RE: [regrep-semantic] Groups - New Action Item #0000 Issue: Do we need to choose Ontology representation

["Zachary Alexander" <zack2003@ebtdesign.com>]

Farrukh,

I think we should also look at the possibility that the Registry already
provides the majority of the necessary support.  I think that ebXML
Registry structure is sound. The changes that are being suggested seem
to be more label changes than architecture changes. I read the Santine
paper and wholesale changes were not required to support frame based
knowledge representation. Is it possible that we could support first
order logic representations by reusing the current ebXML internal
structures? 

IMHO, the ebXML Registry is what it is. The semantic content management
initiative should be about finding ways to reuse the current ebXML
Registry Structures.  Semantic-only structures should be external
optional modules. The Registry standard has been sent to ISO.  Changes
that would affect the internal structure of the registry seem
problematic.    

Zachary Alexander
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-----Original Message-----
From: ewallace@cme.nist.gov [mailto:ewallace@cme.nist.gov] 
Sent: Tuesday, February 24, 2004 9:42 AM
To: regrep-semantic@lists.oasis-open.org
Subject: Re: [regrep-semantic] Groups - New Action Item #0000 Issue: Do
we need to choose Ontology representation


Farrukh:

You wrote:

>Number: #0000
>Description: Issue: Do we need to choose Ontology representation
>Owner: Farrukh Najmi (Farrukh.najmi@sun.com)
>
>
>Comments:
>Farrukh Najmi  2004-02-24 13:35 GMT
>Should ebXML Registry define a specific ontology representation format
>(e.g. OWL) or should it define a more abstract model that allows for
>multiple Ontology formats to be supported.

Please, instead of "define a specific ontology representation format"
let's
say "select a specific ontology representation format".  We certainly 
should not be inventing a new one, and I don't think you mean that we
should.

BTW - should we use the above format for posting future issues, or is
there a tool we should be using for submitting them?

-Evan