My take is that, "Tracks" will put the discourse into broad clusters,
and then discussion topics - properly identified/captured on the
"Subject" lines - should help us frame the discussion at the next
level of granularity. (01)
Regards. =ppy
-- (02)
On Wed, Jan 25, 2012 at 7:57 AM, joseph simpson <jjs0sbw@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Combining these two tracks will make things more difficult, in my opinion.
>
> In my view the difficulty is associated with the elimination of the boundary
> between natural systems and industrial (or engineered) systems.
>
> These are key distinctions that are important in this area.
>
> Some of the main distinctions are outlined in "The Sciences of the
> Artificial," by Herbert A. Simon.
>
> Other distinctions also exist, for example, production system and product
> system are clearly identifiable in an industrial system context.
>
> In the context of natural systems, the concept of a production system and
> product system are less clear.
>
> Further, the description of these tracks may benefit from the clear
> identification of what type of system and what type of model is being
> described and/or referenced.
>
> Simply because an ontology is a model and a system at the same time, and the
> recursion used in the application of these concepts can quickly become
> confusing.
>
> Have fun,
>
> Joe (03)
> On Wed, Jan 25, 2012 at 7:31 AM, Obrst, Leo J. <lobrst@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>>
>> All,
>>
>> Matthew West and Henson Graves came up with their joint Track 1&2 Mission
>> Statement, along with Session Abstracts. We discussed this a bit, and would
>> like the entire Ontology Summit 2012 community to see this, and comment.
>>
>> We think this merger of the two Tracks is useful.
>>
>> Thanks,
>> Leo and Nicola (04)
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: Matthew West [mailto:matthew.west@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx]
>> Sent: Monday, January 23, 2012 2:49 PM
>> To: 'Peter Yim'; 'Henson Graves'; 'Nicola Guarino'; Obrst, Leo J.
>> Subject: Track 1&2 Joint Mission and Session Abstracts
>>
>> Dear all,
>>
>> Peter just put me on the hook to come up with an overall mission statement
>> for Tracks 1&2, which it looks like we are going to merge (as long as
>> Henson
>> is happy with that), and also an abstract for the first two sessions. Here
>> goes:
>>
>> Track 1&2: Ontology for Big Systems & Systems Engineering
>>
>> Mission
>> We aim to bring key challenges to light with large-scale systems and
>> systems
>> of systems for ontology and identify where solutions exist, where the
>> problems require significant research, and where we can work towards
>> solutions as part of this summit. The areas to be considered include:
>> - working with and integrating the results of models using multiple
>> modeling languages
>> - the systems lifecycle and the issues of sharing data within and between
>> lifecycle stages
>> - the difference between requirements and the delivered system
>> - systems of systems vs systems,
>> - the nature of system components and the difference between these and
>> the
>> parts installed,
>> - the connections between system components and what they carry,
>> - systems behaviour,
>> - federated systems both as a bit system, and as a solution to some of
>> the
>> challenges,
>> - principles of how to construct good quality reusable models
>> (ontologies)
>> - the management of ontologies of and for large systems and the
>> challenges
>> in developing and maintaining them.
>>
>> session-03: Ontology for Big Systems & Systems Engineering - I: The
>> Systems
>> and Systems Engineering Problem Space
>>
>> Abstract
>> In this session we want to look at the problems in big systems and systems
>> engineering where ontology has a role to play. The aim is to uncover the
>> various areas where challenges exist that the world of ontology can
>> contribute to.
>>
>>
>> session-04: Ontology for Big Systems & Systems Engineering - II: a
>> response
>> to the problem space and setting out the working program for this Summit
>> Track
>>
>> Abstract
>> In this session we will consider the output of the first session, and try
>> to
>> identify:
>> - where there are solutions already available, if you know where to look,
>> - where the problems require significant research,
>> - where there is an opportunity to make useful progress within the
>> timescale of the ontology summit.
>>
>> Regards
>>
>> Matthew West
>> Information Junction
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