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* Ontologies and AI [[GaryBergCross|Gary Berg-Cross]]
* Ontologies and AI [[GaryBergCross|Gary Berg-Cross]]
* Foundations and Tools [[KenBaclawski|Ken Baclawski]]
* Foundations and Tools [[KenBaclawski|Ken Baclawski]]
* Interoperability [[RaviSharma|Ravi Sharma]] and [[ToddSchneider|Todd Schneider]] [https://ontologforum.s3.us-east-1.amazonaws.com/OntologySummit2026/Launch/Interoperability--RaviSharma-ToddSchneider_20260218.pdf slides]
* Interoperability [[RaviSharma|Ravi Sharma]] and [[ToddSchneider|Todd Schneider]]
* Education, Training and Certification [[JohnBeverley|John Beverley]]
* Education, Training and Certification [[JohnBeverley|John Beverley]]


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* 12:00 - 12:10 Introduction to the Summit '''[[KenBaclawski|Ken Baclawski]]''' [https://ontologforum.s3.us-east-1.amazonaws.com/OntologySummit2026/Launch/Welcome--KenBaclawski_20260218.pdf slides]
* 12:00 - 12:10 Introduction to the Summit '''[[KenBaclawski|Ken Baclawski]]''' [https://ontologforum.s3.us-east-1.amazonaws.com/OntologySummit2026/Launch/Welcome--KenBaclawski_20260218.pdf slides]
* 12:10 - 12:15 Education, Training and Certification '''[[JohnBeverley|John Beverley]]'''  
* 12:10 - 12:15 Education, Training and Certification '''[[JohnBeverley|John Beverley]]'''  
** [https://www.buffalo.edu/cas/philosophy/grad-study/ms.html UB Graduate Program]
** [https://www.cubrc.org/data-science-information-fusion/specialized-data-ontology-development/ CUBRC ontology work]
** [https://ontology.naas.ai/ NAAS.AI ontology work]
* 12:15 - 12:30 Ontologies and AI '''[[GaryBergCross|Gary Berg-Cross]]''' [https://ontologforum.s3.us-east-1.amazonaws.com/OntologySummit2026/Launch/AI-and-Ontologies--GaryBergCross_20260218.pdf slides]
* 12:15 - 12:30 Ontologies and AI '''[[GaryBergCross|Gary Berg-Cross]]''' [https://ontologforum.s3.us-east-1.amazonaws.com/OntologySummit2026/Launch/AI-and-Ontologies--GaryBergCross_20260218.pdf slides]
* 12:30 - 12:40 Interoperability '''[[RaviSharma|Ravi Sharma]]''' and '''[[ToddSchneider|Todd Schneider]]'''
* 12:30 - 12:40 Interoperability '''[[RaviSharma|Ravi Sharma]]''' and '''[[ToddSchneider|Todd Schneider]]''' [https://ontologforum.s3.us-east-1.amazonaws.com/OntologySummit2026/Launch/Interoperability--RaviSharma-ToddSchneider_20260218.pdf slides]
* 12:40 - 12:45 Foundations and Tools '''[[KenBaclawski|Ken Baclawski]]''' [https://ontologforum.s3.us-east-1.amazonaws.com/OntologySummit2026/Launch/FoundationsAndTools--KenBaclawski_20260218.pdf slides]
* 12:40 - 12:45 Foundations and Tools '''[[KenBaclawski|Ken Baclawski]]''' [https://ontologforum.s3.us-east-1.amazonaws.com/OntologySummit2026/Launch/FoundationsAndTools--KenBaclawski_20260218.pdf slides]
* 12:45 - 13:00 General Discussion
* 12:45 - 13:00 General Discussion
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== Discussion ==
== Discussion ==
12:15:39 Alican Tuezuen : Very interesting track, indeed<br/>
12:20:50 David EDDY - Legacy Software, Ltd. : I attach this sloping graph with Leo Obrst… whose shoulders was he standing on?<br/>
12:22:52 David EDDY - Legacy Software, Ltd. : “standard vocabularies”… ahhhhhh … the central oxymoron.<br/>
12:47:32 David EDDY - Legacy Software, Ltd. : Good stuff Todd. (I’m a SCOPE participant)<br/>
12:48:14 TS : Industrial Ontologies Foundry - https://oagi.org/pages/industrial-ontologies<br/>
12:50:10 David EDDY - Legacy Software, Ltd. : Excellent read on “industrial standards” "Philadelphia’s Philosopher Mechanics: A History of the Franklin Institute 1824 - 1865" by Bruce Sinclair<br/>
12:58:24 Roberto Rovetto : Good points Todd<br/>
12:58:33 David EDDY - Legacy Software, Ltd. : @Todd — “Analysis?!” … we’re going to jump immediately to coding… < redacted > the analysis step<br/>
13:00:56 Roberto Rovetto : To recap input: (1) need broad awareness of various ontologies (e.g. upper ones), (2) for any presentation, e.g., on university degree, the vested interest and fine-print commitment to an ontology (e.g., upper ontology product), should be explicitly stated for fairness.<br/>
13:03:41 Mike Peters : The outline of the 2026 summit is excellent. It needs to be a broad discussion that includes all viewpoints to find a working solution to the challenges facing AI. Great work<br/>
13:04:16 David EDDY - Legacy Software, Ltd. : May I safely assume things have not moved beyond “natural language” to “unnatural language?”
* e.g. last I looked there were some 450+ meanings for “cc”
* OAD offers under 12
13:06:40 Tony Cohn : Just FYI: regarding soil, I can point to one ontology: https://link.springer.com/chapter/10.1007/978-3-319-46547-0_4, and also  the ground has an ontology in this paper: https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0198971523000546?via%3Dihub<br/>
13:07:15 TS : To be able to assess semantic interoperability systematically the SCOPE model will use the following (generic) communication paths.
* These paths include
** People -to- People using natural languages, images, sound, physical gestures or contact
** People -to- Machines: using natural languages, image, sounds or symbols translated (with potential content corruption) to (one or more) formal languages and representations
** Machines -to- Machines: using formal languages and representations, images or symbols, perhaps with translations (with potential content corruption)
** People -to- Machines -to- People: using natural languages, images, sounds or symbols to formal languages and representations, images or sounds and back to natural languages, images, sounds, or symbols with translations (with potential content corruption)
** Machines -to- People: using formal languages, image, sounds, and symbols to natural languages, images, sounds, symbols or haptic mechanisms
* David EDDY - Legacy Software, Ltd. 👍
13:08:06 David EDDY - Legacy Software, Ltd. : Thx Ken, et al<br/>
13:08:22 Phil Jackson : Thanks!<br/>
13:08:41 Jackie Csonka-Peeren : thank you!<br/>
13:08:41 Mike Peters : thanks<br/>
13:08:55 Edelweis Rohrer. : Thanks<br/>


== Resources ==
== Resources ==
* [https://ontologforum.s3.us-east-1.amazonaws.com/OntologySummit2026/Launch/Overview_20260218.mp4 Overview Video Recording]
* [https://ontologforum.s3.us-east-1.amazonaws.com/OntologySummit2026/Launch/Discussion_20260218.mp4 Discussion Video Recording]
* [https://www.youtube.com/video/ZjOcY7AXthQ YouTube Overview Recording]
* [https://www.youtube.com/video/BUGv0-rkI20 YouTube Discussion Recording]


== Next Meetings ==
== Next Meetings ==

Latest revision as of 01:07, 6 March 2026

Session Overview
Duration 1 hour
Date/Time 18 Feb 2026 17:00 GMT
9:00am PST/12:00pm EST
5:00pm GMT/6:00pm CET
Convener Ken Baclawski

Ontology Summit 2026 Overview

Ontologies: Past, Present, Future

Agenda

Conference Call Information

Discussion

12:15:39 Alican Tuezuen : Very interesting track, indeed
12:20:50 David EDDY - Legacy Software, Ltd. : I attach this sloping graph with Leo Obrst… whose shoulders was he standing on?
12:22:52 David EDDY - Legacy Software, Ltd. : “standard vocabularies”… ahhhhhh … the central oxymoron.
12:47:32 David EDDY - Legacy Software, Ltd. : Good stuff Todd. (I’m a SCOPE participant)
12:48:14 TS : Industrial Ontologies Foundry - https://oagi.org/pages/industrial-ontologies
12:50:10 David EDDY - Legacy Software, Ltd. : Excellent read on “industrial standards” "Philadelphia’s Philosopher Mechanics: A History of the Franklin Institute 1824 - 1865" by Bruce Sinclair
12:58:24 Roberto Rovetto : Good points Todd
12:58:33 David EDDY - Legacy Software, Ltd. : @Todd — “Analysis?!” … we’re going to jump immediately to coding… < redacted > the analysis step
13:00:56 Roberto Rovetto : To recap input: (1) need broad awareness of various ontologies (e.g. upper ones), (2) for any presentation, e.g., on university degree, the vested interest and fine-print commitment to an ontology (e.g., upper ontology product), should be explicitly stated for fairness.
13:03:41 Mike Peters : The outline of the 2026 summit is excellent. It needs to be a broad discussion that includes all viewpoints to find a working solution to the challenges facing AI. Great work
13:04:16 David EDDY - Legacy Software, Ltd. : May I safely assume things have not moved beyond “natural language” to “unnatural language?”

  • e.g. last I looked there were some 450+ meanings for “cc”
  • OAD offers under 12

13:06:40 Tony Cohn : Just FYI: regarding soil, I can point to one ontology: https://link.springer.com/chapter/10.1007/978-3-319-46547-0_4, and also the ground has an ontology in this paper: https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0198971523000546?via%3Dihub
13:07:15 TS : To be able to assess semantic interoperability systematically the SCOPE model will use the following (generic) communication paths.

  • These paths include
    • People -to- People using natural languages, images, sound, physical gestures or contact
    • People -to- Machines: using natural languages, image, sounds or symbols translated (with potential content corruption) to (one or more) formal languages and representations
    • Machines -to- Machines: using formal languages and representations, images or symbols, perhaps with translations (with potential content corruption)
    • People -to- Machines -to- People: using natural languages, images, sounds or symbols to formal languages and representations, images or sounds and back to natural languages, images, sounds, or symbols with translations (with potential content corruption)
    • Machines -to- People: using formal languages, image, sounds, and symbols to natural languages, images, sounds, symbols or haptic mechanisms
  • David EDDY - Legacy Software, Ltd. 👍

13:08:06 David EDDY - Legacy Software, Ltd. : Thx Ken, et al
13:08:22 Phil Jackson : Thanks!
13:08:41 Jackie Csonka-Peeren : thank you!
13:08:41 Mike Peters : thanks
13:08:55 Edelweis Rohrer. : Thanks

Resources

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