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From: "John F. Sowa" <sowa@xxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Mon, 31 Jan 2011 01:04:03 -0500
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Dear Matthew and Ron,    (01)

MW
> So most of the
> ontological work that is done in major companies and government
> organizations is in what is widely referred to as Master Data Management.
> For practical purposes this is the set of terms used across an enterprise's
> systems, whether they are SAP or Oracle HR, or home grown Payroll systems.    (02)

On that topic, we are in complete agreement.  But note that this
is usually called *terminology*.  If I had a choice between a well
designed terminology that had been in widespread use in an industry
and somebody's exercise in using some ontology language, there is
no question what I would prefer -- give me the terminology!    (03)

RW
> I think that as time goes on, there will ontologies that come with
> applications or come as part of standards or government reporting
> specifications.    (04)

I agree.  But at the current stage of development, I have more
faith in the terminologies than in most ontologies I've seen.    (05)

John    (06)

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