OntologySummit2007: OntologySummit2007_Survey individual responses    (YPL)

OntologySummit2007_Survey/Response input from PeterYim    (YPM)

Please make sure you refer to the OntologySummit2007 & OntologySummit2007_Survey pages for the full context of the input. T    (YPN)


Question 1 Respondant Info    (YPO)

      Name:  Peter Yim    (YPP)

Question 2 Affiliated - I am affiliated with the following constituencies/communities (please check all that apply)    (YPQ)

      [X]  Formal ontology communities
      [X]  Semantic Web communities
      [  ]  Linguistic communities
      [  ]  Concept Map community
      [  ]  Topic Map community
      [  ]  SEARCH communities
      [  ]  Web 2.0 communities
      [  ]  Thesauri community
      [  ]  Taxonomy communities
      [  ]  Metadata communities
      [X]  XML communities
      [X]  Applications Development, Software Engineering and Information Model communities
      [X]  System Architecture communities
      [  ]  Biomedical communities
      [X]  Standards Development communities
      [X]  Other (please specify):  Doug Engelbart's BOOTSTRAP community    (YPR)

Question 2a Representing - I represent the perspective of the following constituency/community (please pick one; if you want to provide input from more than one perspective, please return a separate form):    (YPS)

      [  ]  1. Formal ontology communities
      [  ]  2. Semantic Web communities
      [  ]  3. Linguistic communities
      [  ]  4. Concept Map community
      [  ]  5. Topic Map community
      [  ]  6. SEARCH communities
      [  ]  7. Web 2.0 communities
      [  ]  8. Thesauri community
      [  ]  9. Taxonomy communities
      [  ]  10. Metadata communities
      [  ]  11. XML communities
      [  ]  12. Applications Development, Software Engineering and Information Model communities
      [  ]  13. System Architecture communities
      [  ]  14. Biomedical communities
      [  ]  15. Standards Development communities
      [X]  16. Other (please specify):  collaboration    (YPT)

Question 2b Specific Community    (YPU)

      or sub-community I am affiliated with:  open knowledge and collective intelligence    (YPV)

Question 2c Expertise Self Assessment - With respect to the perspective you are representing and providing input from, I am a/an:    (YPW)

      [  ]  1. informed layman
      [X]  2. practitioner
      [  ]  3. expert
      [  ]  4. other (please specify):  (Not Answered)    (YPX)

Question 3a Ontology Value -    (YPY)

      "(Not Answered)"    (YPZ)

Question 3b Ontology Issues -    (YQ0)

      "(Not Answered)"    (YQ1)

Question 3c Ontology Problems -    (YQ2)

      "(Not Answered)"    (YQ3)

Question 3d Corresponding Solutions -    (YQ4)

      "(Not Answered)"    (YQ5)

Question 4aGlossary - Ontology-related 'vocabulary' and representative 'artifact' from your constituency or community:    (YQ6)

      Term:  upper ontology
      Gloss:  An upper ontology is limited to concepts that are meta, 
              generic, abstract and philosophical, and therefore are 
              general enough to address (at a high level) a broad range 
              of domain areas. Concepts specific to given domains will 
              not be included; however, ...
      Reference (citation/url):  http://ontolog.cim3.net/cgi-bin/wiki.pl?UpperOntologySummit
      Artifact (name/version):  BFO (Basic Formal Ontology)
      - Artifact Ref. (url):  http://www.ifomis.uni-saarland.de/bfo    (YQ7)

Question 4a1 Called An Ontology - On a scale of 1 to 5, (where 1 means totally unlikely and 5 means almost always), would the above term or artifact be referred to as an "ontology" in your community?    (YQ8)

      [  ]  1. 1 - totally unlikely
      [  ]  2. 2 - rarely
      [  ]  3. 3 - sometimes
      [  ]  4. 4 - quite often
      [X]  5. 5 - almost always    (YQ9)

Question 4a2 Additional Remarks -    (YQA)

      "I will list the Upper Ontology artifacts represented at the Upper Ontology Summit 2006 here."    (YQB)

Question 4bGlossary - Ontology-related 'vocabulary' and representative 'artifact' from your constituency or community:    (YQC)

      Term:  (Not Answered)
      Gloss:  (Not Answered)
      Reference (citation/url):  (Not Answered)
      Artifact (name/version):  DOLCE
      - Artifact Ref. (url):  http://www.loa-cnr.it/DOLCE.html    (YQD)

Question 4b1 Called An Ontology - On a scale of 1 to 5, (where 1 means totally unlikely and 5 means almost always), would the above term or artifact be referred to as an "ontology" in your community?    (YQE)

      [  ]  1. 1 - totally unlikely
      [  ]  2. 2 - rarely
      [  ]  3. 3 - sometimes
      [  ]  4. 4 - quite often
      [X]  5. 5 - almost always    (YQF)

Question 4b2 Additional Remarks -    (YQG)

      "DOLCE : a Descriptive Ontology for Linguistic and Cognitive Engineering"    (YQH)

Question 4cGlossary - Ontology-related 'vocabulary' and representative 'artifact' from your constituency or community:    (YQI)

      Term:  (Not Answered)
      Gloss:  (Not Answered)
      Reference (citation/url):  (Not Answered)
      Artifact (name/version):  DOLCE - D & S
      - Artifact Ref. (url):  http://www.loa-cnr.it/Papers/ODBASE-CONTEXT.pdf    (YQJ)

Question 4c1 Called An Ontology - On a scale of 1 to 5, (where 1 means totally unlikely and 5 means almost always), would the above term or artifact be referred to as an "ontology" in your community?    (YQK)

      [  ]  1. 1 - totally unlikely
      [  ]  2. 2 - rarely
      [  ]  3. 3 - sometimes
      [  ]  4. 4 - quite often
      [  ]  5. 5 - almost always    (YQL)

Question 4c2 Additional Remarks -    (YQM)

      "DOLCE - Description & Situation extensions"    (YQN)

Question 4dGlossary - Ontology-related 'vocabulary' and representative 'artifact' from your constituency or community:    (YQO)

      Term:  (Not Answered)
      Gloss:  (Not Answered)
      Reference (citation/url):  (Not Answered)
      Artifact (name/version):  GUM (generalized upper model)
      - Artifact Ref. (url):  http://www.fb10.uni-bremen.de/ontology/onto-downloads.htm    (YQP)

Question 4d1 Called An Ontology - On a scale of 1 to 5, (where 1 means totally unlikely and 5 means almost always), would the above term or artifact be referred to as an "ontology" in your community?    (YQQ)

      [  ]  1. 1 - totally unlikely
      [  ]  2. 2 - rarely
      [  ]  3. 3 - sometimes
      [  ]  4. 4 - quite often
      [  ]  5. 5 - almost always    (YQR)

Question 4d2 Additional Remarks -    (YQS)

      "(Not Answered)"    (YQT)

Question 4eGlossary - Ontology-related 'vocabulary' and representative 'artifact' from your constituency or community:    (YQU)

      Term:  (Not Answered)
      Gloss:  (Not Answered)
      Reference (citation/url):  (Not Answered)
      Artifact (name/version):  ISO 15926-2
      - Artifact Ref. (url):  http://www.tc184-sc4.org/wg3ndocs/wg3n1328/lifecycle_integration_schema.html    (YQV)

Question 4e1 Called An Ontology - On a scale of 1 to 5, (where 1 means totally unlikely and 5 means almost always), would the above term or artifact be referred to as an "ontology" in your community?    (YQW)

      [  ]  1. 1 - totally unlikely
      [  ]  2. 2 - rarely
      [  ]  3. 3 - sometimes
      [  ]  4. 4 - quite often
      [  ]  5. 5 - almost always    (YQX)

Question 4e2 Additional Remarks -    (YQY)

      "ISO/FDIS 15926-2 - Lifecycle integration of process plant data including oil and gas production facilities"    (YQZ)

Question 4fGlossary - Ontology-related 'vocabulary' and representative 'artifact' from your constituency or community:    (YR0)

      Term:  (Not Answered)
      Gloss:  (Not Answered)
      Reference (citation/url):  (Not Answered)
      Artifact (name/version):  OpenCYC
      - Artifact Ref. (url):  http://www.cyc.com/cyc/opencyc/overview    (YR1)

Question 4f1 Called An Ontology - On a scale of 1 to 5, (where 1 means totally unlikely and 5 means almost always), would the above term or artifact be referred to as an "ontology" in your community?    (YR2)

      [  ]  1. 1 - totally unlikely
      [  ]  2. 2 - rarely
      [  ]  3. 3 - sometimes
      [  ]  4. 4 - quite often
      [  ]  5. 5 - almost always    (YR3)

Question 4f2 Additional Remarks -    (YR4)

      "(Not Answered)"    (YR5)

Question 4gGlossary - Ontology-related 'vocabulary' and representative 'artifact' from your constituency or community:    (YR6)

      Term:  (Not Answered)
      Gloss (definition):  (Not Answered)
      Reference (citation/url):  (Not Answered)
      Artifact (name/version):  PSL / ISO 18629
      - Artifact Ref. (url):  http://www.mel.nist.gov/psl/    (YR7)

Question 4g1 Called An Ontology - On a scale of 1 to 5, (where 1 means totally unlikely and 5 means almost always), would the above term or artifact be referred to as an "ontology" in your community?    (YR8)

      [  ]  1. 1 - totally unlikely
      [  ]  2. 2 - rarely
      [  ]  3. 3 - sometimes
      [  ]  4. 4 - quite often
      [  ]  5. 5 - almost always    (YR9)

Question 4g2 Additional Remarks -    (YRA)

      "PSL - Process Specification Language"    (YRB)

Question 4hGlossary - Ontology-related 'vocabulary' and representative 'artifact' from your constituency or community:    (YRC)

      Term:  (Not Answered)
      Gloss:  (Not Answered)
      Reference (citation/url):  (Not Answered)
      Artifact (name/version):  SUMO
      - Artifact Ref. (url):  http://www.ontologyportal.org/    (YRD)

Question 4h1 Called An Ontology - On a scale of 1 to 5, (where 1 means totally unlikely and 5 means almost always), would the above term or artifact be referred to as an "ontology" in your community?    (YRE)

      [  ]  1. 1 - totally unlikely
      [  ]  2. 2 - rarely
      [  ]  3. 3 - sometimes
      [  ]  4. 4 - quite often
      [  ]  5. 5 - almost always    (YRF)

Question 4h2 Additional Remarks -    (YRG)

      "SUMO - Suggested Upper Merged Ontology"    (YRH)

Question 5 Confirm Participation - where,    (YRI)

 a 'convener' is a participant who provides substantive contribution to the OntologySummit2007 
 initiative (through the online discourse, this survey, and other events leading to or during 
 the workshops and the written communique process), and    (YRJ)
 a 'co-sponsor' is an organization who is providing technical or funding support (e.g. supporting 
 member(s) of its technical staff to participate as a 'convener'), and/or endorsing the objective 
 of this OntologySummit2007,    (YRK)
      [  ]  I agree that my name can be listed as a 'convener' of OntologySummit2007
      [  ]  I will consider endorsing the OntologySummit2007 communique. Please send it to me for 
              review when it is ready. I will confirm my endorsement after the review.
      [  ]  I confirm that you may list my organization as a 'co-sponsor' for 
              OntologySummit2007 (details below).    (YRL)

Question 5a Co-Sponsor confirmation:    (YRM)

      Organization Name:  CIM Engineering, Inc. (dba. "CIM3")
      Link (url) to Logo:  http://www.cim3.com/sm_logo.gif    (YRN)