[Sigia-l] Web of Meaning

[Boniface Lau]

> From: Eric Scheid
> 
> > WM> "We have a language in which to write an ontology," says
> > WM> Heflin, "but we don't know how to properly combine
> > WM> [distributed] ontologies, or what to do when ontologies are
> > WM> contradictory. We need an environment that people can search
> > WM> in that resolves contradictions meaningfully."
> > WM>
> > WM> Heflin wants to look at ways of partitioning the Web into
> > WM> useful subsets so users can determine which ontology to use
> > WM> when they have a query and can find an ontology that will
> > WM> point them to the web page that is most suited to the
> > WM> perspective of their search.
> 
> About two years ago I was thinking about the same thing - how to
> integrate formal taxonomies into synthetic taxonomies
> (clustering)...
>     http://www.iawiki.net/ComparingTaxonomies

Not sure why you equated taxonomy with ontology (their distinction is
not hair-splitting). For (web) ontology recommendations, see:

    http://www.w3.org/2004/OWL


For an example ontology, see:

    http://www.ksl.stanford.edu/projects/wine/explanation.html#ontology


Boniface