Re: name of the ontolex model

On 2013-09-17 07:59, Nicoletta Calzolari wrote:
> Il 17/9/13 7:46 , Philipp Cimiano ha scritto:
> 
>> Dear all,
>> 
>>  regarding the name of the model, I agree with Francis Bond here.
> 
>  even if I'm not active in the group I still read most of the mails,
> and just want to say that I agree with you on this and your arguments
> below

+1.

Felix

> 
>  Nicoletta
> 
>> As it has turned out, the ontolex model we are currently developing
>> really subsumes the lemon model in the sense of extending it with a
>> number of properties, at least what the core parts of both models
>> are concerned.
>> 
>> So while the ontolex model is definitely new and based on a broader
>> consensus, it is still very similar to the original lemon model that
>> many people on this group have offered as input to the work of this
>> community group.
>> 
>> It turns out that much more people have adopted lemon than
>> originally expected, partly because some people have been quite
>> successful in lobbying, but that is exactly what is expected to
>> happen in pre-standardization activities.
>> 
>> So I would say that this group has a chance: the chance of building
>> on an existing community that will set an important baseline that we
>> can jump upon to make sure that our model receives wide adoption.
>> 
>> By coming up with a totally different name, we might loose this
>> community of early adopters (we might not, I concede, but there is a
>> risk clearly).
>> 
>> I think that lemon2 (proposed by me) and lemon-w3c (proposed by
>> Aldo) are good compromises in this direction as they clearly
>> indicate that we are talking here about an extended version of the
>> lemon model, which, as it turns out, is what we have yielded by now.
>> However, assuming that one day our model will become a W3C standard,
>> the w3c suffix will be redudant as we might anyway have w3c.org in
>> the namespace.
>> 
>> I also like the proposal of John very much of calling the core we
>> have been developing lemon-ontolex and then the other modules:
>> lemon-syntax, lemon-morph, lemon-lexnet, lemon-lime etc. I find this
>> very chique an a good compromise actually. This is in line with our
>> clear vote for fostering a modular approach.
>> 
>> Having said this, I would like to challenge Guido, Alessandro and
>> Gil to argue against this proposal ;-) I challenge you also to make
>> proposals how me make sure that we do not loose the early adopters
>> that could potentially be confused by a new standard with a new
>> name.
>> 
>> Just my two cents on the discussion so far.
>> 
>> Philipp.
>> 
>> Am 17.09.13 03:47, schrieb Francis Bond:
>> 
>> I would also vote for keeping the name the same.   I find having
>> multiple names for similar things much more confusing than calling
>> incremental improvements with the same name :-).
>> 
>> On Mon, Sep 16, 2013 at 6:21 PM, John McCrae <johnmccrae@gmail.com>
>> wrote:
>> 
>> Hi all,
>> 
>> I think Gil puts the issue quite well, renaming would be a "fresh
>> start". I just don't think we need a "fresh start" for several
>> reasons... firstly that the "lemon" brand is proving quite
>> successful, entirely due to the hard work of many members of this
>> group.
>> 
>> Secondly, the model is not fundamentally new but builds on the
>> existing lemon core model, see attached diagram to illustrate my
>> point. I don't think there should be need for confusion between the
>> models as they are fundamentally iterations in the same direction.
>> 
>> Finally, looking to the future development of the model, I first
>> note we are a long way behind our original schedule. As it seems
>> that we have ended up more or less building on the work of Lemon, I
>> suggest we take this as a template for the module work. i.e., take
>> as a basis the existing modules in Lemon (where extant) and then
>> discuss how to improve them.
>> 
>> Taking this in mind perhaps the best proposal would be that of Aldo,
>> where Lemon is used for the wider context of the model created by
>> the group and OntoLex used for this specific "core" part of the
>> model. Thus this core model would be "Lemon OntoLex" and the modules
>> would take names such as "Lemon Syntax", "Lemon Metadata" (or "Lemon
>> Lime")
>> 
>> Regards,
>> John
>> 
>> On Fri, Sep 13, 2013 at 3:55 PM, Alessandro Oltramari
>> <aoltrama@andrew.cmu.edu> wrote:
>> 
>> As mentioned in a previous message, I agree with Guido and Gil's
>> stance. 
>> Apologies for not calling in today.
>> Best,
>> 
>> Alessandro
>> 
>> On Sep 13, 2013, at 9:37 AM, Gil FRANCOPOULO wrote:
>> 
>> Dear all,
>>  
>> 
>> I agree with Guido.
>>  
>> 
>> The new model is broader, defined with different people, under a
>> different administrative umbrella, so this is different.
>>  
>> 
>> Using the name "lemon" is confusing.
>>  
>> 
>> In the future, if somebody says "lemon", we need to ask: what
>> "lemon" are you talking about ? The old one or the new one.
>>  
>> 
>> Using the term "ontolex", means a fresh and clean start, for new
>> adventures...
>>  
>> 
>> Best,
>> 
>> Gil Francopoulo
>> 
>>> Message du 13/09/13 14:45
>>> De : "Guido Vetere"
>>> A : "public-ontolex@w3.org"
>>> Copie à : "Philipp Cimiano" , "Guadalupe Aguado de Cea" ,
>> johnmccrae@gmail.com
>>> Objet : Re: ontolex telco tomorrow 15:00 CET
>>> 
>>> Dear all,
>>> 
>>> although, as Shakespeare, said "a rose by any other name would
>> smell as sweet", I think that names matter. I think that keeping
>> 'lemon' (or a variant) would suggest that the work we are doing is
>> basically a follow-on of the Lemon initiative, which, at the time
>> the group has been established, was not the case, at least in my
>> understanding. Hence, I think that keeping the original 'ontolex'
>> name is a better option.
>>> 
>>> I'm unable to attend the call this evening, sorry about that.
>>> 
>>> Regards,
>>> 
>>> Guido Vetere
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>>> 
>> 
>> JOHN MCCRAE
>>> Sent by: johnmccrae@gmail.com
>> 
>>> 13/09/2013 11:43
>> 
>> To Guadalupe Aguado de Cea
>> cc Philipp Cimiano , "public-ontolex@w3.org"
>> Subject Re: ontolex telco tomorrow 15:00 CET
>> 
>>> 
>> 
>>  
>> 
>>> 
>> 
>>> 
>>> 
>>> Hi all,
>>> 
>>> I apologise I will also not be able to attend as I am travelling
>> today. I wanted to make a quick couple of points about the naming of
>> the model.
>>> 
>>> Firstly, the model is not drastically new in fact in terms of
>> URIs 15 of the properties are exactly the same as they are in the
>> original _lemon_ core where as only 9 are new introductions, and 4
>> are not carried over from the ontolex core (although these should be
>> included in modules).
>>> 
>>> Also, I am here at RANLP and _lemon_ has been mentioned in
>> several talks including one of the keynotes, at tutorials and many
>> times in the NLP&LOD workshop. Many people who I talked to about the
>> naming of the model seemed not keen accept a change of name.
>>> 
>>> For these two reasons I feel that we really should to keep lemon
>> in the name but would be happy with Lemon2 or W3C-Lemon as a name
>>> 
>>> Regards,
>>> John
>>> 
>>> 
>>> On Thu, Sep 12, 2013 at 5:51 PM, Guadalupe Aguado de Cea
>> <guadalupe.aguado@upm.es> wrote:
>>> Dear all,
>>> 
>>> I won't be able to join the telco as I have a meeting in another
>> town.
>>> As for the name of the model, the last 2 suggestions proposed by
>> Phillipp and Aldo: lemon2, and lemon-W3C could be Ok, though I'm
>> more inclined to the first one, lemon2. Exactly for the reasons
>> given by Philipp.
>>> 
>>> I know that Elena & Jorge will attend the telco, so they'll tell
>> me about the commitments and the modules..
>>> Best regards
>>> 
>>> Lupe
>>> 
>>> El 12/09/2013 14:38, Philipp Cimiano escribió:
>>> 
>>> Dear all,
>>> 
>>>    this is a gentle reminder that we will have our regular
>> ontolex telco tomorrow Friday at the regular time.
>>> 
>>> See access details here:
>> 
> http://www.w3.org/community/ontolex/wiki/Teleconference,_2013.13.09,_15-16_pm_CET
>> [3]
>>> 
>>> The agenda from my side is as follows:
>>> 
>>> 1) Modules: decide which modules need to be developed and which
>> use cases will drive them, fix responsibles for module development
>>> 2) Name of the model: discuss different points of view
>>> 3) Linking: what to link to
>>> 
>>> I look forward to talking to you all on Friday.
>>> 
>>> Best regards,
>>> 
>>> Philipp.
>>> 
>>> 
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