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Re: Foundation Ontology (FO)?



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general, generative, or generic, or ground(ed) ontology (GO)

systematic ontology (SO)

both ends against the middle ontology (BEATMO)

Jon 

John F. Sowa wrote:
> 
> Andrei,
> 
> That's a good point:
> 
> AV> you consistently use FO for "foundation(al) ontology"
>  > while FO is also a standard abbreviation for "first-order"
>  > (you use FOL yourself). I am afraid this creates a lot
>  >  of confusion.
> 
> The term 'foundation ontology' is one that Pat Cassidy
> was using, and I adopted it for a couple of reasons:
> 
>   1. Several people were already using it.
> 
>   2. It is sufficiently different from "upper ontology'
>      to indicate that there is something significantly
>      different from what was being proposed before.
> 
> I have no strong preference.  Does anyone else have any
> suggestions for a name that avoids confusion and has
> a good acronym?
> 
> John

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