Re: Voting on a name for ssn this week in plenary

On 04/05/2017 09:45 AM, Little, Chris wrote:
>
> Dear Ontologists and SDW Chairs,
>
> I am not sure that the multi-choice questions reflect my opinions. My 
> single transferable vote is:
>
> A)I would like SOSA and SSN as the simplest.
>

Same here (see my long email with all the arguments).

> B)Otherwise I like SOSA-Core and SOSA.
>

Same here but I would also be fine with 'SOSA-lite and SOSA' or 'SOSA 
and SOSA-full'. Nonetheless, I would very strongly prefer SOSA and SSN.

Thanks,
Krzysztof


> Chris
>
> Apologies – at best, I will only be on IRC at the SDW telco.
>
> *From:*Kerry Taylor [mailto:kerry.taylor@anu.edu.au]
> *Sent:* Tuesday, April 04, 2017 12:37 AM
> *To:* public-sdw-wg@w3.org
> *Cc:* Armin Haller; Ed Parsons
> *Subject:* Voting on a name for ssn this week in plenary
>
>  Dear SDW,
>
> As you recall, we have decided that the ssn/sosa ontologies will have 
> two separate namespaces, but not what those namespaces are. This will 
> be determined in the PLENARY meeting this week. If you cannot attend 
> the plenary, please make your opinion known by reply to this email 
> before the meeting.
>
> This issue can be separated into three:
>
> 1. STEM name
>
> Choose between
>
>                 (a) Sensor, Observation, Sample, and Actuator 
> ontology– sosa
>
>                 (b) Semantic Sensor Network ontology – ssn
>
> 2. SUFFIX name
>
> Choose between
>
>                 (a) “lite”
>
>                 (b) “simple”
>
>                 (c)  “full”
>
> 3. CONNECTOR symbol
>
> Choose between
>
>                 (a) “-“  hyphen
>
>                 (b) “_” underscore
>
>                 (c) “”  nothing – juxtaposition only
>
> For example, choosing every (a) option  for 1, 2 and 3 would derive 
> “sosa-lite” and “sosa” as the suffixes for the namespace uris and also 
> the recommended namespace prefixes  for the simpler and fuller 
> ontologies respectively. Choosing 1b,2c,3c would derive “ssn“ and 
> “ssnfull”  for the simpler and fuller ontologies respectively.
>
> Please indicate your preference for each of the three questions 
> independently --- as the result will combine the preferred option from 
> each of the three questions.
>
> -Kerry
>


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