SUO: Updated description and registration process for the SUO Glossary database
Following is an updated description of the purpose, structure, etc. for the
SUO Glossary database, and a repeat of information about how to register for
editing the glossary. Please note that registering does not automatically
give edit access to the glossary -- I will check each day and give edit
access to those who have registered.
So far, 23 people have registered, out of about 150 on the SUO mailing list.
The invitation that was sent out last week will last for 30 days, though I
can send out additional invitations if appropriate.* At present the Glossary
is empty, while we await advice from Jim Schoening regarding what copyright
notices should be attached to it. However, people are welcome to put test
entries into the database if they wish, and feedback and suggestions for the
database are welcome.
Phil Jackson
*There were email errors for 6 people in the original invitation email list,
and I'm working to contact these people. If you did not receive the original
invitation, or have lost it somehow, and would like to register, please let
me know and I'll send you another invitation. The terms for registering are
described at https://www.quickbase.com/p/cost.stm and
https://www.quickbase.com/p/terms.stm. Please review these terms before
deciding whether to register. My interpretation is that registration is free
if a subscriber does not create databases greater than 3MB, though Intuit
has a clause saying they can change their terms.
=======================
ABOUT THE SUO GLOSSARY DATABASE
The purpose of this database is to provide a Glossary for use by the IEEE
Standard Upper Ontology (SUO) Working Group, and thereby facilitate the
development of the IEEE Standard Upper Ontology.
This database is open to contributors to define any terms they wish to
define. For example, glossary terms may include "perdurantist",
"endurantist", "occurrent", "continuant", etc.
Each entry in the glossary may be specified as belonging to a "ontology
namespace". Users may create namespaces as they wish, or not use the
namespace feature if they prefer. Examples of possible namespaces could
include "4D", "Merged Ontology", etc.
The glossary will follow an "open-source", "Build It And They Will Come"
approach: Users can put their own definitions directly into the database.
They can correspond directly with each other to resolve differences of
opinion and agree upon a single definition, or they can agree to disagree
and submit different definitions for the same terms.
Readers can choose to see all the definitions or just those from a
particular author or for a particular ontology namespace.
Only people who are currently on the mailing list for IEEE SUO can add or
modify information in this database. The mechanisms provided by Quickbase
will support allowing additional people to edit the glossary.
========================
REGISTRATION PROCESS
>
> Here in detail is the signup sequence for IEEE SUO invitees:
> Click on the link in the email message inviting you to register for access
> to the SUO Glossary.
>
> This will open a "sign-in" web page in your browser. Click "Register".
>
> Register (for free) with your email address that the invitation
> message was sent to.
>
> At the end of the registration process you will be sent another email
> message.
>
> When you receive that email, click on the link in it...
>
> You should be taken to a webpage that says "Welcome to Quickbase --
> congratulations, you are now a registered user". Click Next.
>
> You'll be taken to the SUO Glossary web page.
>
> You can view the glossary, but not yet edit it. Even if you
> "sign in", you will not be able to add records to the database yet. The
> reason is that I can only give edit access to registered users, and the
> email inviting you to register does not itself grant edit access.
>
> However, I can effectively check who has accepted the invitation and
> registered, and I can then give edit access to registered users. So, at
> least once every day, I'll do this.
>
> So, after you've registered, go back to the SUO Glossary web page
> periodically. To see if you have edit access yet, perform the following
> steps:
>
> click "Sign in" at the upper right area of the page.
>
> Enter your email address or the screen name you chose during registration,
> and the password you chose.
>
> Your "My Quickbase" page will be displayed.
>
> Click "My Favorites", and your list of quickbases will be
> displayed. One of
> them should be "SUO Glossary".
>
> Click SUO Glossary, and you should see the SUO Glossary webpage.
> You should
> now also see "Add Record" at the upper left area of the page.
>
> If you click "Add Record" you can add entries to the glossary, and you
> should only be able to edit entries that you have added.
>