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Re: [ontology-summit] Invitation to participate in the Ontology Summit 2

To: Ontology Summit 2010 discussion <ontology-summit@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
From: "Joanne Luciano (gmail)" <jluciano@xxxxxxxxx>
Date: Thu, 4 Feb 2010 13:33:00 -0500
Message-id: <14EED67D-1D09-49CD-BFF1-89EB492E52E7@xxxxxxxxx>
Hi Peter,    (01)

Regarding today -  I'd intended to participate but am not able to.
My regrets.
Joanne    (02)


On Feb 4, 2010, at 1:18 PM, Peter Yim wrote:    (03)

> Folks,
>
>
> We are finally ready with all 3 online questionnaires. Here comes our
> 'official' invitation to you ...
>
>
> As part of the OntologySummit2010 series of activities, three online
> questionnaires have been developed and launched to help collect
> community/expert opinion and insight on the subject matter. Ontology
> summit conveners and invited experts are invited to provide their
> input through these online survey forms on/before the deadline of
> Monday 15-Feb-2010.
>
> The three questionnaires are designed to:
>
>    * 1. conduct a survey on present ontology education/training
> content and quality
>
>    * 2. conduct a survey to elicit information about the knowledge
> and skills ontologists need, or are expected to have, in a variety of
> working contexts, and
>
>    * 3. conduct a real-time delphi study* to eliecit expert opinion
> and shared vision on the future of ontologists, their education and
> the field of ontology.
>
> If you are currently or potentially,
>
>    * (a) an educator/trainer of ontologists, please respond to  
> Survey-1
>
>    * (b) an employer/manager of ontologists or ontology-related
> professionals, please respond to Survey-2
>
>    * (c) an ontologist or aspiring ontologist yourself, please
> respond to Survey-2
>
>    * (d) an ontology domain expert, someone who can influence the
> future of this field or a visionary; and is someone who believes in
> the potential impact of Ontology, please join our RTDelphi Study-3
>
>
> ... we need your input and insights. See the extended description of
> each of the survey instruments below for more details, especially,
> regarding whether a particular survey is for you. For those who assume
> different roles [ ontologist: educator | employer | practitioner ] in
> relation to the ontology domain in real life, you are welcome to make
> multiple responses to survey-2 and study-3 more than once. However,
> please make sure you respond in just one role at a time (and make sure
> you have clearly indicated which role/perspective you are coming
> from.)
>
> The responses from these questionnaires will be used to produce
> reports that will be presented at the OntologySummit2010_Symposium,
> which will be held at NIST (Gaithersburg, Maryland, USA) on March 15th
> and 16th, 2010.
>
> ... Please note that responses to our surveys and studies will be made
> available as open content to our community and the public at-large
> under the prevailing Ontolog open IPR policy
> (http://ontolog.cim3.net/cgi-bin/wiki.pl?WikiHomePage#nid32).
>
> Note: by "ontology" here, we mean "Ontology for Information Science"
> and not "Ontology" as the philosophical study that is a part of
> metaphysics.
>
> As a final note ... please help forward this invitation to anyone you
> know (other potentially interested & relevant parties) who could
> contribute to making this study a success.
>
>
> On behalf of the Ontology Summit 2010 organizing committee and the
> developers of these studies, I thank you in advance of your
> participation and contribution!
>
>
> Thanks & regards.  =ppy
>
> For and on behalf of the
> OntologySummit2010 Organizing Committee
> http://ontolog.cim3.net/cgi-bin/wiki.pl?OntologySummit2010
> --
>
>
> ---------- Forwarded message ----------
> From: Peter Yim <peter.yim@xxxxxxxx>
> Date: Wed, Jan 13, 2010 at 2:54 PM
> Subject: Fwd: Invitation to participate - Survey on "Present Ontology
> Education/Training Content & Quality"
> To: "[ontolog-invitation]" <ontolog-invitation@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>
>
> Folks,
>
>
> This is the first of 3 surveys that form a part of the research
> conducted in the course of Ontology Summit 2010.
>
> The three surveys will revolve around:
>
> 1. Present ontology[*] education/training content and quality.
>
> 2. Ontology education/training requirements and quality  
> expectations, and
>
> 3. The future of ontologists
>
> If you are currently or potentially,
>   (a) an educator/trainer of ontologists,
>   (b) an employer/manager of ontologists or ontology-related
> professionals , or
>   (c) an ontologist or aspiring ontologist yourself
>
> ... we need your input and insights.
>
>    [*]  Note: by “ontology” here, we mean "Ontology for Information
> Science" (and not "Ontology" as the philosophical study that is a part
> of metaphysics.)
>
> In this first study, we are looking to those who are currently
> providing education and training in Ontology and ontology-related
> disciplines. Your response will be greatly appreciated.
>
>
> Thanks & regards.  =ppy
>
> For and on behalf of the
> OntologySummit2010 Organizing Committee
> http://ontolog.cim3.net/cgi-bin/wiki.pl?OntologySummit2010
>
>
> P.S.  Do note that responses will be made available as open content to
> our community and the public at-large under our prevailing open IPR
> policy
> (ref. http://ontolog.cim3.net/cgi-bin/wiki.pl?WikiHomePage#nid32 ).
> --
>
>
>
> ---------- Forwarded message ----------
> From: Sanchez, Arturo <asanchez@xxxxxxx>
> Date: Wed, Jan 13, 2010 at 12:21 PM
> Subject: Invitation to participate
> To: ontology-summit@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Cc: Peter Yim <peter.yim@xxxxxxxx>, peter.yim@xxxxxxxxx
>
>
> Dear Fellow Ontologist,
>
> As you may know, the theme of this year's Ontology Summit
> is "Creating the Ontologists of the Future". Detailed
> information about it can be found at
>
> http://ontolog.cim3.net/cgi-bin/wiki.pl?OntologySummit2010
>
> In preparation for the summit, we are collecting information
> to establish the nature and extent of current educational
> and training provision in Ontology throughout the world.
> To this end, we invite you to participate in the survey
> which you can access at
>
> https://survey.unf.edu/survey/se.ashx?s=5A1E27D237A2884B
>
> The survey will be available until 11'30 PM
> on February 15, 2010 (US/EST).
>
> We estimate that completing the survey should take between
> 10 minutes and half an hour of your time, depending on how
> much information you are able to supply. Please feel free
> to forward the link to anyone else who you think may be able
> to supply information.
>
> When the survey is complete, the results will be reported
> at the final summit Symposium in March. They will also be
> made available to the community on-line.
>
> Yours sincerely
>
> Dr. Antony Galton (School of Engineering, Computing,
> and Mathematics. University of Exeter, UK):
> A.P.Galton_AT_exeter.ac.uk
>
> Dr. Arturo Sánchez-Ruíz (School of Computing,
> University of North Florida, USA):
> ASanchez_AT_unf.edu
>
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