SUO: RE: Foundations for ontology
Sorry Pat,
. I missed out a word in my previous email. It was
meant to have read , "I wish I could spend MORE time digesting the work you
have done"
. Further comments interspersed below, prefaced "GH> ".
Cheers Graham Horn
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-----Original Message-----
From: pat hayes [mailto:phayes@ai.uwf.edu]
Sent: Wednesday, 15 August 2001 4:18
To: Horn, Graham
Cc: standard-upper-ontology@ieee.org
Subject: RE: Foundations for ontology
> . I wish I could spend MORE time digesting the work you have
done.
>It is evidently significant and perspicacious.
>
> . Might I suggest you put a motion to the SUO group (or a
>modification to an existing one) for us to consider.
Why on earth do you need someone to 'put a motion' in order to start
considering something? Does your brain only work in committee mode?
GH> Because I don't pretend to have a crystal clear interpretation of
John's intentions from a set of slides. I did NOT attend the presentations,
so cannot pretend to know what was said.
GH> John has done the research, and so should be best placed to put the
appropriate wording to a motion based on it. We have seen plenty of
bickering over wording of motions, precisely because wordings impact on the
precise consequences.
GH> I'd have thought that would be obvious from the extensive numbers of
misunderstandings that we have all witnessed in the time this list has been
in operation.
>
> . What do others think?
>
More thought and less pseudo-administrative BS would make this list a lot
more valuable.
GH> Actually, I have the impression the "thought" has exceeded the
administrative postings by around two orders of magnitude. What we seriously
lack is an adequate administrative structure to focus the "thought"s.
GH> At present I see the situation as akin to a random crowd milling
around, knowing roughly what they want, but largely not knowing what to do
to get it. I think John's latest post has much the same thrust.
Pat Hayes
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