Newsletter1: 11/21/2005

From Ncor internal wiki

Dear Colleagues,

Welcome to this inaugural posting of information relating to the work of the National Center for Ontological Research. Material pertaining to:

1 Inaugural Event in Buffalo, including photos and list of participants

2 NCOR Mission Statement and Statutes

3 Directors and Executive Committee

4 Scientific Committee

5 Ontology Evaluation Committee

6 Outreach Committee

7 Technical Committee

8 Government Relations Committee

9 Committee on Ontology for Health Informatics

10 Ontology Registry

11 NCOR Partners

12 Future Events

13 Acknowledgements

has been posted on the NCOR wiki. Emails in this series will be confined to (roughly) monthly updates pointing to major updates of this material. To submit content or corrections, or to have your name removed from this list, please write to <ontology@buffalo.edu>.

ACTION ITEMS

The work of NCOR internally will be transacted primarily through its various committees, the contact persons for which are listed on the wiki. Proposals for further committees are invited.

To help achieve NCOR's external goal of raising standards in ontology, please add a link to http://ncor.us from ontology-related websites.

Proposals are invited for additional NCOR partners. Please contact Mills Davis <mdavis@project10x.com>.

Nominations are invited for distinguished persons to serve on NCOR's General Advisory Board and Technical Advisory Board.

With greetings

Barry Smith