vigorously argue my position on the Ontolog Forum until we all agree that the cause the the different points of views was once again a failure to clarify the meaning of a single term.

<duck>

 

;-)

 

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From: Barry Smith <phismith@xxxxxxxxxxx>
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Date: Friday, 8 February, 2013 1:30 PM
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Subject: Re: [ontolog-forum] An Ontologist's Hippocratic Oath>

 

These are suggested principles for such a code which I defended at the 3rd International Conference on Biomedical Ontology in Graz last year:

 

1. I hereby swear that I will reuse existing ontology content wherever possible

2. I hereby swear that whenever I reuse terms from an existing ontology, I will keep their original source IDs

3. I hereby swear that before releasing an ontology I will aggressively test it in multiple independent real-world applications

4. I hereby swear that before committing a new term and definition to an ontology I will always think first

BS

 

On Fri, Feb 8, 2013 at 3:48 PM, Gary Berg-Cross <gbergcross@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

Following the mortgage meltdown that prompted the current crisis were those theoretical constructs known as financial models Emanuel Derman and Paul Wlmott had an article that appeared in Bloomberg Business week called “The Modelers' Hippocratic Oath”

In the article they listed the oath and I thought it might be of interest and amusing to the Ontolog community and adapted it slightly as:

An Ontologist's Hippocratic Oath

 

~ I will remember that I didn't make the world, and it doesn't exist to make my formal ontology and its taxonomies look good.

~ Though I will use models boldly to enhance data and information understanding, I will not be overly impressed by them.

~ I will never sacrifice reality for elegance without explaining why I have done so.

~ Nor will I give the people who use my ontological models false comfort about its accuracy. Instead, I will make explicit its assumptions and oversights.

~ I understand (and hope) that if done well my work may eventually have significant effects on information science, society and its economy, many of them beyond my comprehension.

 

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