- From: Azamat Abdoullaev <abdoul@cytanet.com.cy>
- Date: Wed, 18 Apr 2007 00:16:07 +0300
- To: <semantic-web@w3.org>
- Cc: "Tim Berners-Lee" <timbl@w3.org>
To: Tim Berners-Lee and to whom it may concern, On this life-or-death issue, there is a useful review made by Paola Di Maio: 'An Open Ontology for Open Source Emergency Response System', http://opensource.mit.edu/papers/TOWARDS_AN_OPEN_ONTOLOGY_FOR_ER.pdf But more integrative approach to the matter has been proposed by the World Economic Forum Global Risk Network, where cataclysmic events as disasters and catastrophes fall into an interconnected network of global risks, such as environmental, economic, geopolitical, societal, and technological: www.weforum.org/pdf/CSI/Global_Risks_2007.pdf. IMHO, to integrate human knowledge and understanding on existing and possible risks (hazards, dangers, or perils) of planetary significance, we rather need to pull all the resources for building a Global Risk Management System, driven by a global risk management ontology with predictive causal mechanisms. I believe this crucial research project needs a collaborative network of research organizations, government institutions, NGOs, think-tanks, international bodies, and advanced IT businesses, led both by an ontology luminary and technology celebrity . This trans-national research network can start as a Quality Consortium within a FP7 Cooperation program in the area of Information and Communication Technologies. with respects, Azamat Abdoullaev EIS Encyclopedic Intelligent Systems LTD http://www.eis.com.cy ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Tim Berners-Lee" <timbl@w3.org> > To: "SW-forum" <semantic-web@w3.org> > Cc: "Jim Hendler" <hendler@cs.umd.edu> > Sent: Friday, April 13, 2007 4:01 AM > Subject: Disaster management ontologies? > > >> >> I had an exciting visit from the students in Sri Lanka who had just >> received an award for their open source disaster management system, >> Sahana. >> http://www.sahana.lk/ >> >> Discussing their system, which has just received a Free Software >> Foundation award, I remembered many conversations about the desirability >> for wide interoperability in emergence and disaster situations. >> >> I suggested the Sahana folks provide RDF feeds of, for example, missing >> persons, found persons, shelters, relive groups and resources on the >> ground, and other things they track. >> >> I started a wiki page to capture a little of this >> http://esw.w3.org/topic/DisasterManagement >> which is like all wikis open to additions! >> >> It is missing, I imagine, many pointers to government efforts. >> >> If you know of activity around disaster management technology which >> could >> possible be involved in or shed light on this, then please mail >> ivan@w3.org or add it to the wiki. >> >> A possible next step would be an Incubator Group (XG) for a diaster >> management ontology development. >> >> Disaster response is much about preparedness. If much relevant data is >> available in RDF, when a disaster strikes, those on the ground and >> across >> the world will be able to use it to know what best to do to respond. >> >> Tim Berners-Lee >> >> >
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