Steve, Peter, all, (01)
It has been turning out too hard for me to compress such a large set of
issues into right-size pills at this stage. (02)
So, being practical (as you may be surprised to hear me insist), I've
concluded that I should probably decouple this Challenge from the coming
Summit. So I will do just that, unless the most unlikely occurs and
some eager collaborator and product champion emerges very soon. (03)
I shall however be continuing to work along present lines, namely on the
present wiki page at
http://ontolog.cim3.net/cgi-bin/wiki.pl?ChristopherSpottiswoode/OntologyChemistry_WorkingDraft, (04)
Peter and his cim3 colleagues hopefully remaining as admirably
supportive as they have always been. There is new material there
already, with much more to come quite soon. I would especially welcome
your contributions of any kind to it too. (05)
So this is merely a minor tactical retreat. All the "confidently
foreseeable outcomes" remain, and their technical underpinnings will be
ever more in evidence on that wiki page. (06)
It is also not impossible that I once again resume my coding of Metaset
as a seed AOS. Even a partially demonstrable proof-of-concept would
clearly make my selling task so much easier. I must also admit
gratefully that facing my own present expository challenge has helped
clarify certain technical points in my mind. So I could well make
better progress now with that coding. (07)
But there is a big difference between a proof-of-concept and a budding
new ecosystem. So the Challenge would remain too. And - who knows? -
it might be taken up soon, quietly, on the strength of the public
picture as I fill it in further. So there could be a short-circuiting
of an official Challenge launch. I would be very happy with that too,
and would gladly work with anyone who sought to grab the early-mover
advantages in this "Ride The Mainstream!" project. As I've often
publicly insisted, my objective is not to assert any IP in any project
details. It is to be able to use the project deliverables, help others
do so too, and of course benefit in due course from the economic and
social consequences of their surely impending widespread use. (08)
Meanwhile, best wishes for OntologySummit2012! (09)
Christopher (010)
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