• To: Mike Champion <mc@x...>, xml-dev@l...
• Subject: Re: Taxonomies?
• From: Sean McGrath <sean.mcgrath@p...>
• Date: Fri, 25 Jan 2002 11:27:08 +0000
• In-reply-to: <84FD8496DRN5151AHB64USNMBA5VR.3c508a43@MChamp>
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At 17:27 24/01/2002 -0500, Mike Champion wrote:
>Speaking of which .... what's the difference between a taxonomy, a
>controlled vocabulary, and an ontology?

Can't remember where I read this but it made me smile:
         "An ontology is a taxonomy with an attitude problem."

:-)
Sean

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  • Taxonomies?
    • From: Darryn Sneller <dgsneller@y...>
  • Re: Taxonomies?
    • From: Mike Champion <mc@x...>

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