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From: "Barkmeyer, Edward J" <edward.barkmeyer@xxxxxxxx>
Date: Thu, 14 Mar 2013 14:28:11 -0400
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Bradley Shoebottom wrote:    (01)

> Translating the NAIC into rdf is a much bigger job than anticipated.
> 
> IT requires that a script be written to distinguish between classes and
> instances (instances are the bottom most number of a tree). I do not have
> this skill.    (02)

Hmm... This takes a particular view of the tree that is somewhat unexpected.  
According to the NAIC documentation, these are all Classes.  The instances are 
organizations, practices, etc., that participate in those industrial 
activities.  What am I missing?    (03)

-Ed    (04)


> 
> I initially thought I could easily pivot the table to create a tree and then
> import, but I do not have those skills in excel.
> 
> My tool does not easily allow the creation of classes from the spreadsheet. I
> would be looking at a many day process to develop the hierarchy and then
> populate it with instances.
> 
> I am wondering if someone at Reassert is still around that helped convert the
> US data gov info into RDF?
> 
> The OmniClass Table 32 has a problem too because many of the Level 2 title
> use the same title as in other Level 1 categories. The OmniClass code does
> changes. The definition remains the same. I So I could create instances based
> on the code and when you query the label, you would potentially get several
> and you would have to select the correct parent category. Or, I create
> instances based on the title name and include the several codes assigned to
> the same title with the single definition. You would be able to find the 
>proper
> code you want through the options of the parent class. Once you let me
> know which you prefer, it would be easy to implement as my idea would only
> have the Level 1 titles be a class (about 10) and the remaining Level 2-4 to 
>be
> instances using SKOS broader/narrower to define level 2-4. I can include
> synonyms (skos altLabel) and definitions.
> 
> 
> 
> Bradley Shoebottom
> Senior Information Architect - Research and Product Development
> Phone: (506) 674-5439   |   Toll-Free: (800) 363-3358
> Skype: bradley.shoebottom
> Email: bradley.shoebottom@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> 
> www.innovatia.net
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: ontology-summit-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:ontology-
> summit-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of MacPherson, Deborah
> Sent: Wednesday, March 13, 2013 10:04 AM
> To: 'Ontology Summit 2013 discussion'
> Subject: Re: [ontology-summit] Hackathon: BACnet Ontology
> 
> Hi Paul
> 
> A few years ago I dug into the NAICS codes and there is already a nice
> overlap.
> 
> The OmniClass Services table maps over to these codes, see
> [http://www.nationalbimstandard.org/nbims-us-v2/pdf/NBIMS-
> US2_c2.8.pdf]
> 
> OmniClass and NAICS sit right next to each other (alphabetically!) on the DoD
> Products and Services Report in the Business Enterprise Architecture 8.1, see
> [http://dcmo.defense.gov/products-and-services/business-enterprise-
> architecture/8.1/delta/term.htm] however please note 10 is current, see
> [http://dcmo.defense.gov/products-and-services/business-enterprise-
> architecture/10.0/classic/index.htm]
> 
> The Department of Energy DOE Building Energy Performance (BEP)
> Taxonomy also includes both OmniClass and NAICS, see
> [http://www1.eere.energy.gov/buildings/commercial/pdfs/doe_building_e
> nergy_performance_taxonomy.pdf]
> 
> I'll look back at the Census spreadsheet and try to mash it up with some
> other things, thanks for the link.
> 
> Deborah
> 
> DEBORAH MACPHERSON
> Specifications and Research
> 
> Cannon Design
> 3030 Clarendon Blvd.
> Suite 500
> Arlington, VA 22201
> 
> Phone: 703.907.2353
> Direct Dial: 2353
> 
> dmacpherson@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Cannondesign.com
> Skype debmacp
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: ontology-summit-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:ontology-
> summit-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Pope, Paul Albert
> Sent: Monday, March 11, 2013 6:21 PM
> To: Ontology Summit 2013 discussion
> Subject: Re: [ontology-summit] Hackathon: BACnet Ontology
> 
> Deborah, et al.,
> 
> I offer the following (perhaps cursory) info, FYI/FWIW, concerning your
> statement "...a part name or number ... that could be mapped to a generic
> form for broader exchange purposes" and the general interest in the
> "facilities domain."
> 
> North American Industry Classification System (NAICS)
> http://www.census.gov/eos/www/naics/
> "It was developed jointly by the U.S. Economic Classification Policy
> Committee (ECPC), Statistics Canada, and Mexico's Instituto Nacional de
> Estadistica y Geografia, to allow for a high level of comparability in 
>business
> statistics among the North American countries."
> I wish this taxonomy was available in OWL or other format; alas, it is only(?)
> available as a spreadsheet:
> http://www.census.gov/eos/www/naics/reference_files_tools/2012/2012_
> NAICS_Structure.xls
> 
> Concerning "Dining and Drinking Spaces", try entering the keyword "dining"
> into the search text box in the upper left for "2012 NAICS Search".
> The last code in the list retrieved is "722511 Full-Service Restaurants".  
>Click
> on that link.  Not responsible for hunger pangs that might result ;-)
> 
> B/R,
> Paul Pope, Ph.D.
> Los Alamos National Laboratory
> 
> 
> ________________________________________
> From: ontology-summit-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx [ontology-summit-
> bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx] on behalf of MacPherson, Deborah
> [dmacpherson@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx]
> Sent: Monday, March 11, 2013 3:56 PM
> To: Ontology Summit 2013 discussion
> Subject: Re: [ontology-summit] Hackathon: BACnet Ontology
> 
> Somewhere in this discussion is a problem that is the essence of what has
> been holding up progress in the facilities domain.
> 
> There are ways to publish technical requirements or test for conformance
> online for free, and pay (even substantially) to participate in the working
> groups or have voting privileges. For example OGC, W3C.
> 
> I can even see being able to own a part name or number within a larger
> communication machine that could be mapped to a generic form for broader
> exchange purposes. For example "13-57 13 15 Dining and Drinking Spaces"
> versus "The Sand Bar and Grille"
> 
> Depending on the domain, or need for cross disciplinary discussion, many on
> the  IP-protected side have no interest in supporting, or will even actively
> stops progress, on a common model. There is also the problem of failed
> common models that do not work, will not accommodate different object
> definitions - from software to software or industry model to industry model -
> without loss of data or functionality. Bentley systems has stepped forward in
> this white
> paper<http://ftp2.bentley.com/dist/collateral/docs/bentley_institute/White
> _paper_IFC.pdf> on the IFC model to say actually - the emperor has no
> clothes on. See pages 6 and 7 "Round Tripping"
> 
> For some reason I think ontologies might be a way these IP-With-Open
> problems might be fixed but maybe I am wrong or wishing for too much.
> 
> DEBORAH MACPHERSON
> Specifications and Research
> 
> Cannon Design
> 3030 Clarendon Blvd.
> Suite 500
> Arlington, VA 22201
> 
> Phone: 703.907.2353
> Direct Dial: 2353
> 
> dmacpherson@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx<mailto:dmacpherson@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> m>
> Cannondesign.com
> Skype debmacp
> 
> From: ontology-summit-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:ontology-
> summit-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Simon Spero
> Sent: Monday, March 11, 2013 5:25 PM
> To: Ontology Summit 2013 discussion
> Subject: Re: [ontology-summit] Hackathon: BACnet Ontology
> 
> On Mon, Mar 11, 2013 at 11:53 AM, Peter R. Benson
> <Peter.Benson@xxxxxxxxx<mailto:Peter.Benson@xxxxxxxxx>> wrote:
> Deborah, IP is a real issue. We designed the eOTD to try to resolve some of
> these issues. In a dictionary the IP resides in the representation but also in
> the identifiers or codes as these are always copyright.
> 
> That is not entirely clear;  see e.g.  SOUTHCO, INC v. KANEBRIDGE
> CORPORATION (  http://www.ca3.uscourts.gov/opinarch/021243pe.pdf ),
> where part numbers were found to be not protected (but see also how Alito
> takes care to distinguish Delta Dental )
> 
> Simon
> 
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