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Re: SUO: The lattice of theories

To: Frank Farance <frank@farance.com>
Subject: Re: SUO: The lattice of theories
From: "John F. Sowa" <sowa@bestweb.net>
Date: Mon, 10 Jun 2002 21:21:46 -0400
Cc: standard-upper-ontology@ieee.org
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Frank,

Yes, a registry is a very important mechanism that would be needed.

The generalization and specialization operators of the lattice
provide a natural ordering, but the features of a registry are
very imprortant for practical use.

John Sowa

References:
- SUO: The lattice of theories
  - From: Frank Farance <frank@farance.com>

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