At 12:15 PM -0400 3/19/08, Fabian Neuhaus wrote:
>Let me put it this way: even the best argument
>for the advantages of chocolate ice cream would not be a reasonable
>argument for a prohibition of vanilla ice cream. (01)
Aptly put. (02)
>Barry summarized very well what the goal of gatekeeping is: "if an OOR
>is to be useful, then potential users need to have reliable
>expectations as to what it will contain". (03)
It seems to me that the best way - perhaps the only way - to
determine this, is to read the ontology itself (or to put it through
more dynamic tests, such as inputting to a reasoner or trying its
effect on a battery of test cases.) What more does Barry expect by
way of telling a potential user what it will contain? Can we see some
examples? For example, consider the OWL-Time ontology, with a
covering statement consisting of the observation that it is an
ontology of time and temporal relationships, including dates and
time-zones, intended for general use, and written in OWL-DL. Would
that suffice? (04)
>The question that we need to
>answer is: In order to archive this goal of gatekeeping, do we have to
>ban all ontologies that don't meet (i-v)? (05)
Clearly not. All this is required is open access to the actual
ontology. IMO this is the only criterion whose necessity is worth
serious discussion. (06)
PatH (07)
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