RE: [ontolog-forum] Foundation Ontology [was Semantic Web shortcomings]
How about "Common Logic Ontology" (CLO), since there is proposed to be a
strong tie to Common Logic and Common Logic Controlled English..?
Phil
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> ontology@LISTSERV.IEEE.ORG] On Behalf Of John F. Sowa
> Sent: Friday, August 22, 2008 12:02 PM
> To: Andrei Voronkov
> Cc: standard-upper-ontology@LISTSERV.IEEE.ORG
> Subject: 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