Jack, (01)
I very strongly agree with that point: (02)
> To my earlier point, until a prospect values purpose and usage it is
> largely futile to gain their awareness, appreciation and acceptance of
> ontology development or adoption of a pre-canned ontology. In fact, if
> they say they want an ontology it is likely that they are 'silver
> bullet' or "latest fad" connoisseurs and will not become successful
> customers. (03)
I believe that the ontology field is still in a very early stage
of development. Jack's examples (and others that crop up from
time to time) show that good methodologies can achieve an order
of magnitude improvement over what is commonly done today. (04)
That indicates the current tools and methodologies are not likely
to survive the next paradigm shift -- which I expect to arrive
sometime in this decade. (05)
Therefore, we should devote more time to "disruptive technologies"
than to incremental improvements in current tools and techniques. (06)
John (07)
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