I will add my agreement to Denise's statement. (01)
Cecil Lynch (02)
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I am in strong agreement with this. (04)
On Mar 14, 2010, at 12:57 PM, Dean Allemang wrote: (05)
> I couldn't agree more. I have been offering ontology training for six
> years now, with over a thousand alumni. But this is not formal
> education. I would say that the statement as written is just false;
> denise's correction is true.
>
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> On Mar 14, 2010, at 6:18 AM, "BEDFORD, DENISE A.D."
> <dbedfor3@xxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
>> Todd,
>>
>> I have just one small suggestion to make. In Item 2 below, my
>> suggestion is to change the wording from
>>
>> "There are very few training opportunities for ontologists." to
>> "There are very few formal educational opportunities for
>> ontologists."
>>
>> This may seem like a small point, but my sense is that we are trying
>> to establish a more formal, credentialed environment for learning
>> these skills. The term "training" typically conveys something
>> little different - anyone can teach, don't need oversight,
>> organizations can offer independently and you may earn a
>> 'certificate' that has little value in the field. I may be overly
>> sensitive to this point so please feel free to disregard my
>> suggestion.
>>
>> Best regards,
>> Denise
>>
>>
>>
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>> bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Todd J Schneider
>> [todd.schneider@xxxxxxxxxxxx]
>> Sent: Friday, March 12, 2010 12:31 PM
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>> Cc: Fabian Neuhaus
>> Subject: [ontology-summit] Communique Summary - Revisions
>>
>> Here's my revision of the summit communique.
>>
>> Summary (2ASQ)
>> Increasingly, major national, international, and commercial projects,
>> systems, and products employing semantic technologies are being
>> undertaken
>> by governments, scientific, and industrial organizations. A key
>> aspect of
>> semantic technologies are ontologies, without which these efforts
>> will
>> fail. This creates a growing need for ontology expertise and thus
>> for new
>> methods and institutions for the training of ontologists. The goal
>> of the
>> 2010 Ontology Summit was to develop a strategy for the education of
>> ontologists, both in the academic and commercial worlds. To achieve
>> this
>> goal we studied (i) how ontologists are currently trained, (ii) the
>> requirements by organizations that hire ontologists, and (iii)
>> developments that might impact the training of ontologists in the
>> future.
>> (2B98)
>> The main findings and results of the Ontology Summit are: (2B99)
>> 1. There is already a large demand for ontologists, and the
>> demand is
>> expected to increase as semantic technologies become more successful.
>> (2B9A)
>> 2. There are very few training opportunities for ontologists.
>> (2B9I)
>> 3. Organizations that want to hire ontologists often have
>> difficulties in identifying qualified candidates since there is no
>> professional organization that certifies ontologists
>> 4. Very few educational institutions that offer training for
>> ontologists. (2B9B)
>> 5. A list of recommended knowledge and skills that should be
>> taught
>> to future ontologists was developed. These recommendations are
>> intended as
>> guidelines for institutions that might consider establishing a
>> program for
>> training ontologists. (2B9H)
>> As next steps, the Ontolog community recommends a more detailed
>> description of the requisite knowledge and skills. Further, we
>> recommend
>> the development of a repository that allows educators to exchange
>> training
>> material for ontologists. Most importantly, we encourage educational
>> institutions to establish programs that address the growing need for
>> ontologists. (2B95)
>>
>> Todd
>>
>>
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