RE:... not convinced that ontologies are useful
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Both the building and emergency management industries typically include
ontologies in system requirements.
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Two examples:
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International Framework for Dictionaries, see below what IFD is not
[http://dev.ifd-library.org/index.php/Ifd:IFD_in_a_Nutshell] FYI IFC stands for
Industry Foundation Classes (supposed to be) a way of exchanging geometry)
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US National Information Exchange Model (NIEM) for example in the User Guide
[http://www.niem.gov/pdf/NIEM_User_Guide.pdf] A definition is copied below -
may or may not be the definition this community prefers but an improvement on
previous definition:)
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Regards
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Deborah
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What IFD is not
Before explaining what IFD is, it might be a good idea to tell what IFD isn't.
IFD is not:
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One uniformed classification system. It can however store multiple
classification system in its structure.
A meta ontology. IFD can hold several ontologies in it structure, but is in
itself not an ontology.
An alternative to IFC. IFD is a supplement to IFC it cannot and is not trying
to replace IFC.
An alternative to the EPISTLE standard. Although IFD and EPISTLE share much of
the same ideas and have the same core structure, the initiatives are different.
IFD only talks about types of things. EPISTLE will also store instances or
individuals. To cover the same functionality as EPISTLE , IFD relies on the IFC
standard.
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NIEM Ontology Definition
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An explicit formal specification of how to represent the objects, concepts, and
other entities that are assumed to exist in some area of interest and the
relationships that hold among them. In computer science, an ontology is the
attempt to formulate an exhaustive and rigorous conceptual schema within a
given domain, a typically hierarchical data structure containing all the
relevant entities and their relationships and rules (theorems, regulations)
within that domain.
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DEBORAH MACPHERSON, CSI CCS, AIA
Specifications and Research
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Cannon Design
1100 Wilson Boulevard, Suite 2900
Arlington, Virginia 22209
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Direct Line 703 907 2353
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dmacpherson@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
cannondesign.com
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[mailto:ontology-summit-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of John F. Sowa
Sent: Tuesday, December 14, 2010 11:36 AM
To: ontology-summit@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: Re: [ontology-summit] Invitation to a brainstorming call for the 2011
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On 12/14/2010 10:27 AM, Aldo Gangemi wrote:
> Strange as you may think, ontology design is not yet "obvious" and
> quietly accepted when discussing semantic applications, let alone a
> vague "ontology" discipline
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That's not strange at all. Most programmers (including many computer
scientists) are not convinced that ontologies are useful, and even many who
think that they might be useful have no idea where to start.
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As I said before, if you look at many OWL ontologies (including BFO), you won't
find anything that goes beyond Aristotle's syllogisms.
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John
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