[ontolog-forum] Ontology building methodology

[MDaconta@xxxxxxx]

In a message dated 3/6/2003 3:49:20 PM US Mountain Standard Time, lobrst@xxxxxxxxx writes:

> By the way, both of these papers are on Chris Welty's home page:
> http://www.cs.vassar.edu/faculty/welty/.


Hi Everyone,

In looking at these papers, I don't see these methodologies as 
being in competition.  I see it as an issue of granularity.  The 
welty and guaranino papers discuss finer points of ontology 
construction (identity, rigidity, dependence) which can easily
be included in Step 4.1 which is "ensuring that the class
hierarchy is correct".  In other words, the process is a multi-pass
process.

Thus, I would recommend that the overaching framework be the 
Ontology 101 process with a "Welty and Guarino" pass in step 4.

Thoughts?

 - Mike
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