Re: CG: Re: A simplistic definition of "ontology"

Peter Weinstein (peterw@eecs.umich.edu)
Thu, 16 Oct 1997 08:44:06 -0400 (EDT)

On Wed, 15 Oct 1997, John F. Sowa wrote:
...
> The Cyc project is the largest example of a major effort that has done
> good, if not perfect work at all levels....
>
> I have spoken with Lenat and his colleagues and complained about that
> lack of documentation. Their answer is that they have a small group
> that is paid by their customers to implement working applications and
> their customers have no desire to pay for research publications. Furthermore,
> the customers consider their applications proprietary and would rather not
> have the details published...

Can anyone tell me how Cyc combines micro-theories at runtime to create
contexts appropriate for solving the current problem? I've been curious
about this for years.

Thanks,
Peter

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Peter Weinstein
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