IV. Ontology and Taxonomy Development for GEOSS as a part of AR-09-01: GEOSS Common Infrastructure (GCI)
Japan Proposal of a new sub-task:
Develop Ontology Registry: Collect available ontology, taxonomy, terminology, gazetteer and; Provide ontology registry service such as visualization, comparison.
Support development of a consistent ontology through registry of ontological information: GEO participants can compare and analyze available ontology and; GEO participants can develop more interoperable and appropriate ontology by referring to the registry.
Underlying idea of the proposed task: Help develop consistent ontology in each domain through providing ontology/terminology registry service as a part of GCI
Ontology Registry by Wiki, with an editing tool, and a gazetteer.
This is important because it is a precursor to ontologies. R. Shibasaki is working on this with IEEE. Japan is the lead and IEEE is the co-lead. There is not yet a point of contact. The first part of the task sheet has been written.
20. Wrap up J. Pearlman summarized the session; We have probably seen close to 600 viewgraphs. We have seen a lot of accomplishments, but we also see a lot of challenges. The challenges are opportunities. We’ll address some of the issues in the co-chair meeting tomorrow.
