[xtm-wg] ANNOUNCE: The Upper Cyc Ontology in XTM (Preliminary)

[Murray Altheim <altheim@eng.sun.com>]

While I am far from finished with either the prose of the spec
or four of the five topic maps, I thought given the upcoming 
TopicMaps.Org meeting and KT conference that it'd be a good
idea to publish *something* regarding my work with the Cyc
ontology. I won't be able to attend the conference, but this
will perhaps provide another topic of discussion.

The first of the five planned topic maps is for the most part 
finished, and there is an annex (C) listing all of the PSIs 
established as part of this project; these at least will remain
stable, and useful as subject indicators. I stress that the
prose of this TR is pretty rough in places, as time has been
short lately. I hope to improve the text over the coming weeks.

  The Upper Cyc Ontology in XTM
  Sun Microsystems Technical Report 27 Feb 2001
    http://www.doctypes.org/cyc/cyc-xtm-20010227.html 

Once we have a process for publishing TopicMaps.Org Technical
Reports, I would like to submit this to the group for publication
on our web site. Doug Lenat seems enthusiastic about this project,
and perhaps he will be willing to publish the topic maps on the
cyc.com web site, which would probably be even more appropriate 
than on topicmaps.org. I hope to discuss this and other related
issues while I'm in Austin.

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Abstract

This Technical Report documents research and development of an
XML Topic Map (XTM) representation of the Upper Cyc Ontology, 
including a distribution of five XTM topic maps based on features
of the ontology. 

This Technical Report plus any associated software and/or 
documentation may be submitted to TopicMaps.Org with the goal of 
promoting XML Topic Maps (XTM) as a suitable ontological framework,
as well as a source of XTM Published Subject Indicators (PSIs). 

Status of This Document

This Technical Report is a Sun Microsystems Working Draft, intended 
for review and comment by interested parties. It is a very preliminary
"work in progress" release, currently has no formal status, and its 
publication should not be construed as endorsement by either Sun
Microsystems, Inc. or any other body. This document may be updated, 
replaced, rendered obsolete by other documents, or removed from
circulation at any time. It is inappropriate to use this document as 
reference material, or cite it as anything other than a "work in progress." 

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Murray

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Murray Altheim, SGML/XML Grease Monkey     <mailto:altheim&#64;eng.sun.com>
XML Technology Center
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      The rice leaves in the garden
      Rustle in the autumn wind
      That blows through my reed hut.  -- Minamoto no Tsunenobu

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