Dear Mike,
As a matter of interest, how would you explain our business-facing views of the ontology to a business audience without using either technical terms nor academic words? I am sure my efforts can be improved upon.
[MW>] I would avoid defining or explaining terms they were not familiar with. That is I would only show and talk about terms from the lower levels of the ontology and explain what it would do for them, rather than what it means. The most you need to say about the upper levels is that it has an organizing function that brings technical benefits.
Also what would you do to make it clearer that Section 6 is not the introduction? This material was originally in an annex, clearly marked as being for a business audience and explaining the jargon-free business views that we provide. Someone at the OMG suggested that this was a more accessible introduction than the more technically correct material in the introduction so we moved it, but I see that the material setting out the intended audience for each section has not been noticed.
[MW>] If you’re going to have a business introduction/Executive Summary as I’ve suggested above, then you are going to need a technical introduction, but I gather you do have that, so as you say, the key is to set out the target audience. In Shell documents, the target audience was an explicit section heading.
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On 22/12/2014 21:54, Michael Brunnbauer wrote:
Hello Ray,
On Tue, Dec 16, 2014 at 11:13:34AM -0500, Ray Martin wrote:
Some day we will be able to toss a maniacal debate into a machine reasoner and receive only those comments that lead to progress. All the horn blowing, self-pumping statements will be eliminated. It is gonna be a great day! Have no fear of the mean-spirited. Useful application will prevail.
I bet that without Pat, there would have been no progress at all. He created
the most relevant message of the thread. He was the one that cared to examine
others work and point errors out as such. Do you have an abundance of such
people? I perceive them as rare.
Maybe the rest of the ontology is useful (I did not look at it). But someone
familiar with the fundamentals who reads such an introduction has a good
reason not to read any further.
Regards,
Michael Brunnbauer
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