Re: SUO: Why is IFF and the Lattice of Theories good for SUMO

["John F. Sowa" <sowa@bestweb.net>]

Adam,

I don't understand why you insist on splitting
the group.  The content requires the methodology,
and the methodology requires the content.

Now that we have two separate content groups
-- OpenCyc and SUMO -- it is even more imperative
that we address the methodology of how these
two ontologies can work together and with all the
other ontological resources (WordNet, EDR, MeSH,
UMLS, etc., etc., etc.) that any proposed
standard will have to accommodate.

Both SUMO and OpenCyc have developed separately
for quite a long time, and they have made many
decisions that have to be resolved if they are
ever to be brought into a single framework.
And the sooner we address those issues, the
better it will be for everybody.

If we can't get a consensus of the developers
in this small committee, then there is no hope
of convincing the rest of the world.

John