Re: [ontolog-forum] Ontology vs OWL implementation

[Pat Hayes <phayes@xxxxxxx>]

At 3:21 PM -0700 4/30/08, Duane Nickull wrote:

> On 30/04/08 3:10 PM, "Pat Hayes"
> <phayes@xxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> > At 11:35 AM -0700 4/30/08, Duane Nickull wrote:
> >
> >> Whether or not the thing you are expressing in
> >> OWL is in fact an ontology or whether the OWL
> >> _expression_ of it still meets the minimum
> >> criteria for an ontology is a more complicated
> >> question.
> >
> > What do you see as being the "minimal criteria" for an
> ontology, Duane?
> >
> > <SNIP>
> >
> Hehehehe ­ I thought that would bait someone ;-)
>
> I doubt there is any one answer for that and it is like beauty ­ in
> the eye
> of the beholder.  I certainly could not answer such a question
> and even if I
> could, I highly suspect my answer would not work for
> others.

Oh well, I thought I'd ask.

> Did you have a more concrete
> answer?

No. Well, yes: there isn't one (a minimal criterion). So lets stop talking about it. Its not a complicated question, its a meaningless question. Anything written in OWL counts as an ontology. Some ontologies might not be much use, but they are ontologies. I don't want OWL tools telling me that my OWL isn't beautiful enough to count as an ontology, so they refuse to process it.

Pat

> Duane
>
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