RE: [regrep-semantic] Does Taxonomy = Semantic Content Management???

["Carl Mattocks" <carlmattocks@checkmi.com>]

Evan, Zach :

Agreed - please present the 'ER Ontology'  using the 'use-case' template .
We can then review it with the others.
thanks
Carl

<quote who="ewallace@cme.nist.gov">
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> Zachary Alexander wrote:
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>>The real question is should we create an ebXML Registry Ontology to
>>explicitly define what we mean by "semantic support."  When we say the
>>ebXML Registry explicitly supports "semantic content management," what
>>does that mean? Does "semantic content management" mean that it supports
>>taxonomies or taxonomies plus semantics or semantics with templates?
>>IMHO: one of the requirements for semantic support is all terminology
>>must be explicit. I think the term "semantic content management" has be
>>defined, agreed upon and used in the same way through out the project.
>>I think that we have to do the same with the concept "semantics" and all
>>other major concepts. I think that all concepts have to be defined and
>>vetted in the same way to insure the consistency of the work products.
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> Ah.  Now I see why you have mentioned this meta-ontology a few times.
> I think you are suggesting that we should "eat our own dog food" and maybe
> save some time by using KR methods to formally define this group's terms.
> An interesting idea.  To do this we would need a language or a tool that
> everyone in the group could use (for defining a Semantic Content
> Management
> ontology).  Is there one? OWL?  If OWL, which syntax: N-Triples, rdf/xml,
> other?  Even UML Class diagrams might be a viable tool to begin this
> process.
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> If we followed this suggestion, I would still prepare for it by first
> defining use-cases, enumerating a set of terms, and maybe writing some
> english text for each of those terms.  So I think we are headed in the
> correct direction in any case.  Perhaps we could start a term list in
> parallel with the use-cases?  What do the chairs think?
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> -Evan
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>>I think that because projects that use the ebXML "semantic content
>>management" support with ontologies will have to do the same with their
>>services.
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