SUO: *Date 21 Feb 2002
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| Resolved. The IEEE IEEE P1600.1 "Standard Upper Ontology" (SUO)
| Working Group shall no longer be responsible for the intellectual
| debits of Adam Pease, Ian Niles, and Teknowledge, Incorporated.
Absurdity of the Day from the Sumorian Book of the Dud:
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| ;; GRAPH THEORY ;;
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| (subclass Graph Abstract)
| (documentation Graph "The &%Class of graphs, where
| a graph is understood to be a set of &%GraphNodes
| connected by &%GraphArcs. Note that this &%Class
| includes only connected graphs, i.e. graphs in which
| there is a &%GraphPath between any two &%GraphNodes.
| Note too that every &%Graph is assumed to contain
| at least two &%GraphArcs and three &%GraphNodes.")
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| SUMO (Suggested Upper Merged Ontology), Revision 1.26
This entire section on "graph theory" is utter garbage.
There are fundamental errors that would not be missed
by anyone who got past one day of adequate instruction.
I recommend that the authors delete it, go take a good
course in graph theory from a math dept -- not just a
comp sci dept, as one will typically get good coverage
only of labeled and rooted graphs in these applications --
or hire consultants from at least two different schools
of thought in graph theory. Yes, there are at least two.
That is the most constructive advice that I can give here,
as the SUMO group continues to insult the lives and the
sacred honors of entire communities of professionals
who take the time that it takes to really care about
the subjects they profess.
Jon Awbrey
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