On Apr 14, 2009, at 2:14 PM, Richard H. McCullough wrote:
>> ...
>> RHM: > We will advance the state of the art more quickly by
>> building useful single ontologies for particular applications,
>> instead of searching for an upper ontology which is suitable for
>> all applications.
>>
>> [PC] That would definitely be helpful. But since there are no
>> such practical applications yet accessible to the general public,
>> my suggestion for a Foundation Ontology project includes the
>> development of some practical applications, among which I would
>> recommend a basic natural Language capability (5-6 year old English
>> speaker) and integration of several databases as examples. These
>> efforts would in my expectation be synergistic and would benefit
>> from the integrating effect of the common FO. If we want real
>> practical applications **available to public inspection**, the
>> public is going to have to pay for it.
> #### There are commercial companies which are selling NL interfaces. (01)
"selling" being the operative word here. (02)
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