Re: [regrep] Interest in Ontology Process Control Subcommittee

["Chiusano Joseph" <chiusano_joseph@bah.com>]

Could you perhaps elaborate as to exactly what such standards would
address?

Thanks,
Joe


Zachary Alexander wrote:
> 
> Joe,
> 
> Let's go back to the original question, "Is there any interest in an
> Ontology Process Control Subcommittee." I don't care if the output is a
> new standard, an addition to the current standard or a technical note.
> All, I am asking about is the amount of interest.  Process control
> applications are found in a number of industries from manufacturing to
> insurance to agriculture to financial services.  The challenges in these
> industries are complex, real-time, high impact and would benefit from
> ebXML registry support.
> 
> Zachary Alexander
> The IT Investment Architect
> ebTDesign LLC, (703) 283-4325
> http://www.ebTDesign.com | http://www.p2peconomy.com |
> http://www.itinvestmentvehicle.com
> 
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Chiusano Joseph [mailto:chiusano_joseph@bah.com]
> Sent: Friday, March 12, 2004 9:14 AM
> To: Zachary Alexander
> Cc: 'ebXML Regrep (ebXML Regrep)'
> Subject: Re: [regrep] Interest in Ontology Process Control Subcommittee
> 
> I'm not making the connection between your response below and your
> original e-mail.
> 
> Joe
> 
> Zachary Alexander wrote:
> >
> > Joe,
> >
> > Currently, the ebXML Family of standards handle XML content in a
> payload
> > neutral manner. Is that a design decision or is that a best practice?
> > Can a design decision or best practice that is codified in either a
> > defacto or normative manner be called a standard?
> >
> > Zachary Alexander
> > The IT Investment Architect
> > ebTDesign LLC, (703) 283-4325
> > http://www.ebTDesign.com | http://www.p2peconomy.com |
> > http://www.itinvestmentvehicle.com
> >
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Chiusano Joseph [mailto:chiusano_joseph@bah.com]
> > Sent: Thursday, March 11, 2004 5:11 PM
> > To: Zachary Alexander
> > Cc: 'ebXML Regrep (ebXML Regrep)'
> > Subject: Re: [regrep] Interest in Ontology Process Control
> Subcommittee
> >
> > This sounds to me like more "best practices", if anything, than
> > "registry standards". The information in your anecdote reminds me
> > somewhat of a governance board-type function (citing term "process
> > control"), if I am now understanding it correctly.
> >
> > Joe
> >
> > Zachary Alexander wrote:
> > >
> > > Joe,
> > >
> > > There is a lot of collateral technology required to support
> > ontologies.
> > > Some of these technologies are in their infant 1.0 stage and others
> > are
> > > proprietary. All are specific to the ontology community not the
> > registry
> > > community.
> > >
> > > I think that the standards should address how to open up the
> registry
> > in
> > > a logic system neutral manner without concentrating on how the
> > ontology
> > > developers will use it. I think that there should be the potential
> for
> > a
> > > clear separation of effort between registry developers and ontology
> > > developers. Developers should not have to know both disciplines.
> > >
> > > Anecdote: I spent sometime talking with the Netscape LDAP directory
> > > developers back in 1999 and I asked them how their directories were
> > > being used. They said that they couldn't tell me definitively.  They
> > > said that LDAP developers kept coming up with new ways to use their
> > > directories. I see the Ontology Process Control Subcommittee as a
> > means
> > > of facilitating the same kind of creativity.
> > >
> > > Zachary Alexander
> > > The IT Investment Architect
> > > ebTDesign LLC, (703) 283-4325
> > > http://www.ebTDesign.com | http://www.p2peconomy.com |
> > > http://www.itinvestmentvehicle.com
> > >
> > >
> > > -----Original Message-----
> > > From: Chiusano Joseph [mailto:chiusano_joseph@bah.com]
> > > Sent: Thursday, March 11, 2004 3:09 PM
> > > To: Zachary Alexander
> > > Cc: 'ebXML Regrep (ebXML Regrep)'
> > > Subject: Re: [regrep] Interest in Ontology Process Control
> > Subcommittee
> > >
> > > Zachary Alexander wrote:
> > > >
> > > > RegRep Team,
> > > >
> > > > Is there any interest in starting an Ontology Process Control
> > > > Subcommittee? This subcommittee would develop registry standards
> for
> > > > supporting process control ontology engineering.
> > >
> > > Could you perhaps elaborate as to exactly what such standards would
> > > address?
> > >
> > > Thanks,
> > > Joe
> > >
> > > > The effort would
> > > > produce an ebXML Registry standard that will be ontology
> > > representation
> > > > neutral. Description Logics may not provide the most robust means
> of
> > > > specifying processes. OWL DL is based on Description Logics.
> > However,
> > > > there are a number of logic systems (i.e., Modal Logic, Temporal
> > > Logic,
> > > > and Paraconsistent Logic). Use of one logic system versus another
> > > could
> > > > provide competitive advantage.  This subcommittee would have as
> its
> > > > charter the concept of Logic System Neutrality.
> > > >
> > > > Zachary Alexander
> > > > The IT Investment Architect
> > > > ebTDesign LLC, (703) 283-4325
> > > > http://www.ebTDesign.com | http://www.p2peconomy.com |
> > > > http://www.itinvestmentvehicle.com
> > > >
> > > >
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