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RE: Re: Issues with XML and Semantic Web ?

• To: 'Jason Aaron Osgood' <mrosgood@y...>, "'xml-dev@l...'" <xml-dev@l...>
• Subject: RE: Re: Issues with XML and Semantic Web ?
• From: "Bullard, Claude L (Len)" <len.bullard@i...>
• Date: Mon, 23 May 2005 13:04:16 -0500

Pretty much.  Know where the wall plug is.
John Sowa, IMO, has the best read on these 
in his descriptions of lattice theory.

Or trendy and approximate: "Only Sith Lords talk in absolutes."

len


From: Jason Aaron Osgood [mailto:mrosgood@y...]

Claude L. (Len) Bullard-


Congratulations! You've been honored with a Quote of the Day on Cafe
con Leche [1]. This time its about something called an "upper
ontology". I admit that I have no idea what that means. But it
certainly sounds cool!

Having just read your original message [2], I feel compelled to verify
that I followed the gist of your philosophy.

 - Ontologies are tools. Tools can be useful. Tools work as designed.
Unless they don't. And sometimes a new use for a tool is discovered.

 - Rules too can be useful. Except when they're not. Follow the rules.
Or not. You decide.

 - Decision making can sometimes be automated. Which can get expensive.
Either way, be sure to get it right.


Did I miss anything?


Cheers, Jason Aaron Osgood / Seattle WA


[1] http://www.cafeconleche.org/
[2] Issues with XML and Semantic Web ?
    http://lists.xml.org/archives/xml-dev/200411/msg00183.html

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