Doug - (01)
On Sep 8, 2010, at 6:13 PM, doug foxvog wrote: (02)
>> Is this saying that a term (word, phrase, acronym, abbreviation,
>> whatever) can only have a single meaning?
>
> No, i'm not referring to whatevers. I'm referring to terms in digital
> ontologies.
>
>> What did I miss here?
>
> You missed that i wasn't talking about natural language. (03)
Ah, ha! (04)
Ye olde context bit. (05)
What would be the benefit of this (mythical/theoretical?) digital
ontology? (06)
I'm having great difficulty getting my noodle around this "one term =
one meaning" concept. (07)
Given that humans are so accustomed (not that they consciously
acknowledge it, they just DO it) to having multiple meanings per
term, how do you envision a proper digital ontology being applied? (08)
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