[Person-ontology] Let's get started

[Gian Piero Zarri]

    Hello,

    My name is Gian-Piero ZARRI, a former Research Director at the 
French National Center for Scientific Research (CNRS), now with the 
LaLIC (Language, Logic, Computer and Cognitive Sciences) team at the 
University Paris 4/Sorbonne. I also work as a consultant to high-tech 
French companies and (occasionally) to the European Commission.

    Like Pat, I am very skeptical about the possibility of setting up a 
true Upper Level Ontology. But I am very interested in any sort of 
high-level "ontological" and Knowledge Representation endeavour.

    G.P. Zarri



Schoening, James R Mr CIV USA AMC wrote:

>Person-Ontology Participants,
>
>	The number of subscribers has leveled off around 28, so let's
>get started.
>
>	Let's start with self-introductions (for those who wish to speak
>up at this point).  Those just lurking at the moment are welcome to do
>so, and join in at any time.  In a couple days, I'll start with some
>orientation and a couple issues to discuss, which can overlap with
>introductions.  I'll start with my relevant background:
>
>	I'm an Electronics Engineer with the U.S. Army at Ft. Monmouth,
>NJ, but this is an after-hours professional activity for me.  I funded
>(from my Army position) the original development of the SUMO upper
>ontology (but Adam Pease gets the other 99% of the credit).  I organized
>and chaired the IEEE Standard Upper Ontology WG, which had a number of
>draft documents (including SUMO), but not enough consensus to pass any
>of them.  I've recently be offered the position as Data Strategy Team
>Leader of the Army Net-Centric Data Strategy Center of Excellence.  I've
>been pondering for years how ontologies and upper ontologies could
>enable individuals to gain control and utilize their personal
>information, which is the objective of this sub-group.   
>
>	Next.
>	  
>Jim Schoening		
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