RE: SUO: RE: Standard Upper Ontology Procedures
Dear John,
I am quite happy with discussion (as you had with Tom recently)
continuing on the lists. It is material that might be the basis
for discussion, and tutorial material I would consider better
dealt with on a web page.
On the other hand, if you and Tom reached an agreed position
as a result of your discussions, that would also make good
website material. Much more useful for future reference.
Matthew West
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: John F. Sowa [mailto:sowa@bestweb.net]
> Sent: 30 November 2003 18:41
> To: West, Matthew R SITI-ITPSIE
> Cc: Jon Awbrey; SUO
> Subject: Re: SUO: RE: Standard Upper Ontology Procedures
>
>
> Dear Matthew,
>
> I agree with you that the guidelines for posting some things
> to SUO list and other things to a web folder should apply
> to all SUO members "with one rule for all":
>
> MW> I do not see this as forcing some people to sit on one
> > side or the other. Only as a way of being more effective
> > with one rule for all.
>
> The distinction should be that all frequent posters should
> request and be allocated a folder on the SUO web site.
> As guidelines for what goes in the folders, I suggest:
>
> 1. All tutorials, lengthy presentations, and extended
> discussions that go into excruciating detail (such as
> the recent discussions of nominalism and realism that
> Tom and I have engaged in) should be posted to a folder.
>
> 2. The primary SUO list should be reserved for the following
> kinds of material:
>
> a) New issues of relevance to the SUO. Any member should
> be able to decide for himself or herself what issues
> are relevant. But anyone else may suggest that any
> particular discussion should be moved to a folder.
>
> b) Amy member should be allowed (in fact, encourged) to
> make short comments and responses to current issues.
> Sometimes, what starts out as a short comment grows
> into a lengthy discussion, and anyone on the SUO list,
> especially the participants in the debate, should be
> able to suggest that it be continued in folder mode.
>
> c) News items about anything relevant to the SUO.
> Sometimes these items may contain a URL pointing
> either to an SUO folder page or to some outside
> web site.
>
> d) Periodic updates about subjects that have been
> posted to a folder with the URL of the web page.
> These postings should also include some excerpts
> from the web page that would give the readers
> some idea of topic and the issues being discussed.
>
> This policy should eliminate the need for special discussion
> lists for various topics, such as the ONT list. What gets
> posted to a folder should include all the relevant interchanges,
> so that anybody who was interested could see the full discussion.
>
> The policy of what goes to a folder or to the general list would
> be decided by each sender, guided by common rules of courtesy
> in trying to avoid repeated requests to move discussions offline.
>
> John Sowa
>
>