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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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