Dear Pat, (01)
> John,
> I agree with your three points, but have some additional comment:
>
> [JS] > 2. We do have billions, if not trillions, of dollars
> of software
> > that supports the world's economy, and we see legacy software
> > that is 40 years old or older still in daily use -- none of
> > which is or will be converted to any "integrating" ontology.
> >
> The programs won't but the databases can be. Cyc and
> Ontology Works claim
> to be able to integrate databases with an ontology. (02)
MW: What does it mean in integrate a data base with an ontology? I
can think of a number of possibilities. (03)
> I am
> involved in a
> project exploring the technology to do that. Each of these
> methods uses a
> single upper ontology for the integration process.
> But to my knowledge there is no public demonstration of
> that integration
> technique on a database of significant size. (04)
MW: What would constitute a significant size? or what would not? (05)
Regards (06)
Matthew West
Reference Data Architecture and Standards Manager
Shell International Petroleum Company Limited
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http://www.matthew-west.org.uk/ (08)
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