OntologySummit2007: OntologySummit2007_Survey individual responses (WPV)
OntologySummit2007_Survey/Response input from WilliamBurkett (WPW)
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Question 1 Respondant Info (WPY)
Name: William Burkett (WPZ)
Question 2 Affiliated - I am affiliated with the following constituencies/communities (please check all that apply) (WQ0)
[ ] 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 [X] Metadata communities [ ] XML communities [X] Applications Development, Software Engineering and Information Model communities [X] System Architecture communities [ ] Biomedical communities [X] Standards Development communities [ ] Other (please specify): (Not Answered) (WQ1)
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): (WQ2)
[ ] 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 [X] 12. Applications Development, Software Engineering and Information Model communities [ ] 13. System Architecture communities [ ] 14. Biomedical communities [ ] 15. Standards Development communities [ ] 16. Other (please specify): (Not Answered) (WQ5)
Question 2b Specific Community (WQ6)
or sub-community I am affiliated with: (Not Answered) (WQ7)
Question 2c Expertise Self Assessment - With respect to the perspective you are representing and providing input from, I am a/an: (WQ8)
[X] 1. informed layman [ ] 2. practitioner [ ] 3. expert [ ] 4. other (please specify): (Not Answered) (WQB)
Question 3a Ontology Value - (WQC)
"At the moment, not much. The term itself and the myriad of ways that it is used seem to alienate my constituency. The value I think it *could* bring is to unite the functional benefits of AI/KR processes with existing database and data structuring methods. In-and-of-itself "ontology" is just special data structuring that facilitate reasoning and other AI processes. Uniting this with real data would be of great value." (WQD)
Question 3b Ontology Issues - (WQE)
"De-mystifying it. The ontology community needs to "come down to earth" and acknowledge that ontologies are basically schema+data that is organized in such a way as to facilitate AI goals." (WQF)
Question 3c Ontology Problems - (WQG)
"Other than the social problems that the ontology community has connecting with other data-centric communities, there are no technical problems." (WQH)
Question 3d Corresponding Solutions - (WQI)
"The "come down to earth" suggestion is the only one I have." (WQJ)
Question 4aGlossary - Ontology-related 'vocabulary' and representative 'artifact' from your constituency or community: (WQK)
Term: schema (??) Gloss: (Not Answered) Reference (citation/url): (Not Answered) Artifact (name/version): ISO 10303 (STEP) - Artifact Ref. (url): (Not Answered) (WQL)
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? (WQM)
[ ] 1. 1 - totally unlikely [ ] 2. 2 - rarely [X] 3. 3 - sometimes [ ] 4. 4 - quite often [ ] 5. 5 - almost always (WQN)
Question 4a2 Additional Remarks - (WQO)
"I find this section/these sections confusing and I'm not sure what to enter. The instructions are not clear." (WQP)
Question 4bGlossary - Ontology-related 'vocabulary' and representative 'artifact' from your constituency or community: (WQQ)
Term: (Not Answered) Gloss: (Not Answered) Reference (citation/url): (Not Answered) Artifact (name/version): (Not Answered) - Artifact Ref. (url): (Not Answered) (WQR)
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? (WQS)
[ ] 1. 1 - totally unlikely [ ] 2. 2 - rarely [ ] 3. 3 - sometimes [ ] 4. 4 - quite often [ ] 5. 5 - almost always (WQT)
Question 4b2 Additional Remarks - (WQU)
"(Not Answered)" (WQV)
Question 4cGlossary - Ontology-related 'vocabulary' and representative 'artifact' from your constituency or community: (WQW)
Term: (Not Answered) Gloss: (Not Answered) Reference (citation/url): (Not Answered) Artifact (name/version): (Not Answered) - Artifact Ref. (url): (Not Answered) (WQX)
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? (WQY)
[ ] 1. 1 - totally unlikely [ ] 2. 2 - rarely [ ] 3. 3 - sometimes [ ] 4. 4 - quite often [ ] 5. 5 - almost always (WQZ)
Question 4c2 Additional Remarks - (WR0)
"(Not Answered)" (WR1)
Question 4dGlossary - Ontology-related 'vocabulary' and representative 'artifact' from your constituency or community: (WR2)
Term: (Not Answered) Gloss: (Not Answered) Reference (citation/url): (Not Answered) Artifact (name/version): (Not Answered) - Artifact Ref. (url): (Not Answered) (WR3)
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? (WR4)
[ ] 1. 1 - totally unlikely [ ] 2. 2 - rarely [ ] 3. 3 - sometimes [ ] 4. 4 - quite often [ ] 5. 5 - almost always (WR5)
Question 4d2 Additional Remarks - (WR6)
"(Not Answered)" (WR7)
Question 4eGlossary - Ontology-related 'vocabulary' and representative 'artifact' from your constituency or community: (WR8)
Term: (Not Answered) Gloss: (Not Answered) Reference (citation/url): (Not Answered) Artifact (name/version): (Not Answered) - Artifact Ref. (url): (Not Answered) (WR9)
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? (WRA)
[ ] 1. 1 - totally unlikely [ ] 2. 2 - rarely [ ] 3. 3 - sometimes [ ] 4. 4 - quite often [ ] 5. 5 - almost always (WRB)
Question 4e2 Additional Remarks - (WRC)
"(Not Answered)" (WRD)
Question 4fGlossary - Ontology-related 'vocabulary' and representative 'artifact' from your constituency or community: (WRE)
Term: (Not Answered) Gloss: (Not Answered) Reference (citation/url): (Not Answered) Artifact (name/version): (Not Answered) - Artifact Ref. (url): (Not Answered) (WRF)
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? (WRG)
[ ] 1. 1 - totally unlikely [ ] 2. 2 - rarely [ ] 3. 3 - sometimes [ ] 4. 4 - quite often [ ] 5. 5 - almost always (WRH)
Question 4f2 Additional Remarks - (WRI)
"(Not Answered)" (WRJ)
Question 4gGlossary - Ontology-related 'vocabulary' and representative 'artifact' from your constituency or community: (WRK)
Term: (Not Answered) Gloss (definition): (Not Answered) Reference (citation/url): (Not Answered) Artifact (name/version): (Not Answered) - Artifact Ref. (url): (Not Answered) (WRL)
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? (WRM)
[ ] 1. 1 - totally unlikely [ ] 2. 2 - rarely [ ] 3. 3 - sometimes [ ] 4. 4 - quite often [ ] 5. 5 - almost always (WRN)
Question 4g2 Additional Remarks - (WRO)
"(Not Answered)" (WRP)
Question 4hGlossary - Ontology-related 'vocabulary' and representative 'artifact' from your constituency or community: (WRQ)
Term: (Not Answered) Gloss: (Not Answered) Reference (citation/url): (Not Answered) Artifact (name/version): (Not Answered) - Artifact Ref. (url): (Not Answered) (WRR)
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? (WRS)
[ ] 1. 1 - totally unlikely [ ] 2. 2 - rarely [ ] 3. 3 - sometimes [ ] 4. 4 - quite often [ ] 5. 5 - almost always (WRT)
Question 4h2 Additional Remarks - (WRU)
"(Not Answered)" (WRV)
Question 5 Confirm Participation - where, (WRW)
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 (WRX)
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, (WRY)
[ ] 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). (WRZ)
Question 5a Co-Sponsor confirmation: (WS0)
Organization Name: don't know what this section is about, either. Link (url) to Logo: (Not Answered) (WS1)
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