[ontolog-forum] Ontology extraction functions

["Brian (Bo) Newman" <bo.newman@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Was Re: [ontolog-forum] Ontology extraction tool

Denise, 
Well stated -- perhaps, if they haven't already done so,  Kurt and
Bob can incorporate these functions into the framework they have been
developing 

- Bo Newman - 


At 01:35 PM 10/4/2006 -0400, you wrote:
> All,
>
> When I read this question this morning, I must say I was unclear on what
> was
> intended by an "ontology extraction tool".  I thought we
> might get a wide range
> of answers - as we have.
>
> If you mean, are there tools that can identify and extract entities which
> have
> been associated with a predefined ontology -- that's one thing.  If
> you mean,
> are there tools that can tell you what your ontology should be -- that's
> another
> task.  And, if you want to discover how entities relate to one
> another in a
> particular context, that's yet another task.  And, there are
> other
> interpretations of "ontology extraction".
>
> It might help if we had a better idea of the context for the
> question.  It may
> be that people do not disagree, they're just talking about different
> things.
>
> Best regards,
> Denise
>  
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