I really like the aphorism, Werner,
-- Drowning in Information - Thirsting for Knowledge --
Cheers,
Rex
Joerg, Werner wrote:
> Good stuff Rex,
> digging through that will keep me busy for a while ;)
>
> Werner
> -- Drowning in Information - Thirsting for Knowledge --
>
> ________________________________
>
> From: Rex Brooks [mailto:rexb@starbourne.com]
> Sent: Fri 2/5/2010 9:31 AM
> To: emergency-adopt-docs@lists.oasis-open.org; emergency-rim@lists.oasis-open.org
> Subject: [emergency-adopt-docs] [Fwd: Re: [ontolog-invitation] Invitation to participate in the Ontology Summit 2010 online surveys and studies]
>
>
>
> Hi Folks,
>
> In advance of the meetings next week of the EMA TC Collateral and
> Documents SC and the EM TC RIM SC I'm forwarding the announcement of the
> online surveys that are part of the 3-month Ontology Summit work that
> culminates at NIST in the Ontology Summit in Spring. The Summit is the
> process, not just the actual 2-Day event, and it involves the
> international leaders in the development of practical ontologies,
> ontology repositories and, with this year's summit, the training of
> future ontologists in both the academic and business/social worlds.
>
> If you've ever wondered where I get the materials that I've been
> introducing into our work over the last many-several years, the
> Ontolog-Forum community is one of my main sources. Completing these
> surveys gives our Ontolog-Forum community valuable data from which the
> work of many programs benefits. Our work fits into the second of these
> three surveys:
>
> "* 2. conduct a survey to elicit information about the knowledge and skills ontologists need, or are expected to have, in a variety of working contexts..."
>
> I believe this resource would be a valuable addition to the resources that Werner Joerg and Jeff Waters are using in the RIM work. Don McGarry might want to also consider the first survey, which aims at educational institutions.(note Leo Obrst, of MITRE is a recognized leader in this field, as well as a leader in and co-convener of the Ontolog Forum.)
>
> All three surveys begin on this page: http://ontolog.cim3.net/cgi-bin/wiki.pl?OntologySummit2010_Survey
>
> I advise you to consider the message below as informational only, so you should follow the links below for further reading only. If you are not accustomed to the purple-numbers wiki system, it can be confusing. That's why I'm providing the key links in my message.
>
> The second key link I'm providing is for the Ontolog-Forum IPR policy, which you need to understand before you complete the survey(s) if you choose to do so: http://ontolog.cim3.net/cgi-bin/wiki.pl?WikiHomePage#nid32 (Note: it takes a few seconds from the time your browser opens the page before it shifts down to the IPR anchor-point.
>
> Cheers,
> Rex
>
>
>
>
Original Message --------
> Subject: Re: [ontolog-invitation] Invitation to participate in the
> Ontology Summit 2010 online surveys and studies
> Date: Thu, 4 Feb 2010 10:19:46 -0800
> From: Peter Yim