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Re: [xml-dev] Beyond Ontologies

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To: "Thomas B. Passin" <tpassin@comcast.net>, <xml-dev@lists.xml.org>
Subject: Re: [xml-dev] Beyond Ontologies
From: "Bob Foster" <bob@objfac.com>
Date: Tue, 30 Sep 2003 10:19:55 -0500
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From: "Thomas B. Passin" <tpassin@comcast.net>
> Anyone have an
> example where a new distinction, giving rise to a new
> __classification__ term, spread rapidly?

Huh? Is there some technical sense in which the the following are not new
classifications?

People: Geek, nerd, goth, troll, neocon and the emerging tag-head (vs.
ontology-head).

Music: Rap, hip-hop, metal, punk, techno.

Vehicles: SUV.

Bob Foster
http://www.xmlbuddy.com/

References:
- RE: [xml-dev] Beyond Ontologies
  - From: "Bullard, Claude L (Len)" <clbullar@ingr.com>
- Re: [xml-dev] Beyond Ontologies
  - From: "Roger L. Costello" <costello@mitre.org>
- Re: [xml-dev] Beyond Ontologies
  - From: "Thomas B. Passin" <tpassin@comcast.net>

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