RE: SUO: Re: Registry etc.
On Wed, 4 Jun 2003, Eric Peterson wrote:
> > Mike,
> >
> > > Please spare me the false dilemma and histrionics.
> >
> > This is not a false dilemma, and it is "history", not
> > histrionics. Please look at the SUO archives to see what
> > was happening. All that discussion is on the record.
> >
> > Without a joint effort, we go back to the status of a few
> > months ago, which was a moribund email list with ZERO
> > collaboration among the three groups.
>
> [ELP] I would vote for a simple joint effort, but the language of motion
> #2 entirely avoids talk of a collaboration goal. And it adds the
> controversial registry.
As someone actively engaged in development on a very large ontology,
Matthew and John's arguments for the registry seemed to me to be simple
software-development common-sense. QA for ontologies is *extremely*
challenging - possibly more so than for any other form of software
engineering - so the more supportive tools and processes for this kind
of work the better.
I've been trying to follow the messages complaining about the
registry idea but for the life of me I can't make mental contact with the
problem. Something about 'content' being managed by the registry, but in
my understanding, any ontology is to some degree 'content all the way
up'. That's why you have one. So yes, content will be managed. Is that so
wrong?
> I tried to get a simple clause added to motion #2 that expressly
> specified a goal of collaboration you said that it would blow apart the
> coalition.
>
> Adam, would your team leave if motion #2 stated that it's chief goal was
> a third merged ontology that seamlessly coalesced and improved the two
> content ontologies?
>
> John D., Cathy, Fritz, would Cyc leave the table?
I wouldn't personally wish to, I can't speak for Cycorp.
Cathy.
--------------------------------------------------------------------------
Cathy Legg, Phd Cycorp, Inc.
Ontologist 3721 Executive Center Dr., ste 100
www.cyc.com Austin, TX 78731-1615
download OpenCyc at http://www.opencyc.org
--------------------------------------------------------------------------