Re: SUO: Re: Industry takeover
Adam,
I'm glad that you like the proposed three stages.
For reference, I'm repeating them at the end
of this note.
> This sounds reasonable. But I don't think we
> need to go to the trouble of making a motion on it.
> It's enough for now for us to agree it's a good
> idea. The only motion we need to make is to divide
> the groups for now. Can we proceed with that?
The groups are already divided. We are now at
stage 1. In an earlier note, you said that SUMO
was quite stable and usable as is. Therefore,
there is no need for a motion to do anything
more with SUMO by itself.
The same is true of OpenCyc. It is also quite
stable, and nothing more needs to be done with
it by itself. If the Cyc group as a whole
wants to extend OpenCyc, they can do so by
just contributing more of the Cyc knowledge base.
And the same is true of IFF. As Robert has
said, the theory is quite complete right now.
The main task now is to demonstrate that SUMO
and OpenCyc are both useful and complementary
contributions toward an SUO standard and that
tools and methodology based on IFF can be
usefully applied to organize and relate
both of them and any additional content
anyone may contribute.
Therefore, there is no point in a motion to
divide anything. And if we all agree that
it is a good idea for the SUO to work on stage 2
in order to produce the results of stage 3, then
lets formulate a motion to do so.
John
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Stage one. Three independent projects: SUMO,
OpenCyc, and IFF.
Stage two. Stock taking, analysis, and testing:
a) Study the commonalities and overlaps
between SUMO and OpenCyc and the
possible contribution of further
content from other sources.
b) Analysis of possible inconsistencies
in the various modules that make up
SUMO, OpenCyc, and other sources.
c) Development and testing of the IFF
theory and methodology on the modules
of SUMO, OpenCyc, and other sources.
Further refinement and clarification
of IFF and how it can assist in the
analysis, testing, and combination
of modules from various sources,
especially SUMO and IFF.
Stage three. Results:
a) A library of modules derived from SUMO,
OpenCyc, and/or other sources;
b) Organization of the library into a
generalization hierarchy (lattice),
certification of the consistency of each
individual module, statements of known
inconsistencies between modules, and
a history of testing of each module.
c) A methodology based on IFF and/or other
theoretical and computational techniques
that enables different modules to be
ordered within the generalization hierarchy,
combined with one another, tested for
consistency of each possible combination,
and accommodated to new modules derived
from independently developed sources.
This proposal allows changes in any or all of the
three starting projects. It doesn't commit to
a total adoption of everything from any one of them,
and it assumes that each contribution from any one
will have to survive the analysis and testing done
in stage 2. It also allows contributions from other
sources (including further work done by the same
people who initiated the first three projects).