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<DIV><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2><SPAN class=673075616-12052009>In
response Rod's suggestion about vocabulary reuse: Absolutely, we
should make every effort to re-use existing vocabularies That promotes
interoperability whereas duplication does not. This is a case of the
golden rule -- we should adopt others' vocabularies as we would have them adopt
ours. </SPAN></FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2><SPAN class=673075616-12052009>In
response to Jim's question about which neighboring or encompassing domain
vacabularies should we re-use? All that are compatible and demonstrably
more general and well established; e.g., Dublin Core, FOAF, etc.
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2><SPAN class=673075616-12052009>I
support Roger's plans for methods, BUT...</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2><SPAN class=673075616-12052009>I
strongly suggest that we take this opportunity to dispense with (reject, clean
out) the naming convention that used prefixes on terms like "base" and
"core". Just name the concepts to optimize common understanding and
specificity. Trying to convey ontological structure with names seems
ill-advised. The prefixes put people off and imposed an artificial
constraint (only two levels). </SPAN></FONT></DIV>
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color=#0000ff size=2><SPAN class=673075616-12052009><SPAN
class=673075616-12052009>-Stan</SPAN></SPAN></FONT></DIV></BODY></HTML>