Re: SUO: Re: IFF Comments Requested
Pat Hayes wrote:
> >The IFF now lives in extended form at http://suo.ieee.org/IFF.
> >It consists of four pieces: an Introduction, a Core subOntology,
> >a Category Theory subOntology, and a Classification subOntology.
>
> None of those Ontologies can be accessed from that URI.
I noticed that my mailer picked up the period at the end of the URI, so
when I clicked on it I got an error msg; I had to paste the URI in
manually. A typical sort of problem when one sends out mail infested with
HTML garbage.
> First, I fail to see the utility of the emphasis placed on category
> theory. This is not motivated anywhere, but it badly needs to be
> motivated if you expect anyone to take it seriously enough to even
> read the sources to find out what you are talking about.
I heartily agree. I've never heard an adequate answer to this question.
I find the rest of Pat's criticisms equally compelling.
-chris
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