Re: SUO: Re: "Monolithic" Ontology
At 8:33 PM -0500 3/4/02, Patrick Cassidy wrote:
>John --
> I was hoping that the definitions I provided would be
>clear as to intent, but I didn't realize that you already had
>a different definition of "terminological ontology". Apparently
>my attempt at clarifying the meanings failed. I think
>the distinction is worth recognizing, so I'll try again.
Just to throw more confusion into the mix, description logics (such
as OIL), use "terminological" and "ontology" almost synonymously.
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