John, (01)
John F. Sowa wrote: (02)
>Steve,
>
>That is certainly true:
>
> > ... don't forget that the question is really "can we define
> > a scale within which one can place true ontologies, thesauri,
> > folksonomies, etc.?". To answer that, we MAY have to answer
> > "what is an ontology".
>
>Not only "may", but "must".
>
>My answer to the question is that an ontology serves as a map
>between natural languages and artificial languages.
>
>
>
Hmmm, do you mean to say that being a "map between natural languages and
artificial languages" is a defining characteristic of an ontology? (03)
In other words, that in the absence of that characteristic some X that
is under discussion is not an ontology? (04)
>That puts type hierarchies at the center, with links to
>NL lexical resources such as WordNet on one side and
>links to implementations such as Cyc on the other side.
>
>And by the way, I *detest* the word "folksonomy". First of all,
>the word "folk" implies some derogatory or deprecating attitude.
>Yet some of those things embody more insight into the issues
>than some of the things that use a formal notation.
>
>
>
+1 (05)
Hope you are having a great day! (06)
Patrick (07)
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Topic Maps: Human, not artificial, intelligence at work! (09)
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