Re: [ontolog] Large Ontologies in Use

[MDaconta@xxxxxxx]

In a message dated 11/13/2002 1:39:44 PM US Mountain Standard Time, michael.f.uschold@xxxxxxxxxx writes:

> Can anyone point to some very large ontologies that are in routine use? I
> know there are some in the medical informatics area, but am unsure of what
> they are called.  One is on the order of 35K items, perhaps in genetics.


Hi Mike,

I've read that CYC is one of the largest general ontologies:

www.opencyc.org (an open source version).

 - Mike
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