<html><head></head><body><div class="ydp46aa6c8cyahoo-style-wrap" style="font-family:Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;font-size:13px;"><div><div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false">To the extent that the Ivoa ontology will be worked on further by the semantics group, I would be interested in exploring the potential of being a steward or curator for it.<div><div><br></div><div>Like I mentioned when I introduced myself to the group some time ago, ontologies for space are a great interest and focus of mine.</div><div><br></div><div>Would that be helpful?</div><div><br></div><div>When is the next group meeting?</div><div><br></div><div>Robert Rovetto</div><div>--</div><div>Afford others the opportunity to succeed, learn and grow.</div><div>-</div><div>Actively open to work & study opportunities worldwide.</div><div>-</div><div>Formal Ontologist</div><div>Orbital Space Domain Knowledge Modeling: https://purl.org/space-ontology</div><div>(Seeking formal collaborations & Sponsors. Support here)</div><div>Education Committee, International Association for Ontology and its Applications.</div><div>http://orcid.org/0000-0003-3835-7817</div><div>-</div><div>Schedule a Meeting: http://tinyurl.com/r2qb6d42</div><div>Hire services: https://tinyurl.com/yas7trzy</div><div>Research Affiliate, Center for Orbital Debris Education & Research.</div></div></div><div><br></div><div class="ydp46aa6c8csignature"><div style="font-size:13px;font-family:Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;"><div><br></div>
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On Tuesday, May 11, 2021, 06:54:25 AM EDT, Markus Demleitner <msdemlei@ari.uni-heidelberg.de> wrote:
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<div>Dear Semantics, dear TCG,<br><br>The somewhat odd distribution is because this is mainly a, say,<br>governance question, but tightly related to Semantics.<br><br>Carlo has made a very good point in the RFC in Vocabularies 2<br>(<a href="https://wiki.ivoa.net/twiki/bin/view/IVOA/VocabulariesV20RFC" target="_blank">https://wiki.ivoa.net/twiki/bin/view/IVOA/VocabulariesV20RFC</a>).<br>Basically, VocInVO2 assigns to the Chair/Vice Chair of the Semantics<br>WG something like stewardship functions, in particular:<br><br>* Maintaining the list of VEPs<br>* Maintaining the vocabularies (i.e., adding terms as VEPs are passed,<br> build the artefacts, etc)<br>* Run/maintain adapters to externally managed IVOA vocabularies<br><br>When writing the spec, I've made all ofthese responsibilities of the<br>Semantics chairs -- not because I think that's where they belong but<br>because there is nobody else we could plausibly assign them to; in<br>particular, the document coordinator has quite a high work load<br>already.<br><br>But Carlo is right: This *is* a bit of a precendent in terms of what<br>IVOA WG chairs do or don't do, and it is also right that<br>administrative (if you will) functions will probably profit from<br>somewhat stronger continuity than we have with the chairs and their<br>limited terms.<br><br>I believe we already have (at least) two models how this kind of<br>thing is handled in the VO:<br><br>(a) the document coordinator. I *think* s/he is appointed as a<br>person by the exec.<br><br>(b) the IVOA web page, the mailing lists, and the Registry of<br>Registries. I *think* these are entrusted to institutions that then<br>internally distribute the work load.<br><br>Both of these models could also be applied to either a<br>"vocabularies coordinator" or "the vocabularies repo".<br><br><br>At least for while I'm the semantics chair, I'm happy to shoulder the<br>administrative load, and so as far as I am concerned, no changes to<br>the PR are really required.<br><br>On the other hand, it's clear that a WG chairs' work load, in<br>particular with document reviews, but also as regards managing the<br>WGs' own standard processes, already may be discouraging to future<br>candidates. Adding further chores almost certainly will not be<br>helpful then.<br><br>Hence, I at least wanted to raise the question from the depths of the<br>RFC page -- and in case you have opinions, alternative ideas or even<br>motivation to take on the chores, by all means chime in.<br><br>Thanks,<br><br> Markus<br></div>
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