OntologySummit2010: Future "Developments" - community input (25GG)
This is the workspace for community input to the focused discussion outlined below ... (25GH)
Track Label: Requirements - Subtrack Label: Future Developments (25GI)
Track Co-champions: ElizabethFlorescu and PeterYim (25GJ)
Mission: to develop an outlook on the "Future of Ontologists." we will try to gain insight from the perspectives of: (25GK)
- the market - potential employer of the ontologist; (25GL)
- the educator - the ontology training / education provider; and (25GM)
- the individual - the ontologist (or ontologist-to-be) (25GN)
Pertinent questions: (25GO)
- What major "Development(s)" (please express in one statement) do you foresee happening to the domain of Ontology or to the Ontologist profession in: (25GP)
- What do you see as important trends that are beginning to emerge (w.r.t. the above time horizon)? (25GU)
- How many "ontologists" (or professionals with an "ontology education") will the world need (in the above time horizon)? (25GV)
- When do you think we will start having "ontology departments" in (a) universities and (b) enterprises? (25GW)
- What needs to happen between now and the day when we will have "ontology departments" in unversities and enterprises? (25GX)
Collected input from the community: (2ARK)
- Community Input during our Panel Session-1 on Thu 2009.12.17 - see: http://ontolog.cim3.net/cgi-bin/wiki.pl?ConferenceCall_2009_12_17#nid25QA (2ARL)
- Community input collected from the RTDelphi Study: (2ARM)
Further Discussion: (25GY)
(Please insert your remarks below. Kindly identify yourself and date you input.) (25GZ)