Re: SUO: 21 May 2002 -- Unanswered Questions About SUMO Set Theory
On Wed, May 22, 2002 at 01:45:54PM -0500, Bill Andersen wrote:
> Hi, Pierluigi...
>
> An excellent question indeed. And it's hard to argue with your logic wrt
> the point I raised. Who let philosophers on this list anyway? :-D
>
> First, let me offer a few initial points to address the "unsuitability"
> issue, then I will try to offer some constructive opinions as to what might
> serve to make ontologies "suitable"
>
> * It is unclear to "real people" (by this I mean software developers,
> DBAs, data modelers and the companies who build tools to support them)
You include *companies* among "real people", Bill?? Better keep those
philosophers around after all! ;-)
-chris