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Re: SUO: The Story So Far - Request for vote




Nicola's proposal, below, makes a lot of sense to me.

    In practice, my proposal is as follows:

    1. Let's carefully (and painfully) distinguish between axioms and 
    primitives that achieve (reasonably large) consensus and 
    axioms/primitives that do not;

    2. When there is no consensus, let's isolate the alternatives and ask 
    the supporters to i) explain, ii) motivate and iii) formalize both of 
    them;

    3. If enough explanation/motivation/formalization is achieved (up to 
    a certain minimal degree) for both alternatives, then:
	3.1 create a new branch in the ontology library
	3.2 go on specializing the two branches in parallel, depending on 
    the interest they
	    receive.

    4. Else proceed by considering only the alternative that was best 
    explained, motivated, and formalized.
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Mike