SUO: Re: Basics of Process and Event, 3D and 4D
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Pat,
Since all computable processes can be simulated
by turing machines, you might well start out by
trying to represent the behavior of some simple
examples of those.
Jon Awbrey
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Patrick Cassidy wrote:
>
> Matthew,
> I am apprehensive about trying to tackle a number
> of concepts simultaneously, since it seems likely
> that multiple topics would generate unfocused discussion
> that would not lead to any decisions. But it may be that
> seeing the relations of all of these concepts at once can
> help, so I will try here to answer what appear to me the
> most important of the questions you asked, especially to
> clarify points that were apparently ambiguous. I think
> that most of how I view discrete changes is very similar
> to the view in other 3D ontologies -- nothing novel
> here, though the notation may look different. It is in
> the relation of Process to event where I am suggesting
> some additional ontology structure.
> I think that perhaps the best way to make
> decisions would be for us to develop or extend an
> application that uses an ontology in a non-trivial
> way, and compare results with different ontological
> choices. But I have no applications on hand that
> can serve as a starting point. I haven't had
> enough time to learn what is available in the
> OpenCyc. Has anyone outside of Cycorp worked
> on it yet?
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