Alan, Pat, At the f2f, we formed a task force within the working group called "Ontology Patterns and Engineering" (OPEN) which will focus on publishing ontology design patterns and general "meta ontological" (for lack of a better term) design principles (the notion of a "backbone taxonomy" for example). Current members are Deborah McGuinness, Aldo Gangemi, Oscar Corcho, and Mike Uschold. And me. We agreed at the f2f to TRY and put [OPEN] in the subject line for task force communication, and members will be expected to write and review some patterns/design principles. I think you two would be very good additions to the group. I'm not sure there is any formal membership process for task forces (Guus - is there???), but I suppose it would be useful for us to know who considers themselves to be participants - so please let us know if you'll join. -Chris Dr. Christopher A. Welty, Knowledge Structures Group IBM Watson Research Center, 19 Skyline Dr., Hawthorne, NY 10532 USA Voice: +1 914.784.7055, IBM T/L: 863.7055, Fax: +1 914.784.7455 Email: welty@watson.ibm.com, Web: http://www.research.ibm.com/people/w/welty/
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