Thank you, Laurent. Well said! ... I assume you wouldn't mind if I
share your remarks with the rest of the [ontology-summit] crowd. ...
We *are* soliciting input - on "how we could/should proceed" for now;
and of course, the "real" discourse, after the Dec-10 Launch! (01)
Best. =ppy
-- (02)
On Sat, Nov 7, 2009 at 10:02 AM, Laurent Liscia
<laurent.liscia@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Looks like a great kickoff to the new cycle. I personally think Amanda
> nailed it:
> "In fact, I might argue that the certificate client
> organizations want is very importantly an *applied* ontology
> certificate. I have seen too many people hire folks with theoretical
> training only, and no engineering understanding or intuitions. This
> causes project failure *and* gives the field a bad reputation."
> Indeed. An engineering background inevitably impacts the very formulation of
> the problem. Conversely a philosophical-logical background brought to the
> engineering perspective might bring more precision to the issues of
> disambiguation. Both are needed.
> Just my 2 krone. (Danish money is worth more than ours by far...)
> --
> Laurent Liscia, Executive Director
> OASIS: Advancing open standards for the information society
> 1-978-667-5115, extension 201
>
> Take a tour of OASIS at:
> http://www.oasis-open.org/home/tour.php (03)
> Peter Yim wrote Fri, Nov 6, 2009 at 5:46 PM PST:
>>
>> Great session yesterday! ... Led by our 2010 Ontology Summit general
>> co-chairs, Dr. Steven ray (Carnegie Mellon University, Silicon Valley)
>> and Professor Barry Smith (University at Buffalo), we had one of the
>> most interactive sessions ever.
>>
>> A HUGE thank you to our co-chairs and to all those who participated,
>> this brainstorm session brought forth an almost unprecedented level of
>> ideas, both in quality and quantity, on how this next Ontology Summit
>> discourse on "Creating the Ontologists of the Future" can be
>> structured and rolled out.
>>
>> Full proceedings of this OntologySummit2010 (Pre-launch) Community
>> Input & Planning Session, including the audio recording and the
>> in-session message transcript are already archived and are now
>> available from the session page at:
>> http://ontolog.cim3.net/cgi-bin/wiki.pl?ConferenceCall_2009_11_05
>>
>> While the organizing committee will be hard at work culling these
>> ideas to prepare a program for the upcoming 3-months' of Summit
>> activities, we shall look forward to your participation at the
>> "OntologySummit2010: Launch Event" (virtual session) on Thursday
>> 10-Dec-2009. Please mark your calendars now!
>>
>> In the mean time, please continue to post any idea or suggestion you
>> may have to the [ontology-summit] mailing list.
>>
>>
>> Thanks & regards. =ppy
>> -- (04)
>> ---------- Forwarded message ----------
>> From: Peter Yim <peter.yim@xxxxxxxxx>
>> Date: Wed, Nov 4, 2009 at 11:49 AM
>> Subject: Community Brainstorm & Planning for the #OntologySummit2010
>> on Creating the Ontologists of the Future - Thu 2009.11.05
>> To: "[ontolog-invitation]" <ontolog-invitation@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>>
>>
>> This is a *REMINDER* ... RSVP if you haven't yet!
>> --
>>
>> Re: http://ontolog.cim3.net/cgi-bin/wiki.pl?ConferenceCall_2009_11_05
>>
>> *Ontology Summit 2010*: "*Creating the Ontologists of the Future*"
>>
>> As we have done, for the past four years, we are now working on
>> putting together the next ontology summit. Co-organized by NIST,
>> Ontolog, NCOR, NCBO, IAOA along with other co-organizers and
>> co-sponsors (to be announced) we will be putting a focus on how we can
>> meet the growing need for ontology expertise and thus for new methods
>> and institutions for the training of ontologists.
>>
>> We invite you to join us at a community-wide brainstorming & planning
>> session to define the scope and approach, and solicit your personal
>> involvement in helping drive this very strategic agenda called out in
>> the theme of this next Ontology Summit.
>>
>> This summit will (at the least) continue to take the format of: (a)
>> three months of online discourse by the community of summit
>> participants (via the [ontolog-summit] archived mailing list), plus
>> (b) several virtual talks and panel discussions over the same period
>> of time (via augmented conference calls), which then culminate into
>> (c) a two-day face-to-face workshop at NIST (Gaithersburg, Maryland,
>> US) and (d) the release of a joint "Communique" by the summit
>> participants. [ Repeat: this is *not* a 2-day conference, but rather a
>> series of virtual and real events that span the next 3-months after
>> the Summit kick-off event. ]
>>
>> To help focus our efforts and help people plan their work calendars,
>> several things have already been (pretty much) locked-in:
>>
>> o the theme and challenge for this Summit will be in: "Creating the
>> Ontologists of the Future"
>>
>> o our Launch Event has been scheduled for Thu 2009.12.10; it will
>> be a 1.5-hour virtual session starting at 18:30 UTC (the regular
>> Ontolog event slot)
>>
>> o the 2-day face-to-face workshop at NIST (Gaithersburg, Maryland,
>> US) will be on Mon~Tue 15 & 16-March-2010
>>
>> o except for the above, plans are wide open ... and we need your
>> ideas and input
>>
>> We will be holding this community-wide brainstorming & planning
>> session (conference call) next Thursday 5-Nov-2009 (i.e. tomorrow.)
>>
>> *Conference Call details*:
>>
>> * Date: Thursday, 5-November-2009
>> * Start Time: 10:30am PST / 1:30pm EST / 7:30pm CET / 6:30pm GMT / 18:30
>> UTC
>> o ref: World Clock -
>>
>>
>http://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/fixedtime.html?month=11&day=5&year=2009&hour=10&min=30&sec=0&p1=224
>> * Expected Call Duration: ~1.5 Hour
>> * Dial-in Number:
>> o Call into the conference bridge at:
>> * from US +1-218-844-8060
>> * Italy 848-390-179
>> * Germany 01805-00-7642
>> * Ireland 0818-270-037
>> * UK 0844-581-9148
>> o use Conference ID: "4389979#"
>> o ... more dial-in number are available on the session page (see
>> link at top of msg).
>>
>> * RSVP (offline) to <peter.yim@xxxxxxxx> (if you are already a
>> community member, feel free to add yourself to the "expected
>> attendees" list.)
>> ... everyone who responses to this will be subscribed to the
>> [ontology-summit] mailing list (if he/she isn't already) to allow the
>> individual to participate in the upcoming OntologySummit2010 virtual
>> discourse.
>>
>> Session page (with the developing agenda details) is on the wiki at:
>> http://ontolog.cim3.net/cgi-bin/wiki.pl?ConferenceCall_2009_11_05
>>
>> This event, like all Ontolog virtual events, is open and free of
>> charge. Anyone who is interested, or (better still) who may have
>> something to contribute, is welcome. Please refer to event details on
>> the session page, to which the hyperlink is given above, where you
>> will find session agenda, conference call dial-in and other pertinent
>> information. Feel free to pass this invitation along to colleagues who
>> may also find these sessions to be of interest.
>>
>> This session will be recorded and made available in a publicly
>> accessible archive. Therefore, before participating, please make
>> sure you are cognizant of our IPR policy (ref:
>> http://ontolog.cim3.net/cgi-bin/wiki.pl?WikiHomePage#nid32).
>>
>> Please come and help make sure we, as members of the ontology and
>> standards development communities, can put together another very
>> meaningful and successful next "Ontology Summit."
>>
>>
>> Regards. =ppy
>>
>> for the
>> Ontology Summit 2010 Organizing Committee
>> and
>> Dr. Steve Ray & Professor Barry Smith, Co-chair, OntologySummit2010
>> -- (05)
>> ---------- Forwarded message ----------
>> From: Steve Ray <steve@xxxxxxxxxxx>
>> Date: Fri, Oct 30, 2009 at 11:38 AM
>> Subject: [ontolog-invitation] Planning for the #OntologySummit2010 on
>> Creating the Ontologists of the Future
>> To: ontolog-invitation@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>>
>>
>> Dear Colleagues,
>>
>> We will be having a conference call on November 5,
>> 2009 to begin refining the ideas around the challenge of this year’s
>> summit (the title of this email message). Should it include curriculum
>> development? Certification ideas? Etc?
>>
>> Details on the call will be evolving at
>> http://ontolog.cim3.net/cgi-bin/wiki.pl?ConferenceCall_2009_11_05
>>
>> Your involvement is most welcome.
>>
>> Also, please note the tag that we will be using for tweets, etc.
>>
>> #OntologySummit2010
>>
>>
>>
>> See you on the 5th.
>>
>>
>> Steve Ray and Barry Smith, Co-chairs
>> (06)
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