[Sigia-l] Web of Meaning

[Jonathan Baker-Bates]

> -----Original Message-----
> From: sigia-l-bounces at asis.org 
> [mailto:sigia-l-bounces at asis.org] On Behalf Of Boniface Lau
> Sent: 10 October 2004 02:27
> To: 'SIGIA-L'
> Subject: [Sigia-l] Web of Meaning
> 
> 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] 
> ontologies, 
> WM> or what to do when ontologies are contradictory. We need an 
> WM> environment that people can search in that resolves 
> contradictions 
> WM> 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 have 
> WM> a query and can find an ontology that will point them to the web 
> WM> page that is most suited to the perspective of their search.
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: sigia-l-bounces at asis.org 
> [mailto:sigia-l-bounces at asis.org] On Behalf Of Boniface Lau
> Sent: 10 October 2004 02:27
> To: 'SIGIA-L'
> Subject: [Sigia-l] Web of Meaning
> 
> 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] 
> ontologies, 
> WM> or what to do when ontologies are contradictory. We need an 
> WM> environment that people can search in that resolves 
> contradictions 
> WM> 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 have 
> WM> a query and can find an ontology that will point them to the web 
> WM> page that is most suited to the perspective of their search.
> 

I think this - as a general critque - has some merit though:

http://www.shirky.com/writings/semantic_syllogism.html

Jonathan

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