[Sigia-l] Web of Meaning

[Boniface Lau]

Going from a 'Web of links' to a 'Web of meaning' 

http://www.physorg.com/printnews.php?newsid=1509

WM> "We have a language in which to write an ontology," says Heflin,
WM> "but we don't know how to properly combine [distributed]
WM> ontologies, or what to do when ontologies are contradictory. We
WM> need an environment that people can search in that resolves
WM> contradictions meaningfully."  
WM>
WM> Heflin wants to look at ways of partitioning the Web into useful
WM> subsets so users can determine which ontology to use when they
WM> have a query and can find an ontology that will point them to the
WM> web page that is most suited to the perspective of their search.  


Boniface