That is what some of us refer to as "concept", a single meaning that can
have multiple terms/symbols. Some people don't seem to like the concept of
concept but I would think it crucial for disambiguating the multiple
meanings and context.
While this is a US centric group, we should also consider that there are
2000 other natural languages in the world, some that would call into
question the way we structure information. We should be able to have an
ontology that has multi-national terminology referencing common concepts.
-Cory
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To: ONTAC Taxonomy-Ontology Development Discussion
Subject: RE: [ontac-dev] Type vs. Class -- Please vote (01)
Patrick - (02)
>
> The word "process" has been used, I think, in at least three different
> senses in different ontologies,
> (03)
Why do we have to settle on a single meaning for a term/phrase? (04)
Can't there be multiple meanings... like in the real world. (05)
Only concession we'd need to make is to have a mechanism that EXPLICITLY
states the context which then indicates which meaning is meant... just
like in the real world. (06)
Surely we're not going down the road of one word = one meaning across
all contexts? (07)
- David (08)
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