Is there a need to discuss ontology tool support in the Semantic Content Management Subcommittee?

<ZA>Is there a need to
discuss ontology tool support? </ZA>

 

<Farrukh>Again this
topic could also be a discussion thread. My gut feel is that 

as a standard we have tended
to stay away from getting into tools. 

However, if we build on
existing standards such as OWL then we should 

have no trouble supporting
ontology tools without ever saying anything 

about them specifically in
our specs.</Farrukh>

 

<ZA> The question of
tool support often comes up in the ontology community.  The ontology
community uses the HTML as the model to make their point.  The argument
goes that HTML adoption exploded once there were tools that automated the
production of web pages.  The belief is that ontology adoption will grow
rapidly once the tools and methodologies remove a lot of the complexity. 
Should the Semantic Content Management Subcommittee be concerned with how best
to support tool vendors?  If so, should this support be added to an ebXML
Registry Ontology? </ZA>

 

 

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