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Issues and Strategies 

* Need efficient way to learn tools and techniques 

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** Issue: The learning curve is quite steep and long-time participants in this effort still don't feel comfortable with basic concepts and specific methodologies 

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** Strategy: Identify and/or develop training modules that target key topics 

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*** Survey Ontolog / UBL project participants for knowledge gaps 

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*** Consolidate to a prioritzed list of training topics 

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*** Identify, recruit, and/or draft subject matter experts to help put together training modules (possibly teamed with a recruit to help document the training) 

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*** Distribute materials asynchronously where possible.  Schedule telecons, where necessary. 

* Need agreement on content to write 

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** Issue: A critical aspect of formalization is agreement among subject matter experts on what the terms / concepts mean. 

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** Strategy: drive agreement prior to the formalization in KIF to enable a broader range of subject matter experts to contribute to the process 

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*** Form a group of subject matter experts to review and revise the existing UBL definitions for these terms and concepts 

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*** Develop standards and/or quality critieria for these definitions (both their internal structure/expresiveness and consistency across definitions) 
**** Look to IEEE (Sowa's) discussions of use of controlled english possibly as a second step (uncontrolled, then controlled, then KIF) 

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*** Publish the definitions once they accepted (either individually or as a group)