Difference between revisions of "Organic Ontology"

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The Organic Ontology is the name we give to the [[wiki organisation]] structure. It is a structure which requires concepts such as categorisation and transclusion with paramaters, but is more generic than a structure specific to MediaWiki or even any wiki. Eventually we plan to annotate the templates with [[SMW|semantic annotations]] so that we can export the ontology in a proper web ontology language for import it into other high level environments such as [[Croquet]].
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We are pursuing the vision of a [[generic organisation]]al framework composed of people working together in a specific unified way, which we shall attempt to describe in this article. [[Wiki organisation]] is a good step in the right direction toward this vision but it is important to understand that we are not talking about a specific technology here, but rather a way of working which can be encapsulated by, or implemented within almost any collaborative environment.
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The definition of this [[system]] undergoes continuous refinement as we use it to organise and manage our own jobs and [[project]]s. There are a number of top-level aspects to this way which we call [[class]]es. The whole system is encapsulated in an overall tree structure which we call the [[Organic Ontology]], eventually we hope for this structure to be defined to the extent that a complete description of the [[system]] can be exported in an official ontology language such as [[w:OWL|OWL]] for importing into other high level environments such as [[Croquet]].
  
 
The current version of the ontology in as a [[MW:Extension:TreeAndMenu|TreeView]] is in the [[Tree:Ontology]] article, and is transcluded below:
 
The current version of the ontology in as a [[MW:Extension:TreeAndMenu|TreeView]] is in the [[Tree:Ontology]] article, and is transcluded below:

Revision as of 01:40, 19 July 2008

We are pursuing the vision of a generic organisational framework composed of people working together in a specific unified way, which we shall attempt to describe in this article. Wiki organisation is a good step in the right direction toward this vision but it is important to understand that we are not talking about a specific technology here, but rather a way of working which can be encapsulated by, or implemented within almost any collaborative environment.

The definition of this system undergoes continuous refinement as we use it to organise and manage our own jobs and projects. There are a number of top-level aspects to this way which we call classes. The whole system is encapsulated in an overall tree structure which we call the Organic Ontology, eventually we hope for this structure to be defined to the extent that a complete description of the system can be exported in an official ontology language such as OWL for importing into other high level environments such as Croquet.

The current version of the ontology in as a TreeView is in the Tree:Ontology article, and is transcluded below:

Template:Tree:Ontology