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<p>Fix PurpleMediaWiki references</p> <p><b>New page</b></p><div>=== For the [[ConferenceCall_2005_11_10|Ontology Communities Discussion on 2005.11.10]] ===<br /> <br /> == Community Profile for NCOR ==<br /> <br /> By / Date: [[BarrySmith|Barry Smith]] / 2005.11.07<br /> <br /> Last Updated: 07 Nov 2005 12:40:35 EST; <br /> <br /> * Community (name): National Center for Ontological Research <br /> * Date Established: October 27, 2005 <br /> * Key Stakeholders: Academic, government and industrial organizations interested in promoting the application of the scientific method in ontology development and use <br /> * Constituency: all adult developers and users of ontologies <br /> * Domain: all <br /> * Mission / Charter: (see http://ncor.us) <br /> ** The goal of NCOR is to promote the application of scientific methods in ontology research in the United States <br /> *** by establishing cross-disciplinary networks among those individuals and groups involved in ontological research and applications in such a way as to foster a high degree of interaction at the four levels of infrastructure, content, methodology and application <br /> *** by fostering, through challenge evaluations and other methodologies, objective measures for the quality (usefulness, useability, reliability ...) of ontologies <br /> *** by developing, testing and promoting best practices in ontology research and development, including conformity to reference ontologies and to top-level integration ontologies <br /> *** by developing partnerships with institutions in academia, industry and government designed to enable the sharing of expertise and to consolidate best practices <br /> *** by organizing and strengthening educational and training programs in ontology <br /> *** by organizing outreach programs designed to promote greater public awareness of the importance of high-level ontology research. <br /> * With respect to Ontology work (esp. eGov-related work), the community's: <br /> ** Medium Term Goal: establishment of genuine evolutionary mechanisms leading to stepwise improvement of ontologies and to attrition of poor-quality ontology initiatives <br /> ** Short Term Goal: to create an awareness of the need for quality assurance especially of the content ontologies and of the methods to achieve it <br /> ** Deliverables within the next 6 months: to disseminate the goals of NCOR <br /> * Key Differentiation (with the other communities presenting today): focus on scientific method, on quality of ontology content, and on objective methodologies for ontology evaluation; no restriction on domain <br /> * What we can bring to the table to foster collaboration with other communities here today: all of the above <br /> * Additional Remarks: <br /> * Contact: [[BarrySmith|Barry Smith]] &lt;phismith-at-buffalo.edu&gt; <br /> <br /> [[Category:Event_Meeting]] [[Category:WorkSpace]]<br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> </div>

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