- From: tim finin <finin@cs.umbc.edu>
- Date: Sun, 23 Apr 2000 19:07:50 -0400
- To: s-champ@pacbell.net
- CC: www-rdf-interest@w3.org
"S. Champ" wrote: > ... > I'm wondering, then, how folks might say that Ontology comes into-usage > in "the workplace" ( boiler-room, cafeteria-line, hospital, > research-institute, or otherwise ). > and is it a definite & seperate discipline? > ... VerticalNet, the B2B ecommerce company, recently hired someone with the title of "Chief Ontologist" and are trying to hire lots more people to build and maintain ontologies. CommerceOne's eCo framework has a strong ontology orientation. Cycorp (www.cyc.com) has been hired by hotbot to enhance their search engine with the Cyc ontology and had established a new division focused on ecommerce (www.e-cyc.com). The right skills to have, IMHO, include databases (especially design) and knowledge representation. -- Tim Finin, Prof Computer Science & Elect Eng, Director Inst. for Global Electronic Commerce, Univ of Maryland Baltimore Cty, 1000 Hilltop, Baltimore MD 21250. 410-455-3522 fax:-3969 finin@umbc.edu http://umbc.edu/~finin/
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