Re: Avoiding the pitfalls of ontology development
At 23:43 24-11-04 -0500, John F. Sowa wrote:
>That's why I suggested that we address the problem of
>working on a document about principles for developing
>and defining ontologies. I think that could be a
>document that we could agree to more quickly than
>a complete upper ontology, and it would be very
>welcome for a very wide audience.
I second that!
There IS a need for a description of such principles.
In the field of medicine, much work is being done, much good work is being
done.
But the question remains whether the good work is being done good.
Regards, Ronald
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