That was the spirit in which I asked it - original Zen koan (translated
into English) is "If you meet the Buddha on the road, what should you
do?"
And then after I posted the question, I though about the topic so much
in the news right now (well, the US news anyway), and had some second
thoughts myself.
But there was a serious side to the post - how one answers the question
reveals something about one's conceptualization of "ontology", like a
competency question (and like a Zen koan). Some possible answers
> Download it, bring it up in Protege and run a classifier on it.
> Query it.
> Read it (as in read a book)
> Ask myself "what I am doing inside somebody else's brain?"
Tara
Rich Cooper wrote:
Actually, I apologize if that seems in bad taste; its just consistent with
the practices of modern book titles
- "If you see the Buddha on the road, kill him!"
But with the recent news, that lightly thought through response might not be
appropriate. Therefore, I hope you understood it the way I meant it - in
jest.
HTH,
-Rich
P.S. You wrote something up about Rough Sets - do you have a paper I could
see on how you formulated that ontology? Any references would be
appreciated,
-Rich
Sincerely,
Rich Cooper
EnglishLogicKernel.com
Rich AT EnglishLogicKernel DOT com
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Kill it!
-Rich
P.S. Hi Tara!
Sincerely,
Rich Cooper
EnglishLogicKernel.com
Rich AT EnglishLogicKernel DOT com
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If you meet an Ontology, what should you do?
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.
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