Jerry,
I'd say that the short answer to Patrick's question is yes, we plan
to express the existing measurement system(s) as an ontology, written in
CLIF, with derived representations in OWL and UML. This will be done with
careful liaison with the existing organizations responsible for our system
of units and measures. Ultimately, it will involve harmonizing the official
S.I. definitions of units and measures (expressed in prose) with a number of
existing ontologies that tackle the same domain.
And yes, PSL is a good example of a normative standard written in
Common Logic for, as you say, a different purpose. While at NIST, I
initiated that project, Craig Schlenoff managed it, and all the heavy
lifting was done by Michael Gruninger who was at NIST at the time (now at
Univ. of Toronto). (01)
- Steve (02)
Steven R. Ray, Ph.D.
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All, (06)
Below are some questions from Patrick Durusau that I thought might be better
answered by other folks in our group. (07)
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Subject: OASIS Quantities and Units of Measure Ontology Standard (QUOMOS)
Technical Committee (08)
Jerry, (09)
The QUOMOS charter just came across my desk and I have a couple of
questions I wanted to ask before posting anything to the comment list. (010)
Is the gist of this proposal that existing standards for measurement are
going to be re-written in CLIF (Common Logic Interchange Format) and
from there normative representations are going to be created in OWL 2.0
DL and UML? (011)
That is to say that the TC really isn't creating any measurement
ontologies but simply expressing existing measurement systems as ontologies? (012)
BTW, while looking for background information (and running across Pat
Hayes, Peter Yim, etc. the usual ontology gang) I also saw PSL (Process
Specification Language), http://www.mel.nist.gov/psl/ontology.html. Not
relevant but thought it looked interesting. (013)
Patrick (014)
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Subject: More questions (017)
Jerry, (018)
Sorry, more questions: (019)
What other ontologies exist for measurement? (020)
Other than the use of CLIF, how is this work going to differ from those
projects? (021)
What permissions have been obtained for the use of the content of other
standards organizations in the QUOMOS work? (022)
Thanks! (023)
Hope you are having a great day! (024)
Patrick
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