On 4/27/2011 4:23 PM, doug foxvog wrote:
> I would prefer to restrict the concept of ontology to a description
> of some field of concern that specifies various classes of thing,
> relations that may obtain among instances of such classes, and
> relationships among such things.  (01) 
Yes. That is close to what I suggested in response to Doug S:  (02)
JFS
> If you want a definition, following is my recommended definition
> of 'an ontology': a theory about what exists in some domain.  (03) 
In general, my definitions are closer to those by Doug F.
WordNet is not an ontology, since it is not a theory.  (04)
But it is possible to have an incompletely specified theory
as an informal ontology.  (05)
John  (06)
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