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Ontologizing Ontolog ContentApril 20, 2006: 

Ontologizing Ontolog Content April 20, 2006 Sketch #1 A Roadmap to an Ontolog Thesaurus Bob Smith, Ph.D. Bob@1TallTrees.com CSU/Tall Tree Labs

Observations: 

Observations Denise Bedford’s inventory of content indicates a very rich collection; Many different disciplines represented; Implies a great diversity of meanings; And an opportunity to consider: Building on the Upper Ontology Summit treaty and next steps; Developing a Taxo-Thesaurus project and “conforming” schema as a Roadmap/Decision Scenario using existing Ontological Roadmaps.

What questions to ask?What each answer might imply?: 

What questions to ask? What each answer might imply? Where are “we” now and where do we want or need to evolve in terms of an Ontology Roadmap? Jim Hendler believes…..[ SemTech 06] Leo Obrst believes…. [ Ontolog Forum 1-12-06] Elisa Kendall & Debra McGuiness believes…Ontology 101 Revised [ SemTech 06 ] What resources does it take to move from one level to the next level? Likely m with probability of p… In Healthcare IT, the Blackford Middleton $78 Billion advantage from transitioning US Healthcare from level 1 to 4 NASA Technology Readiness Level topics; OMB topics

Project Proposal part 1: 

Project Proposal part 1 1. Background issues: Estimated Project Time and Effort (SIMPLE, 2-3 people, 10 hrs over 2-5 weeks??) Scope and Audience: Users and their audience ( Domain List including MBAs as well as the usual AI, Linguistics, Logic, Math, Ontology domains) Prior Efforts and Results (Google Search; Protégé Wiki, UM, Etc.) http://ps1.cim3.net/ps.php?theurl=http://www.w3.org/TR/2004/REC-webont-req-20040210/#purp290 Current funded inititiatives ( IST Athena; IBM; SAP; Oracle, etc.) http://www.sap.com/company/research/bpmsi/athena.epx

Project Proposal Part 2: 

Project Proposal Part 2 2. Short Requirements Statement and Architectural Assumptions Performance expectations (3-5 competency questions) Alignments with related projects and Orchestration Mechanics of collaborative initiatives Use Case examplars from W3C Ontology Best Practices? (N-Aries?)

Project Proposal Part 3: 

Project Proposal Part 3 3. Thesaurus "Product" Design Selection criteria for Schema 1 2 Selection criteria for Schema Tools 1 2 Acquisition of primary and secondary Tool Set

Project Proposal Part 4: 

Project Proposal Part 4 4. Results Ambiguity reductions PoC (Proof of Concept) or FoC cycle Demonstration of Competency cycle 5. Future Work and Contingencies Workshop at Protégé 2006 Call for Participation OASIS Interoperability Conference

Questions and Suggestions: 

Questions and Suggestions - - - ========================= Bob Smith Bob@1TallTrees.com Professor Emeritus, Cal State University School of Business, Management Department Business Strategy, Operations Research, Policy Audits, MIS-Expert Systems

Back up slides from Leo Obrst: 

Back up slides from Leo Obrst Ontology and Semantic Spectrum January 12, 2006 Slide 5: Tightness of Coupling and Semantic Explicitness: Note the Green elements as time-lane context? Slide 9: One Spectrum View: Levels of Interoperability with costs and benefit pattern Slide 11: Triangle of Signs: Terms, Concepts, Pragmatic real world possibilities Slide 40: Thesaurus Starting point? Slide 20: When is a Taxo Enough Slide 21: Thesaurus Defined Slide 25: When is a Thesaurus Enough?

Levels, Layers, Lacunae: 

Levels, Layers, Lacunae