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Re: [ontology-summit] [Applications] Some initial observations and needs

To: "steve.ray@xxxxxxxxxx" <steve.ray@xxxxxxxxxx>, Ontology Summit 2012 discussion <ontology-summit@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
From: "MacPherson, Deborah" <dmacpherson@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Tue, 21 Feb 2012 17:38:54 -0500
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RE: better visualization tools and approaches
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Some papers
http://cs.swan.ac.uk/~cschenm/ftp/Owen2008CGF.pdf
http://www.nesc.ac.uk/talks/393/vis_ontology_report.pdf
http://iconvis.polito.it/iconvis/sites/default/files/Working%20paper%20for%20OGDCamp%202011_0.pdf    (02)

http://citeseerx.ist.psu.edu/viewdoc/download?doi=10.1.1.133...Similar
http://www.thechiselgroup.com/files/uploads/publications/cogz_data_integration.pdf    (03)


See Places & Spaces Maps of Science especially regarding large systems, 
"overlaps" and " depicting what may be required, or recommended for 
"repositories of ontological patterns rather than repositories of ontologies" 
http://scimaps.org
In browse maps there are 57 domain maps that may be useful, 40 concept maps 
maybe more so
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Visual Complexity has two ontology images which may or may not be based on 
data. One is Cyanobacteria and the other Visual Medical Dictionary
http://www.visualcomplexity.com/vc/search.cfm?input=ontology
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DEBORAH MACPHERSON, CSI CCS, AIA
Specifications and Research
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Arlington, Virginia 22209
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Direct Line 703 907 2353
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dmacpherson@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
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Sent: Tuesday, February 21, 2012 5:24 PM
To: 'Ontology Summit 2012 discussion'
Subject: [ontology-summit] [Applications] Some initial observations and needs
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After thinking about last week's meeting, I collected some observations from 
the presentations and some perceived needs. I share these in the hope of 
provoking some reactions from you, either of agreement, disagreement, 
elaboration or augmentation.
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These have also been entered on the Track 4 (Applications) synthesis page as 
well as on the Track 4 Community Input page, where I hope you will add your 
thoughts.
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I will continue to collect nuggets as I encounter them.
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- Steve
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* Observations / Lessons learned: 
** UML to OWL is a common requirement for legacy systems
*** Need better tools to help interpret legacy systems, transform into semantic 
systems. 
*** Starting from scratch is rare. 
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** Ontology patterns are very helpful, and encourage model reuse
** Look for the 80-20 rule of semantic development
** Semantic techniques work best when not compromised by implementation 
tradeoffs
** Semantic methods are faster to implement and easier to maintain
** Semantic approaches particularly suited to systems with many complex 
constraints, rules, laws, with frequent changes 
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* Needs: 
** Need better standards for common elements: 
*** Datatypes (Are xsd types enough? I think not)
*** Ontology patterns (e.g. whole/part patterns)
*** Collect ontological primitives from observation data 
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** Need repositories (When is OOR going to be ready for production use?)
*** Repositories of ontological patterns could be more useful than repositories 
of ontologies 
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** Need industrial strength semantic services resident in the cloud
** Need better visualization tools and approaches 
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Steven R. Ray, Ph.D.
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Carnegie Mellon University
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Skype: steverayconsulting
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