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== [[OntologySummit2010|Ontology Summit 2010]] Communique Draft Feedback Page  ==

This is a scratch workspace used during the [[OntologySummit2010|Ontology Summit 2010]] [[OntologySummit2010_Symposium|Communique Draft "reactions"]] session  

Session Chair: Professor [[MichaelGruninger|Michael Gr&uuml;ninger]] 

Baseline Communique Draft (at start of this session): http://ontolog.cim3.net/cgi-bin/wiki.pl?action=browse&id=OntologySummit2010_Communique/Draft&revision=59 

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Summary of Communique Feedback Discussion, March 15  

Issues to be Added  

How do we evaluate ontologies (methods and metrics)  

Evaluate with respect to application and reuse  

Linguistic aspects of ontologies  

Cross linkages between languages  

Deduction, abduction, induction as core knowledge  

Automated reasoning  as a core knowledge  

Ontology lifecycle management  

Engineering principles  

Adding object oriented methodologies, modularity, and info hiding  

Add engineering and manufacturing to Application Domains  

Simple summary of ontology benefits (before current state of training)  

Case studies?  

Link to prior communiques  

Resources for ontologies (further reading)  

Inclusion of uncertainty in knowledge  

Clarification of ontologists as profession vs discipline  

more justification for requirements  

Relationships between requirements and the goals of the Summit (ontology to support this)  

Development of ontolgoies as discipline
Dept of Ontologies  

Disentangle knowledge and skills into different kinds of ontologists and tasks  

References to successful ontology projects  

Funding paths  

Issues Related to Modification  

2BSE "computer science" to "computing"  

2ATR "applying ontologies to the solution of real and complex problems"  

2BSE move to 2ATR  

skills are developed not taught  

'ontology" --> "applied ontology" and/or "ontological engineering" or "computational ontology" or "formal ontology"  

"technology" to "semantic technology"  

Clarify the definition of "semantic technology"  

references to commercial products and endeavors  

institution to organization  

Justify the comment "There is a high demand for ontologists"  

* examples from biomedical domains  
* 51 government projects containing the word "ontology"  

Programs at the graudate level are not enough -- we need undergraduate courses/ programs  

* intergrating ontologies into current undergrad courses  

We need to train more than ontologists -- also need management training  

Emphasis on  soft skills in ontology design projects  

Need to be pragmatic in the communique  

Keep in mind the published version in Applied Ontology journal  

What does an ontologist bring to a project?  

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