Indeed, the slides Tom Gruber presented (in particular, the one on semantic
autocompletion) are an excellent example of the integration of NL techniques
and ontology. (01)
Nicola (02)
On 7 Apr 2011, at 18:13, Michael F Uschold wrote: (03)
> Sorry, I may have replied to wrong message. I meant that SIRI using
>ontologies was good news.
>
> Michael
>
> On Thu, Apr 7, 2011 at 9:10 AM, Ali Hashemi <ali@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Michael,
>
> I have to confess I don't wholly understand your query here.
>
> What is good news? The two paragraphs? The claims in the paragraphs? That I
>liked the direction of Matt and Mike's suggestions?
>
> Regarding the simple story -- I thought John provides a pretty good one in
>terms of the work he's done at VivoMind -- specifically the story about how
>two knowledge engineers went in, analyzed legacy software systems, cross
>referenced it with other written documentation and provided a view of what was
>going on to the managers. Piece meal right now, but on the path to the vision
>outlined in the paragraphs.
>
> Another example, might be the work Matthew W did with Shell, though I don't
>know the details well enough.
>
> I presume the paragraph and diagram you ask for have to do with the story
>that demonstrate the claims.
>
> Otherwise, could you clarify what you meant? Or perhaps you were replying to
>another email? :D
>
> Thanks,
> Ali
>
>
> On Thu, Apr 7, 2011 at 12:01 PM, Michael F Uschold <uschold@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> That is good news. Is their a clear simple story to tell about how the
>ontology was a critical piece of the infrastructure? A paragraph or two with
>a digaram or two? If we can make this work, it will be great - due to its
>high profile.
>
> Michael
>
>
> On Thu, Apr 7, 2011 at 8:37 AM, Ali Hashemi <ali@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Dear All,
>
>
>
> I liked the direction that Matthew W and Mike B’s contributions pointed
>towards. Here’s a rough draft which is a variation on the aforementioned
>themes employing a slight deviation from the skeleton John Sowa proposed
>above. The phrasing needs to be refined, but it might be a start:
>
>
> Every person, organization or system in interacting with the world access (at
>the very least) an internal ontology – the things presumed to exist in the
>world and how they behave. Indeed, these very assumptions pervade and underpin
>our deliberations, inform our decisions and ultimately guide our actions. In
>large socio-technical systems, such as companies or organizations, each
>person, each technological artefact and system carries with it their own view
>of the relevant world. Reconciling and streamlining these fragments\, means
>understanding and reconciling the employed, often tacit ontologies.
>
> Growing complexity and a need for smarter use of resources and solutions that
>cut across silos, means that it has become ever important to make explicit
>these implicit ontologies.
> Concurrently, advances in computing, networking technologies and the Internet
>means that it is possible to fruitfully leverage computational ontology to
>address an increasing array of socio-technical problems. Moreover, in recent
>years, we have witnessed the increased maturation and transition of ontology
>from academia to industry and government. The time is ripe to know what you
>know and share it with others.
>
> Right now, [[examples of what ppl are doing that demonstrate the above
>claims...]]
>
> Best,
> Ali
>
> On Thu, Apr 7, 2011 at 7:39 AM, Mike Bennett <mbennett@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Or to put this another way, your systems all have ontologies
> anyway, but how are you managing these? And did you know that
> with formal management of ontologies comes a wealth of new
> opportunities for what you can do with your information assets?
>
> Mike
>
> On 07/04/2011 07:16, Matthew West wrote:
> > Dear John,
> >
> > How about something like:
> >
> > Ontology is like the air we breathe. In information systems it is all around
> > us, but we often do not notice it. However, if there are problems with it
> > can choke us.
> >
> > Regards
> >
> > Matthew West
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> >
> >> -----Original Message-----
> >> From: ontology-summit-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:ontology-summit-
> >> bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of John F. Sowa
> >> Sent: 07 April 2011 06:55
> >> To: Michael F Uschold
> >> Cc: Ontology Summit 2011 discussion
> >> Subject: Re: [ontology-summit] Ontology Summit 2011: Communique draft
> >> review session - Thu 2011.04.07.
> >>
> >> On 4/7/2011 1:20 AM, Michael F Uschold wrote:
> >>> Did you get a chance to put together the introduction paragraphs?
> >> I'm still working on it.
> >>
> >> As you may have noticed, I can write 3 paragraphs very quickly in
> >> response to an email note. But trying to think of a good "hook"
> >> for a title of an article or an opening paragraph of the article
> >> is extremely difficult.
> >>
> >> I'll sleep on it. If I can think of anything when I wake up, I'll
> >> type it up. But right now, I can't think of what to say.
> >>
> >> Exercise for the readers:
> >>
> >> 1. Can anybody think of some idea that would really grab the readers'
> >> attention -- i.e., the readers we want to reach.
> >>
> >> 2. It's not necessary to phrase that idea in a catchy way. The first
> >> thing that comes to mind is rarely a good hook, but it can be a
> >> starting point to start the thinking process.
> >>
> >> 3. The second paragraph should be the "anecdote", which develops the
> >> idea. That could consist of one or more examples of promising
> >> applications for ontology, along the lines we discussed in our
> >> previous telecon.
> >>
> >> 4. Then the third paragraph generalizes the examples into a principle
> >> that could be applied to many things similar to the ones given
> >> in the anecdote(s).
> >>
> >> Notice that I just wrote up the material in this note very quickly.
> >> That is because I was talking about something that I had thought
> >> about years ago.
> >>
> >> But as I said in earlier telecons, my mind is a blank when it comes
> >> to selling ontology. I can write pages and pages *about* ontology,
> >> but I don't really know how to sell it.
> >>
> >> John
> >>
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