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Re: [ontolog-forum] Foundation Ontology Primitives

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From: "Matthew West" <dr.matthew.west@xxxxxxxxx>
Date: Tue, 2 Feb 2010 19:43:37 -0000
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Dear Pat,    (01)

This at least is easy.    (02)

>  I hope that it will not actually be necessary to try to precisely
> define
> the borderline between primitive and non-primitive.      (03)

A concept is primitive if it cannot be completely defined in terms of
concepts you already have defined.    (04)

Regards    (05)

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