SUO: Re: Cycled Upper Ontology Offer
John F. Sowa wrote:
>
> Pat, Graham, Jon, Phil, Doug, et al.,
>
> The problem of giving credit where credit is due has never
> been satisfactorily solved, since almost all good ideas have
> a long history that disappears somewhere in the murky mists
> (usually in something that Aristotle credited to the even
> murkier mists that preceded him).
>
> For the purpose of the SUO, I recommend a precedent that
> was pioneered by the COBOL project, which was originally
> sponsored by the US DoD, with contributions from IBM, Univac,
> Honeywell, and others. In order to get all those competing
> groups to cooperate and contribute their work to the common
> project, the CODASYL committee, which they formed, drafted
> a statement that listed the contributors and their languages --
> COMTRAN (Commercial Translator), Flowmatic, and AIMACO
> (AIr MAterial COmmand compiler).
>
> For years upon years, that one-page statement was duly reproduced
> on page 2 of all the COBOL manuals and standards documents. I have
> not looked at a COBOL manual for a long time, so I don't know whether
> they still continue the practice.
>
> But I suggest that the SUO adopt a similar practice.
> Develop a document that lists all the contributors
> (both individuals and corporations), cites their work,
> makes an appropriate statement about the size of the
> contribution, and points to the original sources.
>
> Then on every product of the SUO or anything that uses the SUO,
> there would be a little menu item labeled "About ...", which
> would include a pointer to the SUO-IEEE list of credits.
>
> John Sowa
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I 2nd that e-motion!
Jon Awbrey
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