- From: ProjectParadigm-ICT-Program <metadataportals@yahoo.com>
- Date: Sun, 5 Dec 2010 08:49:54 -0800 (PST)
- To: public-lod@w3.org, 'Semantic Web' <semantic-web@w3.org>, John Flynn <jflynn@bbn.com>
- Cc: 'John Flynn' <jflynn@bbn.com>
- Message-ID: <947376.97763.qm@web113818.mail.gq1.yahoo.com>
I totally agree with John. But there should be two driving forces, one financial and the other general interest. Both are served by the International Organization for Standardization (ISO). http://www,iso.org http://metadata-stds.org http://jtc1sc32.org ISO/IEC JTC1 SC32 is the respected organization we should be focusing our attention on. And by virtue of their working procedures, the experts working on standards are selected by peers, based on technical recommendations, and proven expertise in their respective fields, so there is and will be no question about their production. I strongly suggest doing a conference with participation of the W3C, ISO and industry associations under the auspices of the European Union as most suitable host for now to address Standardization in Data Management and Interchange. Key note speakers to be selected from W3C, ISO, industry and some research institutes. Milton Ponson GSM: +297 747 8280 PO Box 1154, Oranjestad Aruba, Dutch Caribbean Project Paradigm: A structured approach to bringing the tools for sustainable development to all stakeholders worldwide by creating ICT tools for NGOs worldwide and: providing online access to web sites and repositories of data and information for sustainable development This email and any files transmitted with it are confidential and intended solely for the use of the individual or entity to whom they are addressed. If you have received this email in error please notify the system manager. This message contains confidential information and is intended only for the individual named. If you are not the named addressee you should not disseminate, distribute or copy this e-mail. --- On Sun, 12/5/10, John Flynn <jflynn@bbn.com> wrote: From: John Flynn <jflynn@bbn.com> Subject: RE: Any reason for ontology reuse? To: public-lod@w3.org, "'Semantic Web'" <semantic-web@w3.org> Cc: "'John Flynn'" <jflynn@bbn.com> Date: Sunday, December 5, 2010, 3:45 PM It is possible that many domain ontologies will emerge as quasi-standards over time. This process would be similar to what has happened in other communities. For example, in the human resources domain the HR-XML Consortium (1) has been developing and refining HR-related XML schema (2) for many years. Some other large company/organization might feel the necessity and be willing to invest the resources into developing their own different HR XML schema, but many companies would feel confident in using the HR-XML "standard" that has been developed by the HR-XML Consortium. In the Semantic Web world if, for example, the Association of International Automobile Manufactures decided to invest in developing an OWL ontology for the automotive domain, it would make sense for many to reuse that domain ontology rather than developing one of their own or using one developed by some less verifiable source. Some such "standards" are already emerging, but it will take time for ontologies across many domains to emerge and they will be developed only when the communities of interest feel it is in their financial interest to do so. In the meanwhile the development and vetting by the community of small ontologies that describe common concepts would provide templates that others could confidently reuse. It would be useful if some respected organization might establish formal vetting procedures and collect these vetted ontologies and place them on a web site for all to reuse. (1) http://www.hr-xml.org/hr-xml/wms/hr-xml-1-org/index.php?language=2 (2) http://www.hr-xml.org/hr-xml/wms/hr-xml-1-org/index.php?id={E00DA03B685A0DD1 8FB6A08AF0923DE0|139|2}
Received on Sunday, 5 December 2010 16:50:29 UTC