Re: [ontolog-forum] What goes into a Lexicon?

[David Eddy <deddy@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Mike -

On Feb 22, 2012, at 8:54 AM, Mike Bennett wrote:

it became clear that what they needed, after various false starts involving XML standards, common data models and so on, was some resource in which each meaning was defined once. 

I'm having a hard time with "each meaning was defined once."    Aren't a meaning & a definition the same thing?

The OAD offers this for DEFINITION: "a statement of the exact meaning of a word, esp. in a dictionary."

OAD offers this for MEANING: "what is meant by a word, text, concept, or action"   [I love—not!—those recursive definitions in dictionaries... but hey, it's the OAD.]

I read these OAD definitions—per JFS's admonishments—and come away with the understanding that definition = meaning.  Is there some other secret code I need to grok the OAD (which I think is about as high on the language food chain as I can get).

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