Re: [Semantic_Web] Ontology Vs Semantic Networks

I find it interesting to speculate what Simon might be reading, or have
already read. I assume far more than myself.
I would think it necessary to go back to C.S. Peirce, though to read exactly
what from his corpus I don't know.
The top searches in google would be useful.
Adam

On 30/05/07, Azamat <abdoul@cytanet.com.cy> wrote:
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> I would also recommend John Sowa's Knowledge Representation.
>
> Although i am  in close sympaphy with John's works, they'd better be
> avoided
> by the ontology newcomers.  The reasons why it is so please refer to
> http://www/eis/com.cy/E-forums.pdf .
>
> Azamat Abdoullaev
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Matt Williams" <matthew.williams@cancer.org.uk>
> To: "Simon Margulies" <simon.margulies@unibas.ch>; "Semantic Web"
> <semantic-web@w3.org>
> Sent: Wednesday, May 30, 2007 8:19 PM
> Subject: Re: [Semantic_Web] Ontology Vs Semantic Networks
>
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> >
> > I would also recommend John Sowa's Knowledge Representation
> >
> > Matt
> >
> > Simon Margulies wrote:
> >> thanks a lot for this post!
> >>
> >> I'm writing about ontologies as historical resources, which could be
> >> researched by future historians. In other words, what historians need
> to
> >> know about ontology concepts, to be able to analyze a preserved
> ontology
> >> to conclude some information about the past.
> >>
> >> So far I understand ontologies (in computer science) as having emerged
> >> out of earlier approaches for knowledge based systems like semantic
> >> networks or framebased languages by defining not only the syntax (like
> >> semantic networks or framebased languages) but adding explicit formal
> >> semantics in form of description logic. Thereby it gets possible, that
> >> several independent systems can share one ontology whereas in the
> former
> >> to this could be a problem. As an information source I can recommend: -
> >> Ulrich Reimer: Einführung in die Wissensrepräsentation. Netzartige und
> >> schema-basierte Repräsentationsformate. Stuttgart 1991.
> >> - Baader, F.: Calvanese, D; et al. The Description Logic Handbook.
> >> Cambridge 2003.
> >> (both in German..)
> >>
> >> Being historian writing about concepts in computer science, I struggle
> >> often with not-precise and not-consistently used definitions in that
> >> field.. I consider such exchanges most valuable and would be happy
> about
> >> any corrections!
> >>
> >> Simon
> >>
> >> On 29.05.2007, at 10:14, Danny Ayers wrote:
> >>
> >>>
> >>> [cc'ing semantic-web@w3.org <mailto:semantic-web@w3.org>]
> >>>
> >>> On 28/05/07, james.jim.taylor@gmail.com
> >>> <mailto:james.jim.taylor@gmail.com> <james.jim.taylor@gmail.com
> >>> <mailto:james.jim.taylor@gmail.com>> wrote:
> >>>>
> >>>> How can we distinguish between ontologies and semantic networks, and
> >>>> in what respects are they similar.
> >>>>
> >>>> I would appreciate any comments or references explaining that.
> >>>
> >>> Mmm, homework...
> >>>
> >>> Broadly speaking any graph-shaped knowledge representation (including
> >>> e.g. OWL ontologies, RDF data) could be described as semantic
> >>> networks. But if memory serves, historically semantic networks tended
> >>> to lack logical formalism, more along the lines of mindmaps - a
> >>> precursor to things like RDF/OWL.
> >>>
> >>> John Sowa has a survey at:
> >>> http://www.jfsowa.com/pubs/semnet.htm
> >>>
> >>> Cheers,
> >>> Danny.
> >>>
> >>> --
> >>>
> >>> http://dannyayers.com
> >>>
> >>>
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >> --
> >> Simon Margulies, lic. phil. hist.
> >> University of Basel
> >> Imaging & Media Lab
> >> +41 61 267 04 88
> >> http://www.distarnet.ch
> >>
> >
> > --
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> >
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