[iaoa-education] Term list status

[rrovetto at buffalo.edu]

Regarding term list development, what is the red highlight?

I also want to ask the following of everyone...

What are your (everyone) thoughts on the IAOA term list being...
a) a list of terms with various definitions from different sources
b) (a) + one or more IAOA proposed neutral definitions for each term
...?

Finally, going over some terms again, this is an opportunity to us to
introduce and encourage greater precision in terminology and definition
development.

For example, 'Upper Ontology' is often used to mean 'Top-level Ontology'
but this is not quite correct from a couple of standpoints.
'Upper' is an word whose sense is one of gradation. 'Top' by contrast is an
absolute. It is effectively terminal. Additionally, between a top and
bottom ontology there can be various others.
Therefore, the former should not refer to the latter.

Another example is 'Foundational Ontology': Likewise, it does not
necessarily refer to 'Top- [...]'
The word 'foundational' suggests a foundation, a base, or bottom portion of
some larger structure. It is thereby not a top portion.
This is important because the it speaks to the possible architectures for
ontologies, whether something is truly bottom, top, middle, or otherwise,
etc. I think Dr.John Sowa would have important input on this.
These are foundational issues (no pun intended) that are important.

These are two examples of us being able to improve the state of
understanding and use of these terms.

Robert Rovetto
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