While I was mainly responsible for putting the survey together, the
process has been transparent (especially for those who are following
the Ontology Summit development.) (01)
I believe the goals of the survey has been very clearly stated at the
beginning of the survey, which is consistent with the objective of
"Ontology Summit 2007" (see details at:
http://ontolog.cim3.net/cgi-bin/wiki.pl?OntologySummit2007). (02)
While guidance on "Ontology Summit 2007" has been provided by the
Ontology Summit 2007 organizing committee, community collaboration on
this initiative has been conducted through the [ontology-summit]
mailing list, the wiki (see link above) and synchronous conference
calls (see: http://ontolog.cim3.net/cgi-bin/wiki.pl?OntologySummit2007#nidSL7) (03)
This survey, again, is specific to the "Ontology Summit 2007"
objective (and not likely to be re-done in the future.) However, we
obviously might survey the community again in the future. And on that
opportunity, I shall look forward to your volunteered support. (04)
Thanks & regards. =ppy
-- (05)
On 3/17/07, paola.dimaio@xxxxxxxxx <paola.dimaio@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Hi Peter,
>
> thanks a lot for getting this started, and for the extensive explanation
>
> I wonder what criteria have been used to compile the survey? How has
> it been put together? By whom? When?
>
> I have not seen any discussion regarding the survey, not even in the
> summit list (you invited me to participate in the organisation of the
> summit, remember?yet I have not heard from you since...)
>
> It comes as a surprise that the community has not been consulted to
> provide an early input to make sure it has the most impact. A user
> survey may well more long term goals than just the summit for example,
> and the survey design will directly impact the validity and robustness
> of the data it gathers. Some of us may well be experts at this (me
> know only a bit)
>
> I would start stating the goals of the survey, what exactly are we trying to
> find out? The we can work out the right questions together.
>
> I am sure a few people will be able to make suggestions
> Let us know how can we help to evolve it in the future
>
> Paola Di Maio
>
> On 3/18/07, Peter Yim <peter.yim@xxxxxxxx> wrote:
> > Thank you for the feedback, Michael. ... Let me attempt to provide a few
> > examples (3 blocks from question 4) below:
> >
> > //
> >
> > 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.):
> >
> > //
> >
> > 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
> > --
> >
> >
> >
> > 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
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > ==========================
> > > Michael Uschold
> > > M&CT, Phantom Works
> > > 425 373-2845
> > > michael.f.uschold@xxxxxxxxxx
> > > ==========================
> > >
> > > ----------------------------------------------------
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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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> Paola Di Maio
> School of IT, MFU.ac.th
> --------------------------------------------
>
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