RE: [ontac-forum] Some thoughts on hub ontology and merging sources

["Roy Roebuck" <Roy.Roebuck@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Hi all:

 

I should have used the more specific http://one-world-is.com/beam URL to point to my material.

 

Roy

 

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From: ontac-forum-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:ontac-forum-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Roy Roebuck
Sent: Friday, November 18, 2005 12:04 PM
To: ONTAC-WG General Discussion
Subject: RE: [ontac-forum] Some thoughts on hub ontology and merging sources

 

Hi:

 

I discovered, modeled, and informally published them in the early 1980’s, and personally have been using them since then.  I informally published them on the Internet in 1994, at http://one-world-is.com.  This is the source for what I’m asserting as the “General Ontology” - it is good enough (as a hub/core/general ontology) to provide a general-use knowledge-base (i.e., from an endeavor’s framework (as an ontology) yielding a model/architecture) and provide the foundation for role-based-security and virtual applications for the subjects modeled within it.

 

When looking at the range of Ontologist-orientations present in this forum, I see two main axes of divergence.  I call one the “Utility” axis, which ranges from “Philosophy” on one end to “Pragmatic” on the other.  The other I call the ‘Correctness” axis, which ranges from “Purist/Final/100% correctness” on one end to “Sufficient/Practical/Workable correctness” on the other.  

 

The General Ontology I’m offering may not be philosophically pure, but it is practically sufficient.  I would submit that ONTAC is chartered to produce Pragmatic and Sufficient ontology/semantic/taxonomy solutions for SICoP and FEA/CIOC/AIC, and not get bogged down into the Analysis-Paralysis of ontology Philosophy and Purity.

 

Roy

 

CommIT Enterprises, Inc. Enterprise Architecture for Enterprise Management, Security, and Knowledge

Roy Roebuck III
Senior Enterprise Architect

2231 Crystal Drive, Ste 501
Arlingon, VA 22202

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From: ontac-forum-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:ontac-forum-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of psp
Sent: Friday, November 18, 2005 10:26 AM
To: ONTAC-WG General Discussion
Subject: RE: [ontac-forum] Some thoughts on hub ontology and merging sources

 

When did these "good enough" ontologies become available?

 

Paul Prueitt

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