- From: Timothy W. Cook <tim@mlhim.org>
- Date: Mon, 24 Mar 2014 17:52:12 -0300
- To: Piotr Nowara <piotrnowara@gmail.com>
- Cc: public-decisionml@w3.org
- Message-ID: <CA+=OU3Xm-AvvnRGTAR2mT8h05HLrCLfyXhh5ty=0_Xkb9JedoA@mail.gmail.com>
Hi All, I am very happy to see some activity here. As a bit of background; I have been interested in and researching clinical decision support for several years. This has led me away, for a bit, from actual decision rules thinking into trying to solve the basic lack of interoperability across healthcare systems. Now with a multi-level modelling approach established I am ready to tackle the (fun) decision making side again. I realize that the group has a broader scope than healthcare but I think healthcare is one of the most challenging domains. As far as participation. I will commit to participating and advocating. I am quite active on social media and have a number of colleagues interested in healthcare decision support issues. I can probably encourage a few new members to join. Cheers, Tim On Mon, Mar 24, 2014 at 5:31 PM, Piotr Nowara <piotrnowara@gmail.com> wrote: > Dear Group, > > > after the Incubator's final report I've made some minor updates & > improvements to the decision ontology that was a part of incubator's report > and I've published it on my decision ontology website[1]. To my surprise > this website is still generating low but steady web traffic even though > it's very rarely updated. So there's some kind of evidence that people > interested in a decision & decision-making standard really exist (even > outside our group) :) > > Recently a UK-based researcher emailed me asking about our D&DM incubator > - he wanted to use a standard for descrbing decisions in his project. I > might contact him and ask him if he would be interested in joining our > group. > > In my opinion it would be very valuable if we could develop a tool > demonstrating the benefits of our approach (for example a Protégé plugin). > > Best regards, > Piotr Nowara > > [1] https://code.google.com/p/decision-ontology/ > > > 2014-03-24 18:54 GMT+01:00 Eva Blomqvist <evabl444@gmail.com>: > > Dear colleagues, >> as you are aware, this group was initiated by me and Jeff Waters in 2012, >> as a continuation of the previous incubator group on the same topic. Our >> intention was to carry on and further develop the work we did there. >> However, due to lack of time, the group work never really took off. >> >> At one point, I volunteered to chair the group, but since then I have >> unfortunately not been able to properly manage the group and start off the >> work, mainly due to lack of time on my part. At the moment I am on >> maternity leave, and will not be back in office until the autumn, hence, >> this situation will not improve at least for the next half a year or so. >> >> Nevertheless, I still feel that this is a highly interesting topic, and a >> lot has also happened around Semantic Web initiatives since 2012 that could >> impact decision support systems. So, it would be interesting to see what >> this group would be able to achieve, given the proper management! I would >> therefore like to initiate a discussion among you (the members of the >> group) here on the mailing-list, and suggest that you 1) decide if you also >> feel this group is worth keeping, or if you'd rather we suggest the W3C to >> shut it down, and 2) in case you want to keep it, propose someone else to >> lead the group (in addition to me, or as a replacement to me - I'll agree >> to either approach) and decide on a set of steps for kick-starting the >> group work/discussions. >> >> Best regards, >> Eva Blomqvist >> >> > -- MLHIM VIP Signup: http://goo.gl/22B0U ============================================ Timothy Cook, MSc +55 21 994711995 MLHIM http://www.mlhim.org Like Us on FB: https://www.facebook.com/mlhim2 Circle us on G+: http://goo.gl/44EV5 Google Scholar: http://goo.gl/MMZ1o LinkedIn Profile:http://www.linkedin.com/in/timothywaynecook
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