At 03:12 PM 1/25/2006, you wrote:
>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. (01)
'Concept' is a perfectly good word for what would otherwise be called
the meaning of a term. Unfortunately it has been used in ontology,
sloppily, to mean the referent of a term -- what we have now agreed
to call 'type'.
The consequences of this sloppy use are described here:
http://ontology.buffalo.edu/bfo/Beyond_Concepts.pdf
If you have responses to the arguments there presented, I would be
happy to consider them.
BS (02)
>-Cory
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>Patrick -
>
> >
> > The word "process" has been used, I think, in at least three different
> > senses in different ontologies,
> >
>
>Why do we have to settle on a single meaning for a term/phrase?
>
>Can't there be multiple meanings... like in the real world.
>
>
>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.
>
>
>Surely we're not going down the road of one word = one meaning across
>all contexts?
>
>- David
>
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