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• Subject: Re: Taxonomies/ontologies/etc?
• From: Mike Champion <mc@x...>
• Date: Fri, 25 Jan 2002 11:22:09 -0500
• In-reply-to: <5.1.0.14.2.20020125104544.02c85ec0@p...>

1/25/2002 10:48:55 AM, Carol Ellerbeck <cellerbeck@h...> wrote:

>Mike,
>
>The following link is to an article in Digital Library Magazine from 
Nov. 
>1998, and it contains a good explanation of terminology.  A good 
>article...    http://www.dlib.org/dlib/november98/11batty.html
>

Thanks, that is helpful ...


'ontology" should not be used at all, because it means "the study of 
being" (Greek ONTO -- (being) + LOGIA (discourse) -- not a possible 
and mistaken back formation into ONTO (essence) + LOGOS (word) -- as 
the essence or existence of words).'

YES!!!! <ducking the flames>

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