I agree with Denise, Dean, and Cecil. (01)
Dr. K Goodier (02)
On Mar 14, 2010, at 5:34 PM, "Cecil Lynch" <clynch@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
wrote: (03)
> I will add my agreement to Denise's statement.
>
> Cecil Lynch
>
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> I am in strong agreement with this.
>
> On Mar 14, 2010, at 12:57 PM, Dean Allemang wrote:
>
>> 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.
>>
>> Sent from my iPhone
>>
>> 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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>>> Sent: Friday, March 12, 2010 12:31 PM
>>> To: Ontology Summit 2010 discussion
>>> 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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