SUO: OpenCyc Motion Open for Discussions
SUO Working Group,
The motion to start work on the OpenCyc document is seconded by
Michael Pool.
Discussions are now open on this motion. They will remain open
for at least 10 days, but longer if needed.
I will start crafting the ballot question, which will also have a
period for discussion.
Jim Schoening
--------- Forwarded message ----------
From: Mike Pool <mpool@iet.com>
To: jim.s3@juno.com
Date: Wed, 02 Apr 2003 13:26:21 -0500
Subject: Re: SUO: Motion to start work on OpenCyc
Jim,
I'm not sure that I'm getting all SUO mail, as I seem to have missed a
message to which Jon Awbrey responds on this issue (Matthew West's).
In any event, I'm happy to second this motion if it hasn't already been
seconded.
If it has already been seconded and I'm missing messages, to whom should
I send technical concerns like this?
Mike Pool
At 09:42 PM 4/1/2003 -0500, you wrote:
>
>SUO Working Group,
>
> The following is a motion by John De Oliveira for this working
>group to start working on the OpenCyc document, as described below.
>
> Is there a second for this motion?
>
>Jim Schoening
>Chair, SUO WG
>
>
>--------- Forwarded message ----------
>From: John De Oliveira <johnd@cyc.com>
>To: jim.s3@juno.com
>Date: Tue, 01 Apr 2003 17:48:58 -0600
>Subject: SUO request for vote
>
>Jim,
>
>I would like to resubmit the OpenCyc ontology and the CycL language to
be
>
>voted on as a starter document. There had been a concern about including
>CycML in the submission, and I am no longer including that in the
>proposal.
>Also, there was concern about determining the boundaries of an OpenCyc
>ontology. For example, there were questions as to whether the inference
>engine was part of the submission. It was not, and it still is not. A
>text-only version of the OpenCyc ontology can be found at (and
downloaded
>
>from): http://www.cyc.com/SUO/opencyc-ontology.txt. It is unwieldy to
>read
>in this form, but it should provide clear boundaries for what is and
what
>
>is not part of the ontology. This is the proposed submission to serve as
>a
>draft base document. A description of a minimal OpenCyc KB can be found
>at: http://www.cyc.com/SUO/minimal-cyc-kb.txt. This second document also
>contains a BNF grammar for CycL. The information in the second document
>is
>slightly dated, but it can be worked on if a vote passes. An easier way
>to
>browse the OpenCyc ontology is by downloading OpenCyc
>(http://www.opencyc.org) or by using one of the public OpenCyc servers
>(http://www.opencyc.org/public_servers).
>
>Please feel free to submit to the group on my behalf some proposed
>language
>for the vote. It should describe the submission as including the OpenCyc
>ontology and the CycL language but not CycML, nor the OpenCyc Knowledge
>Server, nor the OpenCyc inference engine.
>
>Sincerely,
>John De Oliveira
>
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