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We make artifacts and tools for specifying, documenting, learning, and (deeply) understanding the concepts and terms used within ToIP. Key deliverables include one or more glossaries, and the corpus of data behind them. The data will consist of formally modeled concepts, plus their relations and constraints, and will encompass perspectives from technical, governance, business, legal and other realms.
DanielH note:
The copy editor in me may have gotten carried away a bit by the simple paragraph I wrote just above. (I'm a novelist by hobby, and "less is more" has been drilled into me by professional editors at publishing houses.) Rieks' original paragraph contained more detail than what remains in my version. I tried to stay true to its intent while simplifying as much as I could. I'm preserving the longer form below for comparison, in case we need to add something that I cut too much, or in case we want to go back to that version and start over. Original version: The mission of the proposed C&T WG is to foster efficient and effective cooperation between ToIP members that each have their own backgrounds (socially, linguistically, expertise, etc.), by creating and maintaining artifacts and tools for specifying, documenting, learning, and (deeply) understanding the concepts and associated terms that are used within ToIP, and toeliminate terminological confusion where possible. The scope of the WG is the creation and maintenance of a corpus of terms and concepts, from which some basic artefacts will be generated and additional ones as the need arises. Other WG activities will include the creation of conceptual (mental) models, that see on the formal specification of concepts, their relations and constraints, such that they can serve as a solid (mental) basis for dealing with issues in the technical, governance, business, legal and other realms. This WG may also organise Task Forces for specialized activities if deemed appropriate by the majority of the WG members and in line with the overall mission of the ToIP Foundation.
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