SUO: RE: Program wants to work with SUO documents
SUO WG,
Hello everyone! Just want to introduce myself to the group regarding my
involment with the BIKE program and specificely the ontology aspect of it.
I know a few of you have requested for information on BIKE. I'll send some
charts as soon as I get an approval, hopefully within the next day or so.
Thanks.
Lisa Tran
-----Original Message-----
From: jim.s3@juno.com [mailto:jim.s3@juno.com]
Sent: Tuesday, February 24, 2004 5:04 PM
To: standard-upper-ontology@ieee.org; SUO-STATUS@ieee.org
Subject: SUO: Program wants to work with SUO documents
SUO WG,
I have stated many times we need more real users to use our
starter documents and provide feedback and improvements. We need them
to develop domain and system ontologies, to develop actual systems and
tools. We need them to propose new concepts and axioms, plus identify
flaws that really matter to their systems. This will all provide
valuable feedback to improve these documents.
We now have at least one program to do this. The Battle
Information & Knowledge Exchange (BIKE) Program is a 4-year R&D program
at my employer (US Army) that needs a common upper ontology and wants
to start working with one or more or our starter documents. Mr. Kenneth
Beam is the manager of the program and Ms. Lisa Tran will be working the
ontology aspect of it. Ken is out on paternity leave, but Lisa has
joined the SUO list and will introduce herself shortly.
BIKE now needs expert input on the attributes of each of our
documents, from all perspectives. Perhaps other potential users will
also value this analysis.
Suggested approach:
a. Develop an evaluation form with specific questions, but also
allow free-form input. Below is a strawman list of questions. Please
send any edits/additions/deletions, then let's use our consensus process
to finalize the list.
b. Keep the questions generic to any user, since BIKE wants a
potentially broadly acceptable upper ontology anyway.
c. Anyone may provide input, even if not a member of SUO or
subscribed to this list. Candidate ontologies should not be limited to
just SUO starter documents.
d. To keep the inputs manageable and easy to review, permit only
one evaluation form per person per ontology; however, allow submission
of updated forms. Allow rebuttals.
e. Post all evaluation forms and rebuttals to the SUO web site in
an orderly fashion. Since this will require daily web work, Oanh Trinh
of the BIKE program is willing to help.
To get started, please send edits to the below list of evaluation
questions.
Jim Schoening
Chair, IEEE P1600.1 Standard Upper Ontology Working Group
jim.s3@juno.com
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Strawman Evaluation Questions for Common Upper Ontologies
1. Maturity: (How ready is it to use now? What capabilities have already
been demonstrated? Time and resources needed to start using? Potential
for improvement.)
2. Robustness: (Heavy weight vs. light weight ontology features?
Potential for improving robustness? How well will it handle known
requirements, such as those listed in SUO Scope and Purpose.)
3. Potential for broad acceptance: (How well will it support maximum
number of domains?)
4. Language Flexibility: (What ontology language is it in? How stable is
language?If desired, could it be written in a different ontology
language?)
5. Ownership/Cost/Changes: (Who owns it? Any proprietary restrictions on
use? Any charges for utilization? How will it get changed and who
controls the changes? Is it being developed by a Standards Developing
Organization?
6. Domain Friendly (How easy to develop domain ontologies based on upper
ontology?)
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