OntologySummit2010 FutureDevelopments CommunityInput

= OntologySummit2010: Future "Developments" - community input =

This is the workspace for community input to the focused discussion outlined below ...

Track Label: Requirements - Subtrack Label: Future Developments
Track Co-champions: ElizabethFlorescu and PeterYim

Mission: to develop an outlook on the "Future of Ontologists." we will try to gain insight from the perspectives of:


 * the market - potential employer of the ontologist;
 * the educator - the ontology training / education provider; and
 * the individual - the ontologist (or ontologist-to-be)

Pertinent questions:

 * What major "Development(s)" (please express in one statement) do you foresee happening to the domain of Ontology or to the Ontologist profession in:
 * 2.5 years,
 * 5 years,
 * 10 years, and
 * 20 years
 * What do you see as important trends that are beginning to emerge (w.r.t. the above time horizon)?
 * How many "ontologists" (or professionals with an "ontology education") will the world need (in the above time horizon)?
 * When do you think we will start having "ontology departments" in (a) universities and (b) enterprises?
 * What needs to happen between now and the day when we will have "ontology departments" in unversities and enterprises?

Collected input from the community:

 * Community Input during our Panel Session-1 on Thu 2009.12.17 - see: http://ontolog.cim3.net/cgi-bin/wiki.pl?ConferenceCall_2009_12_17#nid25QA


 * Community input collected from the RTDelphi Study:
 * Summary of collected input
 * Full dump of collected input

Further Discussion:
(Please insert your remarks below. Kindly identify yourself and date you input.)


 * This is a test. (-PeterYim / 2009.12.16-09:38 PST)