Re: [ontolog-forum] what is open ontology?

[Pat Hayes <phayes@xxxxxxx>]

At 7:59 PM +0700 4/21/08, paola.dimaio@xxxxxxxxx wrote:

> Greetings
>
> In preparation for next week summit which has as a central theme open
> ontology repository, I am trying to sum up work done to date in this
> area.
>
> The first point that I need to clear up is:  ' what is open
> ontology', I think having an idea of what different people mean by
> 'open ontology', may help us to develop the discourse around OOR, and
> to contribute more meaningfully to the objectives of the
> workshop

As I understand the phrase, the initial 'open' in 'open ontology repository' is meant to qualify 'repository' rather than 'ontology'. That is, we are talking about an open repository of ontologies. What exactly this means is of course open for discussion, of which there has already been quite a good deal, and (guess what) people don't all agree. But the debate has been about the openness of the repository, not of the ontologies. I don't think it makes sense to refer to an ontology as being open (or not).

Pat

> My early take linked below, I would be happy to share notes on the
> work done in this last year, as well as to hear how the work of this
> summit is related or differs to the points below
> http://ontolog.cim3.net/cgi-bin/wiki.pl?PaolaDiMaio/Towards_OpenOntology
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