Re: SUO: 21 May 2002 -- Unanswered Questions About SUMO Set Theory
Bill Andersen a écrit :
> Anyway, I thought you'd like my recent round of comments. It is very
> frustrating to listen to all of these unsubstantiated blanket claims of
> adequacy on the part of SUMO. Too bad really, because personally I get
> along quite well with Adam Pease.
>
> BTW, what's your interest in GO? I've noticed some of your posts to that
> list lately?
Getting REAL!
Why are you asking?
Didn't you got my last posting [Tue, 21 May 2002 07:31:14 +0200],
quoted below (no archive on go-friends list).
JLD> I am no biologist or whatever of that kind, only a software consultant,
> but I am specially interested in GO and GO like ontologies because
> these are the fields where some *real* work is ongoing, not just
> philosophical discussions.
>
> I have already suggested a few directions in the SUO forum:
>
> http://suo.ieee.org/email/msg08372.html
>
> But the folks there are more interested in "metaphysics" than in results.
> The focus should be on *usefullness*, and this is no less complicated
> than "philosophy", as Chris [ Chris Wroe ] rightly remarked:
>
> CW> Actually the biggest barrier to the use of DAML+OIL and similar DL based
> CW> ontologies is the added complexity they introduce.
>
> Then, may be, while waiting for the GONG project to reach maturity
> (or anything similar using one kind or another of "heavy machinery"),
> to help with *today* requirements some "lightweight" solutions could be
> in order .
>
> My purpose in offering this free help is to investigate a "live" case
> and further my acquaintance with *dynamically changing* ontologies.
But, then, what is *your* interest in GO?
I did not notice any posting of yours there, apart from a conference
announcement a while ago.
Cheers.
-- Jean-Luc Delatre
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