> our mission today is not necessarily to produce a definitive
definition (01)
Isn't a definition definitive by definition? (02)
Mike (03)
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Subject: Re: [ontology-summit] Definitions from the Merriam-Webster 3rd (06)
Dear John (07)
I do not disagree with Webster, yet I think it's time to update/expand
those entries (lexicographers on this list?) (08)
My mother today asked me what am I working on and I explained that I
need to pout together these slides for an ontology summit and she asked
me 'what is ontology' and i answered 'look in the dictionary'
(garzanti), She did some look up then said that she does not understand
why all of sudden I concern myself with 'the study of being' although
that would explain my propensity for contemplative idleness (09)
So I had to explain about the relevance of defining what exists for the
purpose of designing an information system and she said 'ah'. (010)
I mean: the current entry in a generic dictionary may not capture
(yet) exhaustively all the aspects of our reality as we are defining on
this forum, I also think we are creating new knowledge here, and the
process is painful, hopefully constructive one (011)
A question springs to mind : is ontology for our purpose here, only a
'science' and a 'theory'? Anything else we should consider there? (012)
( Leo seems to insist that our mission today is not necessarily to
produce a definitive definition, so if we decide to suspend this for
now and focus on other aspects of this discussion is okay for me now, I
am sure this will crop up
later) (013)
Paola Di Maio (014)
On 4/21/07, John F. Sowa <sowa@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: (015)
>
> My recommendation is to take definition 1a and definition 2 from the
> Third Unabridged:
>
> 1. a science or study of being; specifically, a branch of
> metaphysics relating to the nature and relations of being.
>
> 2. a theory concerning the kinds of entities and specifically
> the kinds of abstract entities to be admitted to a language
> system.
>
> Definition 2 covers exactly what we are doing with computer
> ontologies.
>
> ISO normally uses the OED, but I don't have a copy of the OED handy.
> If the group prefers the OED, I would accept that as well.
>
> Let's just take the two definitions above (or the corresponding
> definitions from the OED) and stop all this wrangling. If we try to
> change a single word, we will go on forever.
>
> John
>
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