Agreed. Having it in one sentence like that makes it clearer that it is
not a list of things, of which people will always want to add one more. (01)
Mike (02)
BEDFORD, DENISE A.D. wrote:
> Peter,
>
> A much better approach, so I withdraw my suggestion for additional domains.
>
> Best regards,
> Denise
>
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> Subject: Re: [ontology-summit-advisors] Comment for Communique - application
>domains for ontologists
>
> As I understand the draft, the purpose of the section on application domains
>(2AV4 and following) is *not* to enumerate which applications domains are, or
>might be, of interest to ontologists, but rather to underline the fact that
>any domain can *benefit* from having ontologists analyse it and encapsulate an
>ontology for it.
>
> If we continue to add examples, people are going to start to look at what's
>missing and why (the process has already started with the requests for
>additions), and it won't end.
>
> Can I suggest another tack?
>
> "Any domain could be an application domain for ontologists. Ontologies are
>already used and are being developed for us in many domains, including in
>science, business, government, education, health and culture.
>
> "Having such ontologies not only facilitates human understanding of the
>characteristics of a particular domain and greater interoperability of
>information systems used in the domain, but also greater understanding and
>interoperability between domains."
>
> I have the same general remark to other instances in the text where examples
>are given: either give one, where the understanding might not be clear; or
>none at all.
>
> The objective is to clarify, not to enumerate exhaustively.
>
> Regards,
> Peter
>
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