Re: Brainstorming Idea: Set up an online testbed
Dear Dr. Schoening
I agree with Avril's proposal to work on overlaps and distinctions of
ontologies in computer science and philosophy
and also to your proposal to work on developing some testbeds. It would
be very helpful especially to evalute ontologies built automatically by
ontology learning systems or mapping/ integrating tools.
I also propose to talk about the essence and need to have standard ontologies
and ways of creating flexible ontologies for a flexible changing micro world.
I still believe that working to create a technology to map various ontologies
with various perspectives is more important than creating standards. May be
the core pricnciples or beliefs or concepts or ... should be the same in various ontologies(I'm not sure about)I just know that none of us has a unique standard
mental ontology same as the others, but we can more or less understand each other.
It seems that what we have in common is not the standard upper ontology as we use in computer systems. Discussing this matter can help to create ontologies which are not
standard but can be used for interoperability.
Regards
Mehrnoush Shamsfard
Electrical & Computer Engineering Faculty,
Shahid Behehsti University,
Tehran, Iran.
Schoening, James R Mr CIV USA AMC wrote:
>Idea: Set up an online testbed
>
>Description: Set of online tools and components that can be assembled to
>conduct tests and demonstrations.
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>Funding Model:
> Volunteer managed governance
> Server infrastructure provided by IEEE
> Components contributed by academia and open-content-oriented
>vendors
> Projects independently funded and managed
>
>Benefits:
>
> Allows focus on components (can be combined with other free
>components for a demonstration)
> Allows others to analyze prior tests and demonstrations
> Allows many to focus on key unsolved problems
> Allows funding organizations to see consensus on what the
>unsolved problems are*
> Leads to component-based and open-content commercial solutions
> Enables specialization: Larger projects could sub-tasked smaller
>developer (or individuals), allowing them to specialize and start
>growing a component industry.
>
>* Note: I believe if this field can achieve some consensus on the key
>unsolved problems, it can attract funding to solve them.
>
>
>James R. Schoening
>U.S. Army CECOM LCMC CIO/G6 Office
>Voice: DSN 992-5812 or (732) 532-5812
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>Email: James.Schoening@us.army.mil
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