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Re: [ontology-summit] Fwd: Ontologist Aptitude Test?

To: Ontology Summit 2010 discussion <ontology-summit@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
From: Joel Bender <jjb5@xxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Fri, 18 Dec 2009 15:53:56 -0500
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Arturo,    (01)


> Tests such as SAT, ACT, GRE, LSAT, and MCAT (to name a few), are national 
>(US) *admission* tests (not just for NYS).    (02)

True, but they are also used by employers to determine the ability to study and 
learn, at least long enough to regurgitate it on the test :-).    (03)

> From the perspective of what already exists presently, we are interested in 
>knowing if there are *certification* guidelines/standards for professional 
>ontologists.    (04)

As far as I know there are no ontologist certifications, but the survey will 
make that clear.    (05)

> Is there something like CSDA/CSDP for professional ontologists?    (06)

I was operating under the assumption that (until otherwise shown) there isn't 
any, and that to be successful there has to be a test, and the test has many 
questions, and the test results need to be reviewed and accepted by some 
certification body, and that doesn't exist.  A lot of assumptions, I know. :-)    (07)

> From the perspective of what we want for the future to look like, we are 
>interested in proposing guidelines/standards to certify professional 
>ontologists.    (08)

I think we're on the same track, I'm just being a little more direct.  I 
assuming (ugh) that at least one of the guidelines will be the administration 
of a test, and wondering what those test questions might be.  Maybe the 
guideline will be more specific, rather than just some test, a test that 
includes one or more variations of each of the following questions...    (09)


Joel    (010)



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