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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