Our Mar-31 panel session highlighted one of my worries ... (01)
In all our sincerity to hide the complexity of the problems and the
solution approaches, we have, disproportionately, focused our
attention to present the "easy" stuff, and slighted the "difficult"
stuff, where some the real promises and potentials of the ontological
engineering approach are to be realized. (02)
Use cases of serious ontology work that supports deep semantics,
reasoning, inferencing, etc. are being overshadowed by "low hanging
fruits, terminology work, LOD, and other shallow semantics
applications. Slide#10 of the Track-2 Report ([2-Bennett] presentation
under: http://ontolog.cim3.net/cgi-bin/wiki.pl?ConferenceCall_2011_03_31#nid2QT2
) confirmed those worries of mine. Not that they are unavailable (or
we don't know about them), but none of the dozens of cases we had gone
through, for example, applied Common Logic (or even First Order
Logic)! (03)
I hope this issue can be address, in the rest of the Summit
activities, especially through this discussion list, the Communique,
and the proceedings of the OntologySummit2011 Symposium. (04)
Thanks & regards. =ppy
-- (05)
---------- Forwarded message ----------
From: Peter Yim <peter.yim@xxxxxxxx>
Date: Sun, Apr 3, 2011 at 6:15 PM
Subject: Re: Ontology Summit 2011: Panel Session-9 - All Hands:
"Synthesis and Reports" - Thu 2011.03.31
To: Ontology Summit 2011 <ontology-summit@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> (06)
Thanks to our Summit Co-chairs, all the Track Champions and the
Communique Co-Leads, and everyone who participated, we had a *really*
productive session last Thursday (2011.03.31). Anyone looking for a
good synthesis of what has transpired so far (including some new
inputs collected that day, particularly through the discussion and
in-session chat) will do well revisiting the archived material from
that session. (07)
I am writing to let everyone know that the full proceedings of the
Ontology Summit 2011 Session-9 "All Hands: Synthesis and Reports" are
now on online, and accessible from the session page at:
http://ontolog.cim3.net/cgi-bin/wiki.pl?ConferenceCall_2011_03_31 (08)
... in particular, you will be able to hyperlink to the archived
material (slides, audio recording, in-session chat-transcript, etc.)
under: http://ontolog.cim3.net/cgi-bin/wiki.pl?ConferenceCall_2011_03_31#nid2QSZ (09)
Please come join us, same time, next Thursday (2011.04.07) for the
"OntologySummit2011: Communique draft review" - see:
http://ontolog.cim3.net/cgi-bin/wiki.pl?ConferenceCall_2011_04_07 ...
RSVP now! (010)
Thanks & regards. =ppy (011)
Peter Yim
for and on behalf of the
OntologySummit2011 Organizing Committee
http://ontolog.cim3.net/cgi-bin/wiki.pl?OntologySummit2011
-- (012)
On Tue, Mar 29, 2011 at 11:03 PM, Peter Yim <peter.yim@xxxxxxxx> wrote:
-[updated]-
>
> Ontology Summit 2011: Making the Case for Ontology - Virtual Session-9
>
> Re: http://ontolog.cim3.net/cgi-bin/wiki.pl?ConferenceCall_2011_03_31
>
>
> = *REMINDER* =
>
> Coming up this Thursday (tomorrow), Mar-31, starting 9:30am PDT /
> 12:30pm EDT / 6:30pm CEST / 5:30pm BST / 16:30 UTC, is the Ontology
> Summit 2011 panel session-9. In this "All Hands" session, we will be
> pulling things together. The general co-chairs, all track champions
> and the communique lead editors will be reporting their respective
> synthesis of the discourse and work that has transpired to date.
>
> Co-chairing the session will be Dr. Steven Ray and Dr. Nicola
> Guarino, our Ontology Summit 2011 General Co-chairs. Besides briefing
> from each of the Tracks and the Communique Leads, we will have plenty
> of time for open discussion, in a near-final attempt to distill
> insights we have gained through the course of this Summit.
>
> See details at:
> http://ontolog.cim3.net/cgi-bin/wiki.pl?ConferenceCall_2011_03_31
>
> Come to find out what we have learned so far.
>
> ... RSVP now (if you haven't already) by adding your name to the wiki
> or email me <peter.yim@xxxxxxxx> (off-line, please) to register your
> attendance.
>
>
> ****************** Headlines ***********************
>
> The next few irtual sessions featured as part of
> the Ontology Summit 2011 program:
>
> * 2011_03_17 - Thursday: OntologySummit2011: Vision Session-8 -
> "Perspectives from the European Commission" - Chair: Nicola Guarino
> - Invited Speakers: Marta Nagy-Rothengass and Stefano Bertolo -
> http://ontolog.cim3.net/cgi-bin/wiki.pl?ConferenceCall_2011_03_17
>
> * 2011_03_10 - Thursday: OntologySummit2011: Panel Session-9 - "Grand
> Challenges" - (Track-5) Co-chairs: Ram Sriram, Ernie Lucier & Alden Dima
> - http://ontolog.cim3.net/cgi-bin/wiki.pl?ConferenceCall_2011_03_24
>
> * 2011_03_31 - Thursday: OntologySummit2011: All Hands
> "Synthesis and Reports" - ConferenceCall_2011_03_31
>
> * for subsequent events, please check out the "News and Announcements"
> sections on the OntologWiki at:
> http://ontolog.cim3.net/cgi-bin/wiki.pl?WikiHomePage#nidW ... for a
> most up-to-date schedule of activities.
>
>
> *Register your attendance* by emailing <peter.yim@xxxxxxxx> off-line
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>
> ********************* Details ************************
>
> This is our 6th Ontology Summit, a joint initiative by NIST, Ontolog,
> NCOR, NCBO, IAOA & NCO_NITRD along with the support of our
> co-sponsors. The theme adopted for this Ontology Summit is: "Making
> the Case for Ontology." These virtual sessions are part of the
> proceedings of the Summit, where contributions, both by the panelists
> and the participants, are pooled with the online discussion, analyzed,
> synthesized, and compiled into a body of knowledge, that will,
> hopefully, be useful to the community at large.
>
> These sessions, like all other Ontolog virtual events, are open and
> free of charge. Anyone who is interested, or (better still) who may
> have something to contribute, is welcome. Please refer to event
> details on the session pages, to which the hyperlink is given above,
> where you will find session agenda, conference call dial-in, slides
> and other pertinent information. Feel free to pass this invitation
> along to colleagues who may also find these sessions to be of
> interest.
>
> *RSVP* by emailing Peter Yim at <peter.yim@xxxxxxxx> offline (or add
> yourself directly to the session page if you are already an Ontolog or
> Ontology Summit community member) so that we can prepare enough
> resources to support everyone. [Please state clearly the date of the
> session you are registering for in your email.] ... All respondents
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> discourse.
>
> These sessions will be recorded and made available in a publicly
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> you are cognizant of our IPR policy ( ref:
> http://ontolog.cim3.net/cgi-bin/wiki.pl?WikiHomePage#nid32 ).
>
>
> Regards. =ppy
>
> Peter Yim
> Co-convener, Ontolog
>
> For and on behalf of the
>
> Members of the
> OntologySummit2011 Organizing Committee
>
> p.s. full proceedings (including agenda, slides, in-session chat
> transcript, audio recordings, etc.) for the Ontology Summit 2011
> Launch Event (Jan-20) and all the 8 virtual sessions are
> already on our archives. You can find links to them at the
> Ontology Summit 2011 homepage
> at: http://ontolog.cim3.net/cgi-bin/wiki.pl?OntologySummit2011
> ... if you missed the chance coming to these sessions in real time,
> you can always participate asynchronously by accessing the archives.
> --
> (013)
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