Re: [ontolog-forum] Foundation Ontology [was Semantic Web shortcomings]
Andrei,
That's a good point:
AV> you consistently use FO for "foundation(al) ontology"
> while FO is also a standard abbreviation for "first-order"
> (you use FOL yourself). I am afraid this creates a lot
> of confusion.
The term 'foundation ontology' is one that Pat Cassidy
was using, and I adopted it for a couple of reasons:
1. Several people were already using it.
2. It is sufficiently different from "upper ontology'
to indicate that there is something significantly
different from what was being proposed before.
I have no strong preference. Does anyone else have any
suggestions for a name that avoids confusion and has
a good acronym?
John