- From: Mark Wilkinson <markw@illuminae.com>
- Date: Tue, 09 May 2006 12:19:59 -0700
- To: larry.hunter@uchsc.edu
- Cc: Eric Neumann <eneumann@teranode.com>, w3c semweb hcls <public-semweb-lifesci@w3.org>
Indeed - my notes say that it was Mark Musen who was advocating to "let
1000 flowers bloom" :-) while Larry was taking the more conservative
track...
M
On Tue, 2006-05-09 at 13:14 -0600, Larry Hunter wrote:
> On Tue, 2006-05-09 at 14:53 -0400, Eric Neumann wrote:
>
> > I seem to remember at an Ontology panel at ISMB last year in Detroit
> > you were advocating the Anarchists approach to ontologies.... ; )
>
> You misremember! I started off by saying how this was going to be the
> first time in my entire life that I was going to take the conservative
> side of anything.
>
> Actually, I advocated a democratic process with a central body to ensure
> fairness and good communication, which is pretty much what we ended up
> getting with the NCBC. Not that I had anything to do with that specific
> outcome, but I do think it is a very important one to support.
>
> Larry
>
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