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Re: [ontolog-forum] "Constructivism"

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From: kgoodier@xxxxxxxxxxx
Date: Thu, 18 Jan 2007 16:55:39 +0000
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This is too cool.    (01)

The title is intended to be thought-provocative and it has already WORKED!    (02)

Wait till you see the art!    (03)

: ) K
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From: Christopher Menzel <cmenzel@xxxxxxxx>
> > The idea is good, and I can join the tool - purely on an  
> > experimental basis to start with -
> > the problem is going to get us all to agree as to what we want to  
> > say, in terms of content and form
> >
> > for example, I have a problem with the word 'lethal' as it has non  
> > constructive implications,
> 
> I don't understand what you mean by "(non)constructive".  Could you  
> clarify?  What tests do you have to determine whether a word is  
> constructive or not?  And why avoid them?  What do you do if you are  
> building an ontology for a pharmaceutical company that has introduced  
> a property called "lethal dose" for a variety of drugs?  Do you tell  
> them they have to start using a different word?
> 
> > I dont use non constructive words, especially in writing (we all  
> > have our idiosyncrasies  I guess) - can we live with that?
> 
> It certainly doesn't seem to me to be an idiosyncrasy that someone  
> who has to build ontologies in real world domains from existing  
> terminology can live with.
> 
> Chris Menzel
> 
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