Rich -On Feb 29, 2012, at 1:16 PM, Rich Cooper wrote: I haven’t heard of an ontology project of large size
I an add a smidge of background context from this side of the pond.
I have no direct knowledge on the level of contact between the Shell Oil (Houston) I had as customer in the late 1980s & Shell (London). My assumption from experience is that large organizations have significant coordination/communication/collaboration challenges.
In the late 1980s, CASE tool was not a four letter word. Shell (Houston) used several data modeling (CASE) tools.
They also had at least two (likely 3 now) central data dictionaries (aka "metadata repository").
The challenge we danced with was:
Model A is done.
Model B is done.
These efforts are NOT coordinated.
At some point A & B are "merged."
The challenge was (and still is, as far as I know)... how do I get "Postal Code" & "Zip Code" to collide as potential/probable synonyms?
At the time "naming conventions" or "naming standards" (there's a HUGE difference) were in fashion. Taxonomy & ontology were, AFAIK not associated with this issue. ___________________ David Eddy
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