OntologCharter

Charter of Ontolog (a.k.a. the "Ontolog Forum")

 * Current version - as adopted on 2005.03.29
 * ref: http://ontolog.cim3.net/forum//ontolog-forum/2005-03/msg00033.html
 * Ontolog is an open, international, virtual community of practice, whose membership will:
 * Discuss practical issues and strategies associated with the development and application of both formal and informal ontologies.
 * Identify ontological engineering approaches that might be applied to the UBL effort, as well as to the broader domain of eBusiness standardization efforts.
 * Strive to advance the field of ontological engineering and semantic technologies, and to help move them into main stream applications.

workshop at the 7th Protégé International Conference (Bethesda, MD, USA), entitled: "Collaborating to Develop an Ontological Basis for E-Business Standards"
 * Version dated 2004.07.06 (ref: http://ontolog.cim3.net/cgi-bin/wiki.pl?OntologWorkshop_July_2004/ProtegeOntologWorkshop_2004_07_06#nid0159)
 * see slide#5 of PeterYim's presentation at the Extending Enterprise Ontologies: Levels, Limits, and Tensions
 * Ontolog is an open forum to:
 * Discuss practical issues and strategies associated with the development of both formal and informal ontologies used in business
 * Identify ontological engineering approaches that might be applied to the UBL effort (and by extension, to the broader domain of eBusiness standardization efforts)


 * Original version dated 2002.09.23 (ref: http://ontolog.cim3.net/forum//ontolog-forum/2002-09/msg00000.html#nid03)
 * as stated in KurtConrad's Invitation Letter to 'Freinds & Associates' inviting them to join the reconstituted Ontolog dicussion group.
 * Ontolog is an open forum to:
 * Discuss practical issues and strategies associated with the development of both formal and informal ontologies used in business.
 * Identify ontological engineering approaches that might be applied to the UBL effort.