Re: Over the next few months...
David,
Thanks for re-emphasizing the purpose of the SUO effort. We have a list
of existing efforts which could be input to the SUO posted at
http://ltsc.ieee.org/suo/refs.html . I'd be very interested in having
references to other formal, axiomatized ontologies in particular.
A good first step on merging these existing ontologies would be to
express them in KIF so we're at least working in a common language.
Adam
At 09:57 AM 6/16/2000 -0700, David Whitten wrote:
>Since this working group has a Standard Upper Ontology as our deliverable,
>I think it would be useful to discuss some of the content we intend
>for the SUO. I think most of us agree that there will be some constants
>representing concepts, with some relations between them.
>We also agree that there will be some logical axioms defining the constants
>beyond the simple instance-of hierarchy, and the simple generalization-of
>hierarchy.
>
>I think some very dedicated people have put together the PSL-Core,
>and some of their axioms are suitable for inclusion in the SUO.
>
>There is also a great deal of work that has been done by the Cycorp team,
>and they have shown great generosity in sharing their Upper Ontology
>with the knowledge representation community.
>
>John Sowa's work with Conceptual Graphs is well known, as well as that
>community's contribution to Knowledge Representation over the years.
>
>I have looked over some of the work by ISO TC184/SC4/WG10 at
>http://www.pdtsolutions.co.uk/iideas/ and see a great deal of hard work
>has been done by them as well.
>
>The work at Stanford KSL has supported work by many diverse groups,
>and has been an integral part of many practical efforts on ontologies.
>
> From discussions on this list, I can see that there are many people who
>have been working in this field and making substantial progress unbeknownst
>to each other.
>
>Since we have not had the privilege of working in person with each other,
>and since we have about five months left of the initial evaluation phase
>left, I think we should not plan to make decisions off-line, but rather we
>should reach consensus through this mailing list.
>
>Does this correspond to everyone else's understanding, goals, and plans?
>
>David (whitten@netcom.com) (713) 791-1414 ext 6116
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