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    Hi Rob,<br>
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    thank you for the input.<br>
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    a few responses to some of your questions and suggestions:<br>
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    There is indeed an inconsistency in representation, and we're aware
    of that. Some time earlier in the year, we decided on a format among
    several options (see [1]), but also that, in the interest of time,
    we would first try to fill it with content first and only if time
    permitted before ISAO'18, to fix the formatting of those entries
    that predated the formatting decision. We ran out of time, so
    harmonising the formatting of the earlier entries is still on the
    to-do list. That said, when one adds something now, it would be good
    to use that formatting style already.<br>
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    On another note, I don't think that copying-and-pasting definitions
    from a plain dictionary is useful. they're more colloquial and the
    simplification may not be right and there are multiple dictionaries
    with different definitions. e.g., why mirriam webster but not, say,
    the oxford dictionary?<br>
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    you do raise a point on scope. I think it is Applied Ontology. This
    also means that listing reference models is not the way to go: there
    are several ontology repositories that do a good job at that, and I
    don't think we should replicate that (in casu, I removed CIDOC from
    the term list).<br>
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    Some terms are informally used interchangeably in the literature
    (even if they may not be so upon closer inspection by one
    philosopher or ontologist), and even considered synonyms (by another
    philosopher or ontologist).  E.g., endurant and continuant (though
    if you align dolce:endurant with bfo:continuant, you'll get an
    logical inconsistency), individual, particular, instance, and
    entity, and stuff, matter, mass, and substance. Most [do/plan
    to/should] have pointers to each other. <br>
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    [1] the sandbox entry for that is
    <a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://iaoaedu.cs.uct.ac.za/pmwiki.php?n=IAOAEdu.Continuant">http://iaoaedu.cs.uct.ac.za/pmwiki.php?n=IAOAEdu.Continuant</a> and we
    decided on the first layout/formatting variant. <br>
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    Regards,<br>
    Maria<br>
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    <div class="moz-cite-prefix">On 16/11/2018 1:51, Rob Rovetto wrote:<br>
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          <div> On Tuesday, May 1, 2018, 5:54:54 PM EDT,
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                      You're right re:the disjunctive term I added. I've
                      now corrected it by separating them into two
                      terms: 'Generic Ontology' and 'Foundational
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                    After thinking about the names and acronyms of
                    particular applied ontologies, my current
                    recommendation is: #3 (question 2, page 3 in my
                    service report), use the full name, alone. We can
                    state a synonym of the acronym, but i don't suggest
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                  For term presentation and organization, consider
                  web-based dynamic term lists or online databases. An
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