On 07/04/2011 2:16 AM, 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.
>
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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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