Re: [ontology-summit] Proposed draft wording for opening part of communi

[Michelle Raymond <michellearaymond@xxxxxxxxx>]

Folks,

 

Consider adding a sentence indicating the wide reach of ontology into many sectors so that readers of the communique see relevance to their needs right up front.

"As a result, trained ontologists (whether that be a formal job title, a functional role, or implicit in the work of an organisation) are in ever greater demand. Ontological techniques and technologies are providing benefit across many sectors, including science research and application, government, business, industry, education and social media."

Best regards,

Michelle Raymond

 

On Tue, Mar 16, 2010 at 7:42 AM, Morshed, Ahsan (OEKC) <Ahsan.Morshed@xxxxxxx> wrote:

Dear Deborah,
Yes, It is nice suggestion.

Best Regards,
Ahsan

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Couple suggestions for shorter sentences and getting tenses to agree.
Original text is below with highlights at changes: red highlight is
removed, yellow is modified, green is added.

Regards

Deborah

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Practical ontology development is becoming increasingly important - as
witnessed for example by growing interest in the Semantic
Web. Ontologies that are properly developed can significantly contribute
to better understanding of diverse problem domains. Formal ontologies
provide processes and methodologies to model information in ways that go
beyond more limited scopes often encountered when modelling specific
applications or functions.

As a result, trained ontologists (whether that be a formal job title, a
functional role, or implicit in the work of an organisation) are in ever
greater demand.

Our concern therefore, is to recognise that the role of 'ontologist' is
a unique discipline that requires a distinct set of interdisciplinary
skills. As the demand for trained ontologists increases, we need to examine
and define the role of formal education and training in providing the
ontologists of tomorrow."

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On Mon, Mar 15, 2010 at 5:13 PM, Peter F Brown (Pensive)
<Peter@xxxxxxxxxx>wrote:

> As promised, here is a first cut of a possible introduction text for the
> communiqué.
> This is the strawman, not me - please beat appropriately.
>
> "Practical ontology development is of increasing importance - as witnessed
> for example by the growing interest in the Semantic Web - and contributes
> a better understanding of particular problem domains. It also provides
formal
> processes and methodologies to address information modelling in a way that
> goes beyond the more limited scopes often encountered when modelling

forspecificapplications or functions.

>
> "As a result, ontologists (whether that be a formal job title, a functional
> role or implicit in the work of an organisation) are in ever greater
demand.
>
> Our concern therefore, it to recognise that the role of 'ontologist' ss a
> specific discipline that requires, as does any discipline, a distinct set
of
> skills. As these skills are in more demand, we need therefore to examine
> the role of formal education and training in providing us with the
> ontologists of tomorrow."
>
> Peter
>
>
> Peter F Brown
> Managing Director
> Pensive nv/sa
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