Re: [ontolog-forum] I ontologise, you ontologise, we all mess up...

[Ed Barkmeyer <edbark@xxxxxxxx>]

Tara Athan wrote:
> If you meet an Ontology, what should you do?
>       (01)

I suppose it rather depends on the social situation, or whether you see 
it as a potentially useful minion.
I'd stay away from ontologies I met in bars, although a colleague of 
mine did draw a rather insightful UML diagram on a paper napkin in some 
pub in Paris. :-)    (02)

-Ed
> Rich Cooper wrote:
>   
>> Agreed.  Like the Buddha and Pr0n, we will know the Ontology when we meet
>> it.  Restricting the definition in any way at this time is more likely to
>> slow progress than to focus it.  
>>
>>   
>>     
>
>       (03)

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