Re: [ontac-dev] What is "An Ontology"?

[Chris Menzel <cmenzel@xxxxxxxx>]

On Fri, Jan 20, 2006 at 09:15:32AM -0000, West, Matthew R SIPC-DFD/321 wrote:
> Dear Chris,
> 
> Could I attempt a slight precisification? I suggest:
> 
> A formal ontology is a set of sentences in a formal langauge.
> 
> I think an ontology covers a wider range of things, and the 
> addition of "formal" clarifies what we are really talking
> about.    (01)

That strikes me as a useful clarification.    (02)

-chris    (03)


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