Online Ontological Operations

[swestrup]

Just making a few notes to myself (in relation to my earlier post) where I can find them again later (and the examples are illustrative only).

Within an Ontology isn't too bad:

• Distinguishing: Virus (computer) vs Virus (biology)
• Unification: Flapjacks are Pancakes.
• Classification: Crepes and Pancakes are Griddlecakes.
• Reclassification: Bats are not bugs!
• New Relationship: Smells like.

Its when there are competing ontological systems hosted on the same site and sharing entries that my brain starts to hurt. Clearly this is a bad day for me to think about this stuff.