Hi Michael, Todd, All, (01)
Phrase in middle of third paragraph should probably be "ever more
important". (02)
Cheers,
Rex (03)
On 4/7/11 9:29 AM, Todd J Schneider wrote:
> Michael,
>
> Here's a slight revision of Ali's suggestion.
>
> Every person, organization or system has an ontology – the things presumed
> to exist in the world and how they behave. Interactions with the world are
> based on these internal ontologies. Indeed, these ontologies pervade and
> underpin our deliberations, inform our decisions and guide our actions.
>
> In large socio-technical systems, such as companies or organizations, each
> person, each technological artefact and system carries with it a view of
> the world relevant to its responsibilities in this context. Operations and
> interactions in such environments entails reconciling and streamlining
> these multiple sometimes conflicting and 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 thereby easing interoperability and
> improving operational effectiveness.
>
> Concurrently, advances in computing, networking technologies and the
> Internet means that it is possible to effectively use ontologies to
> address the 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.
>
> Todd
>
>
>
> From:
> Michael F Uschold<uschold@xxxxxxxxx>
> To:
> Todd J Schneider<todd.schneider@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Date:
> 04/07/2011 12:07 PM
> Subject:
> Re: [ontology-summit] Ontology Summit 2011: Communique draft review
> session - Thu 2011.04.07.
>
>
>
> Yes, I agree.
>
> Michael
>
> On Thu, Apr 7, 2011 at 8:57 AM, Todd J Schneider<
> todd.schneider@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Michael,
>
> I think what I suggested works very nicely with
> Ali's suggestion.
>
> Todd
>
>
>
>
> From:
> Michael F Uschold<uschold@xxxxxxxxx>
> To:
> Todd J Schneider<todd.schneider@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Cc:
> Ontology Summit 2011 discussion<ontology-summit@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Date:
> 04/07/2011 11:49 AM
> Subject:
> Re: [ontology-summit] Ontology Summit 2011: Communique draft review
> session - Thu 2011.04.07.
>
>
>
> Todd,
>
> I agree that having the semantics explicit it a critical piece. I recently
> starting thinkg of it as having date or systems "wear their meaning on
> their sleeve" (see my slideshare pitch slide 4) . I think it belongs in
> the explanation of how ontology works, rather than being in the original
> 'hook'.
>
> Michael
>
> On Thu, Apr 7, 2011 at 7:47 AM, Todd J Schneider<
> todd.schneider@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> John,
>
> I left out the connecting notion in my suggestion
> to use 'interoperability' as the starting point.
> Interoperability necessarily requires some degree
> of common semantics. Explicit semantics simplifies
> the task of making systems interoperable. Having
> interoperable systems allows for greater agility
> (when things need to change). Ontologies provide
> for explicit semantics.
>
> Todd
>
>
>
>
> From:
> Todd Schneider<tjschneider@xxxxxxxxx>
> To:
> Ontology Summit 2011 discussion<ontology-summit@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Date:
> 04/07/2011 10:06 AM
> Subject:
> Re: [ontology-summit] Ontology Summit 2011: Communique draft review
> session - Thu 2011.04.07.
> Sent by:
> ontology-summit-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>
>
>
> John,
>
> Might suggest a tangential introduction, Interoperability.
> The use of ontologies helps to make the semantics of a
> system explicit. Explicitness is a core net-centric principle.
>
> Todd
>
>
>> 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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