Re: Unified Framework for Ontology
I like it. It sounds a good deal like what I thought (in my naivete) a
"standard upper ontology" would be like when I first subscribed to the SUO
list five or so years ago. Functionally, anyway. Since then I've learned
a good deal about what "upper" might mean, and the Unified Framework sounds
very good indeed.
Best,
John Velman
On Sat, Nov 26, 2005 at 11:21:34AM -0500, John F. Sowa wrote:
> Folks,
>
> I made a proposal to the ONTAC working group for
> a unified framework (with the acronym UF instead
> of UFO) that could serve as a basis for cooperation
> among various ontology projects.
>
> Unlike SUO, which proposed to start with an upper
> level, I believe that the experience over the past
> five years has demonstrated that the upper level
> is the most controversial and the most difficult
> level to address if we are ever to get any hope
> of consensus.
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