Pat Cassidy wrote:
>>> Portion of that cost that could be reduced by a common foundation
>>> ontology: 1/5 (20 billion per year) (01)
Pat Hayes wrote:
>> Here's where we disagree. I suggest that the correct proportion here
>> would be more like 0.01 percent. Not because it wouldn't work if
>> people would all use it, but because people will not in fact use it. (02)
Matthew West wrote:
> [MW] That is of course still more than we could think of how to spend. (03)
I make that 10M$. I thought PatC was talking about 30M$. (04)
> One thing I have no doubt about is that there are huge benefits possible. (05)
From a "foundation ontology" developed by 100 nominal experts (chosen
how?) by voting to resolve conflicts? You'd have a better chance by
requiring every computer science student to take a course in using
DOLCE, and providing the funding for the textbooks. (But since DOLCE is
3D, that wouldn't be Matthew's favorite.) (06)
> What I agree is a lot less certain is how to harvest them effectively. (07)
Yes. If we could just get everyone to _use_ terms in a way we all
understand, there would be enormous benefits. But I too am not certain
how we should go about that. ;-) (08)
-Ed (09)
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