Dear Colleagues,
The Ontology Summit 2009, “Toward
Ontology-based Standards,” was held this week at the National Institute
of Standards and Technology (NIST), with representation from major standards
development organizations, industry, government, and academia. As is traditional
at these summits, a summit resolution and endorsement statement was released in
the form of a communiqué, and can be reviewed at http://ontolog.cim3.net/cgi-bin/wiki.pl?OntologySummit2009_Communique.
This email is to invite you, as an
interested practitioner, to be listed as an endorser of the communiqué, which
we hope will accelerate the incorporation of ontology practices in current and
future standards, yielding the benefits identified in the communiqué. If you
would like to be associated with this movement, please send an email to Peter
Yim (peter.yim@xxxxxxxx) and me (steve@xxxxxxxxxxx), and we will ensure your
name is listed as an endorser, or you can simply click here.
Note that the site carries a disclaimer
that your endorsement is made as an individual and not as a representative of
your organization.
We will be closing this invitation at the
end of Friday, April 17th, so please respond soon.
Best regards, and thanks for your support.
Steven R. Ray
Chair, Ontology Summit 2009