Re: [semanticweb] how to explain to humans the term ontology

Henry,
Very good, this is in line with the general line of onto-semantic party to 
consider the world as the largest universe of discourse (or resources) with 
its syntax (structure) and semantics (meaning relationships).

Cheers,
Azamat
http://www.eis.com.cy
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Henry Story" <henry.story@bblfish.net>
To: "Azamat" <abdoul@cytanet.com.cy>
Cc: "Wojick, David" <WojickD@osti.gov>; <semanticweb@yahoogroups.com>; 
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Sent: Thursday, January 12, 2006 11:34 AM
Subject: Re: [semanticweb] how to explain to humans the term ontology


> If your programmers are OO developers just tell them: UML.
>
> Syntax: how to put words together to form sentences.
> Semantics: how the words relate to things in the world, so that
> sentences can be said to be true or false.
> Ontology: What types of things a universe of discourse is about, and
> what types of relations those things support.
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