As interesting as this discussion may be, it has drifted away from the topic
of the Ontology Summit. (01)
Please migrate this discussion to ontolog-forum. (02)
thank you,
Michael Gruninger
Co-Chair Ontology Summit 2013 (03)
On 13-03-15 5:08 AM, Ludger Jansen wrote:
> Dear Ed & all
>
> may I enter the discussion with some naive questions?
>
> - Does this NAIClassification distinguish between individuals and classes?
> - Does it distinguish between relations like instanceOf, subclassOf and more
> sophisticated ones like locatedIn?
> - Does it distinguish between activities (Manufacturing) and agents
> (Manufactors)?
>
> I get the impression that not. But from the normative point of view I would
> argue that all questions SHOULD be answered in the affirmative.
>
> One example:
> BS>Bradley Shoebottom can be classed under Fredericton
>
> Not so, I would say: A city is an invidual; nothing can be classed under it.
> There is, however, a class of inhabitants of Fredericton; an individual
> person can be an instance of this class. Or BS is locatedIn Fredericton.
>
> Best
> Ludger
>
>
>
> (04)
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