Hi John, (01)
Let me stick my non-expert neck out here:
My standard answer to the question of "What does ontology add?" is that it
enables the application of automated reasoning to a domain better than
alternative (earlier) mechanisms. In part this is due to a matter of timing and
consequent symbiosis: Modern reasoning engines have been designed around the
emerging set of semantic technologies that, in large part, are centered on
ontology (and its constituent elements) ... ontologies, in turn (and IMHO),
should be designed primarily with the reasoning operations they will support in
mind. (02)
Avanti,
BobN (03)
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On 11/7/2014 11:31 PM, Jack Ring wrote:
> It may be useful to note that the shift in focus is from what a system
> IS to what a system DOES. Net-centric emphasized the happenings among
> the things. (05)
I agree that some shift -- any shift -- away from "IS" would be useful.
The word 'ontology', by itself, just means the study of existence.
Formal ontology is just the use of formal notations and methods for doing that
study. Unless you have some other goal, that doesn't give you much guidance. (06)
In addition to asking "What is it?", you can get somewhat more guidance if you
then ask "What does it do?" (07)
But I'd also like to cite the full line from Michael G's note:
> Internet of Everything: Toward Smart Networked Systems and Societies (08)
That subtitle helps to give a bit more guidance. But I'd also like to ask an
embarrassing question: In the initial analysis stage, does formal ontology
give us any more help or guidance than the old 20th-century methods of systems
analysis? (09)
There was a huge amount of work on structured systems analysis.
Some notations and methods used logic, and others were more informal.
And some informal systems, such as UML, were later formalized. (010)
What does ontology add? (011)
John (012)
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