OntologPlanning 2004/KurtInput

Issues and Strategies


 * Need efficient way to learn tools and techniques


 * Issue: The learning curve is quite steep and long-time participants in this effort still don't feel comfortable with basic concepts and specific methodologies
 * Issue: The learning curve is quite steep and long-time participants in this effort still don't feel comfortable with basic concepts and specific methodologies


 * Strategy: Identify and/or develop training modules that target key topics
 * Strategy: Identify and/or develop training modules that target key topics


 * Survey Ontolog / UBL project participants for knowledge gaps
 * Survey Ontolog / UBL project participants for knowledge gaps
 * Survey Ontolog / UBL project participants for knowledge gaps


 * Consolidate to a prioritzed list of training topics
 * Consolidate to a prioritzed list of training topics
 * Consolidate to a prioritzed list of training topics


 * Identify, recruit, and/or draft subject matter experts to help put together training modules (possibly teamed with a recruit to help document the training)
 * Identify, recruit, and/or draft subject matter experts to help put together training modules (possibly teamed with a recruit to help document the training)
 * Identify, recruit, and/or draft subject matter experts to help put together training modules (possibly teamed with a recruit to help document the training)


 * Distribute materials asynchronously where possible. Schedule telecons, where necessary.
 * Distribute materials asynchronously where possible. Schedule telecons, where necessary.
 * Distribute materials asynchronously where possible. Schedule telecons, where necessary.


 * Need agreement on content to write


 * Issue: A critical aspect of formalization is agreement among subject matter experts on what the terms / concepts mean.
 * Issue: A critical aspect of formalization is agreement among subject matter experts on what the terms / concepts mean.


 * Strategy: drive agreement prior to the formalization in KIF to enable a broader range of subject matter experts to contribute to the process
 * Strategy: drive agreement prior to the formalization in KIF to enable a broader range of subject matter experts to contribute to the process


 * Form a group of subject matter experts to review and revise the existing UBL definitions for these terms and concepts
 * Form a group of subject matter experts to review and revise the existing UBL definitions for these terms and concepts
 * Form a group of subject matter experts to review and revise the existing UBL definitions for these terms and concepts


 * Develop standards and/or quality critieria for these definitions (both their internal structure/expresiveness and consistency across definitions)
 * Look to IEEE (Sowa's) discussions of use of controlled english possibly as a second step (uncontrolled, then controlled, then KIF)
 * Develop standards and/or quality critieria for these definitions (both their internal structure/expresiveness and consistency across definitions)
 * Look to IEEE (Sowa's) discussions of use of controlled english possibly as a second step (uncontrolled, then controlled, then KIF)


 * Publish the definitions once they accepted (either individually or as a group)
 * Publish the definitions once they accepted (either individually or as a group)
 * Publish the definitions once they accepted (either individually or as a group)