doug foxvog wrote:
> I note that 'AutoDealer',
> 'FireStation', 'FoodEstablishment', and 'CafeOrCoffeeShop' are all
> under both Place and Organization in the hierarchy. As places, they have
> fixed spatial properties, while as organizations they have properties of
> agents and groups.
>
> To be ontologically pure, one might distinguish the organization (which
> can relocate) from the physical premises (which can not). However,
> in common speech people will use the same name for both the organization
> and the location, and anaphora to refer to one, even when the referenced
> term referred to the other.
> (01)
I think I am an ontological purist in this area. While people can
typically distinguish the two intents of the same term, I become very
concerned about the dual interpretation relative to another multiply
interpreted term, like 'management'. If only organizations and their
staff can be 'managed', the reference to an AutoDealer or a FireStation
can still be disambiguated, but if fixed assets can also be 'managed',
then a reference to the management of a FireStation is seriously
ambiguous. And reasoning tools are adept at confirming Murphy's Law. (02)
-Ed (03)
> -- doug foxvog
>
>
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