1. April 20, 2006Sketch 11 Ontologizing Ontolog Content April 20, 2006 Sketch #1 A Roadmap to an Ontolog Thesaurus Bob Smith, Ph.D. Bob@1TallTrees.com CSU/Tall Tree Labs

2. April 20, 2006Sketch 12 Observations Denise Bedfords 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.

3. April 20, 2006Sketch 13 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

4. April 20, 2006Sketch 14 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/R EC-webont-req-20040210/#purp290 –Current funded inititiatives ( IST Athena; IBM; SAP; Oracle, etc.) –http://www.sap.com/company/research/bpmsi/athena.epx

5. April 20, 2006Sketch 15 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?)

6. April 20, 2006Sketch 16 Project Proposal Part 3 3. Thesaurus "Product" Design – Selection criteria for Schema 1 2 – Selection criteria for Schema Tools 1 2 – Acquisition of primary and secondary Tool Set

7. April 20, 2006Sketch 17 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

8. April 20, 2006Sketch 18 Questions and Suggestions - ========================= Bob Smith Bob@1TallTrees.comBob@1TallTrees.com –Professor Emeritus, Cal State University –School of Business, Management Department Business Strategy, Operations Research, Policy Audits, MIS-Expert Systems

9. April 20, 2006Sketch 19 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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11. April 20, 2006Sketch 111 Levels, Layers, Lacunae Level 1Level 2Level 3Level 4Level 5 HIEI PaperContainer HEI Obrst OMB- GAO

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