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Re: [ontolog-forum] What is an Ontologist?

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From: Pat Hayes <phayes@xxxxxxx>
Date: Fri, 17 Jan 2014 18:25:21 -0600
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Kingsley, I have always liked the title my son Robin once used in his 
profession, "World Designer".     (01)

Pat    (02)

On Jan 17, 2014, at 5:17 PM, Kingsley Idehen <kidehen@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:    (03)

> All,
> 
> I am sure many of you have been asked one of the following questions over the 
>years:
> 
> 1. What is an Ontologist? 
> 2. Are you an Ontologist? 
> 3. Do you have an Ontologist in your organization? 
> 
> Anyway, in our buzzword (and buzz-phrase) oriented world, we do have to 
>provide answers to these kinds of questions, for sure. Unfortunately, being 
>referred to as an Ontologist (circa. 2014) doesn't deliver the same kind of 
>sizzle that's associated with Data Scientist. 
> 
> Bearing in mind our buzzword laden reality,  what's a meaningful and 
>zeitgeist friendly alternative for Ontologist, bearing in mind we know it 
>doesn't imply Data Scientist ? 
> 
> Personally, I've always considered Ontologists to be Data Artists due to the 
>artistry that goes into creating a usable ontology aimed at enabling 
>conceptual views over heterogeneously shaped data :-)
> 
> Why is this important? 
> 
> Bridging Ontologies, Big Data, Open Data, Linked Open Data, and the Semantic 
>Web is a strategic goal of the 2014 ontolog conference series. 
> -- 
> 
> Regards,
> 
> Kingsley Idehen             
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