Re: naming of the ontolex model

Thanks for the feedback so far.

lemon-w3c as proposed by Aldo could also be a good option actually.

Regards,

Philipp.

Am 10.09.13 13:22, schrieb Jorge Gracia:
> Dear Philipp,
>
> As for me, lemon2 sounds like a good compromise solution.
>
> Regards,
> Jorge
>
> 2013/9/9 Philipp Cimiano <cimiano@cit-ec.uni-bielefeld.de>:
>> Dear all,
>>
>>    on the telco last Friday, we went through and discussed the votes on the 8
>> questions. I will summarize our interpretation of the votes and make a
>> proposal on how to proceed in a separate email.
>>
>> Before I do that, I would like to share with you some thoughts on question 7
>> related to whether the model should be called ontolex or lemon.
>>
>> This is the only question where there are clearly two subgroups of people
>> voting on different names. While I have been involved in the design of
>> lemon, I have voted for calling the model "ontolex" as I find it important
>> that we acknowledge that the new model we are developing is a new model that
>> is based on a larger consensus compared to the lemon model.
>>
>> And while in principle names do not matter, I think we should take into
>> account that many people have started to use the lemon model already with
>> the result that the lemon model has gained some momentum and popularity.
>> Taking this into consideration, I think it would be detrimental to loose
>> these people and coming up with a new model with a completely new name might
>> indeed confuse people and be also detrimental in the adoption of our model.
>>
>> So as a compromise between both groups, I would like to throw a third
>> proposal in. What about calling the new model to be developed "lemon2"?
>>
>> In this way, we would buy in all those people that have started already to
>> use lemon model as potential adopters of our new model. At the same time, we
>> would make clear that this is a new model that extends the previous model in
>> a number of respects. We would also follow a prominent example with the
>> extension of the Web Ontology language OWL being named OWL2.
>>
>> At the same time, using the name lemon2 would be a clear sign to the early
>> adopters of the lemon model that they can continue along the same path and
>> do not need to start anew.
>>
>> I would like to understand if this is a viable option before we make a final
>> decision on the model's name.
>>
>> Best regards,
>>
>> Philipp.
>>
>> --
>>
>> Prof. Dr. Philipp Cimiano
>>
>> Phone: +49 521 106 12249
>> Fax: +49 521 106 12412
>> Mail: cimiano@cit-ec.uni-bielefeld.de
>>
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>
>


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Prof. Dr. Philipp Cimiano

Phone: +49 521 106 12249
Fax: +49 521 106 12412
Mail: cimiano@cit-ec.uni-bielefeld.de

Forschungsbau Intelligente Systeme (FBIIS)
Raum 2.307
Universität Bielefeld
Inspiration 1
33619 Bielefeld

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