Dear Fabian, (01)
Actually both of these are benefits. (02)
> I don't think that the benefit of ontologies is necessarily a better
> understanding of particular problem domains. This might be sometimes
> the
> case, but the main reason that people are interested in ontologies
> seems
> to be to me that they want to solve information exchange/
> interoperability problems. (03)
MW: I think that information exchange is where the volume is in ontology
use, however, even for this, improving understanding of the domain is often
a necessary step in achieving interoperability.
>
> I tried to integrate your proposal with the existing text. Against my
> better judgment I gave it a try and rephrased the introduction in a way
> that explains what ontology is and what its benefits are. I am sure I
> will regret that very soon. (04)
MW: You have the unfortunate position of camel maker :-) (05)
Regards (06)
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