>> 
>> People who should know better have been using the label 'Thing' for
>> the top of an ontology because it gives a "comfy feeling" to those
>> who know nothing about logic.
>
> I have recommended its use (to TimBL and others) instead of the outlandish 
>term "resource" which has become the accepted terminology in W3C circles.  (01) 
Actually, the term "resource" [1] comes from the IETF that define HTTP, URI, 
etc. The W3C Semantic Web standards are built over the Internet protocols and 
just adopt the already-standardized terms.  (02)
Cheers,
David  (03)
[1] http://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc7231#section-2  (04)
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