An ontology of computing

What is an ontology? An ontology is a specification of a conceptualization. A specification of a representational vocabulary for a shared domain of discourse — definitions of classes, relations, functions, and other objects — is called an ontology.

Semantic Web Connects Knowledge The Metaweb Connects Intelligence The Web Connects Information Social Software Connects People Artificial Intelligence Personal Assistants Ontologies Taxonomies Knowledge Bases Knowledge Management Semantic Webs Intelligent Agents Enterprise Minds Group Minds Lifelogs Semantic Weblogs The “Relationship” Web Decentralised Communities Smart Marketplaces The Global Brain Search Engines Content Portals Databases File Servers “Push” PIMs Web Sites Enterprise Portals Pub-Sub Marketplaces Auctions Groupware Weblogs Wikis RSS Community Portals P2P File-sharing Conferencing IM USENET Social Networks Permission to re-use with attribution to: Nova Spivack (2004)

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Ontologies are the structural frameworks for organizing information and are used in artificial intelligence, the Semantic Web, systems engineering, software engineering, biomedical informatics, library science, enterprise bookmarking, and information architecture as a form of knowledge representation about the world or some part of it. The creation of domain ontologies is also fundamental to the definition and use of an enterprise architecture framework.

Why - Computing Ontology Beyond the general reasons for an ontology of anything Computing is a broad category of disciplines – Computer Science – Computer Engineering – Software Engineering – Artificial Intelligence – Information Science – Information Systems – Information Technology – More … Good for increased attention to special topics within the domains Potentially weakens the voice of the overall domain

The ACM Computing Classification System First version: – Three layer tree 1. General Topics and Education 2. Computing Milieu 3. Applications 4. Programming 5. Mathematics of Computation 6. Design and Construction 7. Analog Computers

ACM CCS Four Layer Tree (11 top layer categories) – A. General Literature – B. Hardware – C. Computer Systems Organization – D. Software – E. Data – F. Theory of Computation – G. Mathematics of Computing – H. Information Systems – I. Computing Methodologies – J. Computer Applications – K. Computing Milieu

ACM CCS Revised over time. 11 top level categories. 4 level tree. – A. General Literature – B. Hardware – C. Computer Systems Organization – D. Software – E. Data – F. Theory of Computation – G. Mathematics of Computing – H. Information Systems – I. Computing Methodologies – J. Computer Applications – K. Computing Milieu No change at the top level

ACM CCS 2012 General and reference Hardware Computer systems organization Networks Software and its engineering Theory of computation Mathematics of computing Information systems Security and privacy Human-centered computing Computing methodologies Applied computing Social and professional topics Proper nouns: People, technologies and companies Now 14 top level categories Interactive interface available at Depth varies, up to 6 levels

An exercise Go to Strawman document Go to (document open to anyone with the link) txhMX4-tk3sI7ckBYQoWqqN0Jq9PDKs/edithttps://docs.google.com/document/d/1MLdpEYfGdbfA txhMX4-tk3sI7ckBYQoWqqN0Jq9PDKs/edit With a partner, choose a topic area to classify – Go to Blackboard and fill in the classification for your topic – Then choose another topic and repeat. Please do not choose both at once, so that there is more freedom of choice for everyone.