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Jonathan.Robie@S... writes: <snip/> > The problem with semantic networks in the 1970s was not that it is hard to > reason about databases of assertions. With respect, that was _precisely_ the problem. It was easy (still is, c.f. CYC) to build up a large and apparently 'meaningful' net. Getting serious work done with an inference engine working from that net proved to be the problem. See Bill Woods's masterly analysis _What's in a Link', and Brian Smith's _The Owl and the Electric Encyclopaedia', which ought to be required reading for anyone contemplating real work with metadata. ht [1] What's in a link: foundations for semantic networks Author(s): William A. Woods Book : Representation and Understanding Subtitle : Studies in Cognitive Science Editor(s): Daniel G. Bobrow, Allen M. Collins Note : Reprinted in R. J. Brachman and H. J. Levesque, eds, {\it Readings in Knowledge Representation}, pp.~217--241. Los Altos, Ca.: Morgan Kaufmann, 1985 [2] The Owl and the Electric Encyclopaedia Author(s): Brian C. Smith Journal : Artificial Intelligence Volume : 47 Pages : 251-288 Year : 1991 -- Henry S. Thompson, HCRC Language Technology Group, University of Edinburgh W3C Fellow 1999--2001, part-time member of W3C Team 2 Buccleuch Place, Edinburgh EH8 9LW, SCOTLAND -- (44) 131 650-4440 Fax: (44) 131 650-4587, e-mail: ht@c... URL: http://www.ltg.ed.ac.uk/~ht/
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