Re: [ontology-summit] Ontology Summit 2007 Survey

["Peter Yim" <peter.yim@xxxxxxxx>]

Thank you for the feedback, Michael. ... Let me attempt to provide a few examples (3 blocks from question 4) below:

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4.   In this section, we provide 8 sub-sections (one for each "term" or "artifiact"), where  we seek you input on:

    * (A)   what you (or members of your constituency) mean when you use the term "ontology" or other ontology-related terms (such as "taxonomy", "schema", "tag cloud") that are commonly used in your community;
    * (B)   representative ontology or ontology-related artifacts (such as "BFO", "PSL", "Dublin Core", "Gene Ontology", "NCI Thesaurus", "WordNet", "FOAF", "
deli.cio.us tag cloud" , ... etc.) which you can enter independently or as a representative example of a "term"; and
    * (C)  any additional remarks about the cited "artifact" (or implementations of  the cited "term"), for example, how it is used (for: Information integration, Classification, Reasoning, Indexing/Retrieval, Data exchange, ... etc.), issues encountered, improvement wish list, etc.

4aGlossary. Ontology-related 'vocabulary' and representative 'artifact' from your constituency or community:

    (A.1) Term - ontology
    (A.2) Gloss / definition - 
An ontology is a specification of a conceptualization (Tom Gruber)
    (A.3) Reference (citation/url) - 
http://www-ksl.stanford.edu/kst/what-is-an-ontology.html
    (B.1) Artifact (name/version) 	
    (B.2) - Artifact Ref. (url)	

4a1CalledAnOntology. On a scale of 1 to 5, (where 1 means totally unlikely and 5 means almost always), would the above term or artifact be referred to as an "ontology" in your community?

    1 - totally unlikely
    2 - rarely
    3 - sometimes
    4 - quite often
    5 - almost always

4a2AdditionalRemarks.  (C)  Please provide additional remarks on the cited artifact below (how it is applied, issues encountered, improvement wish list, etc.):

4bGlossary. Ontology-related 'vocabulary' and representative 'artifact' from your constituency or community:

    Term - upper ontology
    Gloss / definition - 
An upper ontology is limited to concepts that are meta, generic, abstract and philosophical, and therefore are general enough to address (at a high level) a broad range of domain areas. Concepts specific to given domains will not be included; however, this standard will provide a structure and a set of general concepts upon which domain ontologies (
e.g. medical, financial, engineering, etc.) could be constructed.
    Reference (citation/url) - http://suo.ieee.org/
    Artifact (name/version) - 
SUMO
    - Artifact Ref. (url) - http://sigma.ontologyportal.or
g:4010/sigma/Browse.jsp?kb=SUMO&lang=en

4b1CalledAnOntology. On a scale of 1 to 5, (where 1 means totally unlikely and 5 means almost always), would the above term or artifact be referred to as an "ontology" in your community?

    1 - totally unlikely
    2 - rarely
    3 - sometimes
    4 - quite often
   [5]- almost always

4b2AdditionalRemarks.  Please provide additional remarks on the cited artifact below (how it is applied, issues encountered, improvement wish list, etc.): - 
Re: "Upper Ontology", please refer also to http://ontolog.cim3.net/cgi-bin/wiki.pl?UpperOntologySummit

4cGlossary. Ontology-related 'vocabulary' and representative 'artifact' from your constituency or community:

    Term - metadata
    Gloss / definition - 
data about data
    Reference (citation/url) - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/M
etadata	
    Artifact (name/version) - Dublin Core
    - Artifact Ref. (url) - http://dublincore.org/
	

4c1CalledAnOntology. On a scale of 1 to 5, (where 1 means totally unlikely and 5 means almost always), would the above term or artifact be referred to as an "ontology" in your community?

    1 - totally unlikely
    2 - rarely
   [3] - sometimes
    4 - quite often
    5 - almost always

4c2AdditionalRemarks.  Please provide additional remarks on the cited artifact below (how it is applied, issues encountered, improvement wish list, etc.):

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In addition to the remarks (4. (a), (b) & (c)) at the beginning of the section, it may be useful for respondants to realize that entries to any field is optional.

>  [MU] Is a given individual likley to fill out all 8? Just one or two?

[ppy]  Probably not all 8 (but we do have one respondant, so far, that actually did come back with all 8 entries). Anywhere from 1 to 5 is more likely. ... I actually debated with myself whether to supply 8 block or 5 block prior to putting the survey together. However, I posted a draft for review (since Feb-15) where I specified 8 block, and I did not get a single feedback saying we should shorten that. (It's a little too late to change now, sorry!)

Hope this help everyone!

Thanks & regards.  =ppy
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On 3/17/07, Uschold, Michael F <michael.f.uschold@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> I find that the survey is very confusing.
> It took a while to figure out what was being asked for, and I'm still
> not exactly sure.
> 
> You need to give an example of a section filled out.
> 
> Is a given individual likley to fill out all 8? Just one or two? What
> would be an example of the kinds of entries that one might find.
> 
> Maybe it's just me... but I find this to be too confusing for me to want
> to forward it to my Boeing colleagues.
> 
> Mike
> 
> 
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: Peter P. Yim [mailto:peter.yim@xxxxxxxx]
> Sent: Saturday, March 17, 2007 1:26 AM
> To: ontolog-invitation@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx; Ontology Summit Forum
> Subject: [ontology-summit] Ontology Summit 2007 Survey
> 
> Re: Ontology Summit 2007 - Ontology, Taxonomy, Folksonomy:
> Understanding the Distinctions
> 
> 
> As part of the ongoing "Ontology Summit 2007" initiative, we are making
> an attempt to reach out to everyone (in research, applications and
> everything in between) who profess in developing or facilitating the
> evolution of "ontologies" and structures that help model semantics here.
> 
> We need your input, from the perspective of your constituency
> (communities or sub-communities that applies the science, art and
> engineering of ontology), telling us what "ontology" and other
> "ontology-related terms" mean to you. We also want you to tell us
>   about representative ontological (or related) artifacts in your
> constituency.
> 
> With your input, we hope to clarify what everyone (coming from different
> constituency) mean when they use the term "ontology" or when they refer
> to related semantic structures; and with that, help everyone better
> understand the different types of "ontologies" or "semantic structures"
> that fall broadly within the spectrum. By doing so, the research,
> development and Internet communities would, hopefully, have a better way
> of comparing, combining and mapping ontologies to one another.
> 
> I invite you to spend a few minutes and complete the online survey for
> this joint effort. You can find it at:
> http://ontolog.cim3.net/file/survey/summit72.html
> 
> Your input is very important to the endeavor. Please pass this
> invitation along to colleagues of your who are in a position to provide
> meaningful input on the matter as well.
> 
> 
> Thanks in advance.  =ppy
> 
> Peter P. Yim, Co-convener, Ontolog
> 
> on behalf of the
> Ontology Summit 2007 organizing committee
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