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Ontology Summit 2007: Process

This is the page to describe the Ontology Summit 2007 Process

Process Deliverables

  • 3 months of rigorous virtual discourse
    • dialog over the [ontology-summit] forum
    • possible use of survey(s)
    • summarize, synthesize, organized and displayed on the wiki (with support from editors)
  • Coordinate and reduce finding and conclusions into a written communique
  • 1.5 days of face-to-face technical workshop (whole day Apr. 23 & morning of Apr. 24, 2007 at NIST, Gaithersburg, Maryland, USA)
  • a Half day symposium which will be opened to the public and the press, where our key messages and the joint communique will be presented

The Process

The 6-step previously referred to as "draft-2" process is officially adopted (at the 2007.03.20 meeting)

Our 6-Step Process

  • 1. Identify constituency representative
    • volunteers, recommendations, ...
    • see our developing list of communities that will form our constituencies here.
    • with help from a survey (... more)
  • 2. collect ontology (or ontology-related) terms used in each constituency
    • with a specific e-mail thread for each constituency
      • use of the e-mail forum may help reduce duplication of efforts
  • 3. collect representative ontology (or ontology-like) artifacts from each constituency
    • with a specific e-mail thread for each constituency
      • use of the e-mail forum may help reduce duplication of efforts
  • 4. Constructing a categorization / typology framework
  • 5. Categorize
  • 6. Authoring the Communique
... more

Resource & References

  • Process proposal-1 (draft) - /Draft1
  • Process proposal-2 (now officially adopted) - /Draft2
  • .... (insert content here)