Replying to LO26094 --
Not to take exception to the discourse that Denham Grey gave us on the
nature of ontology
> (shared) expression of belief, an agreement on the terminology (and
> sometimes the meaning) for communication and action. Ontologies serve to
> bound discourse, facilitate communication within & across communities and
> networks, leverage action by gathering agreement around values, objects,
> the way things are and what is 'out there' that is important. Ontologies
> help to orientate new folks and act as the stores for key learnings &
> distinctions accumulated through experience. Ontologies have a large
> influence on identity and help with the tacit transfer of context.
> Ontologies IMO are destined to become a very influential part of knowledge
> work.
I would want to back up a bit and speak of ontologies as the essence of
something as differentiated from the existential as having to do with its
expression in time an place. That distinction isn't claer to me in the
discussion set out.
Jane
Jane E. Regan, PhD
Boston College
Department of Theology
--Jane Regan <reganje@bc.edu>
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