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Ontologizing Ontolog ContentApril 20, 2006

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A Roadmap to an Ontolog Thesaurus

Bob Smith, Ph.D.Bob@1TallTrees.comCSU/Tall Tree Labs

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Observations

• Denise Bedford’s inventory of content indicates a very rich collection;

• Many different disciplines represented;• Implies a great diversity of meanings;• And an opportunity to consider:

– Building on the Upper Ontology Summit treaty and next steps;

– Developing a Taxo-Thesaurus project and “conforming” schema as a Roadmap/Decision Scenario using existing Ontological Roadmaps.

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What questions to ask?What each answer might imply?

• Where are “we” now and where do we want or need to evolve in terms of an Ontology Roadmap?– Jim Hendler believes…..[ SemTech 06]– Leo Obrst believes…. [ Ontolog Forum 1-12-06]– Elisa Kendall & Debra McGuiness believes…Ontology

101 Revised [ SemTech 06 ]• What resources does it take to move from one

level to the next level?– Likely m with probability of p…

• In Healthcare IT, the Blackford Middleton $78 Billion advantage from transitioning US Healthcare from level 1 to 4

• NASA Technology Readiness Level topics; OMB topics

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Project Proposal part 1

• 1. Background issues:– Estimated Project Time and Effort (SIMPLE, 2-3

people, 10 hrs over 2-5 weeks??)– Scope and Audience: Users and their audience

( Domain List including MBAs as well as the usual AI, Linguistics, Logic, Math, Ontology domains)

– Prior Efforts and Results (Google Search; Protégé Wiki, UM, Etc.)

– http://ps1.cim3.net/ps.php?theurl=http://www.w3.org/TR/2004/REC-webont-req-20040210/#purp290

– Current funded inititiatives ( IST Athena; IBM; SAP; Oracle, etc.)– http://www.sap.com/company/research/bpmsi/athena.epx

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Project Proposal Part 2

• 2. Short Requirements Statement and Architectural Assumptions– Performance expectations (3-5 competency

questions)– Alignments with related projects and

Orchestration Mechanics of collaborative initiatives

– Use Case examplars from W3C Ontology Best Practices? (N-Aries?)

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Project Proposal Part 3

• 3. Thesaurus "Product" Design– Selection criteria for Schema

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– Selection criteria for Schema Tools• 1• 2

– Acquisition of primary and secondary Tool Set

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Project Proposal Part 4

• 4. Results– Ambiguity reductions– PoC (Proof of Concept) or FoC cycle– Demonstration of Competency cycle

• 5. Future Work and Contingencies– Workshop at Protégé 2006 Call for Participation– OASIS Interoperability Conference

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Questions and Suggestions

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• =========================• Bob Smith Bob@1TallTrees.com

– Professor Emeritus, Cal State University– School of Business, Management Department

• Business Strategy, Operations Research, Policy Audits, MIS-Expert Systems

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Back up slides from Leo Obrst

• Ontology and Semantic Spectrum January 12, 2006– Slide 5: Tightness of Coupling and Semantic

Explicitness: Note the Green elements as time-lane context?

– Slide 9: One Spectrum View: Levels of Interoperability with costs and benefit pattern

– Slide 11: Triangle of Signs: Terms, Concepts, Pragmatic real world possibilities

– Slide 40: Thesaurus Starting point?– Slide 20: When is a Taxo Enough– Slide 21: Thesaurus Defined– Slide 25: When is a Thesaurus Enough?

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Levels, Layers, Lacunae

Level 1 Level 2 Level 3 Level 4 Level 5

HIEI Paper Container

HEI

Obrst

OMB-GAO

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