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Taxonomy, Ontology, Semantics
and Other Painful Things
By Francis Hsu
[email protected]
DISCLAIMER:
The Views Expressed
DONOT Reflect DOS
or Any US Gov’t
Agency
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CONTENT
1) SCOPE
2) Human to Human
3) Human to Artifact
4) Machine to Machine
5) Conclusion
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SCOPE
1
Human
Human
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Human to Human
Taxonomy-Ontology
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A place for
everything, and
everything in its
place.
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Human to Human
General
Gradations
Specific
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Human to Human
Ideal
Gradations
Real
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Potato v Potaatoe
Tomato v Tomaatoe
White House announced . .
10 Downing St reports . .
Kremlin denies . .
Beijing asserts . .
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SCOPE
1
Human
Human
2
Artifact
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2
Artifact
Abstract
Classification Systems
Structure + Function
Concrete - Physical
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Dewey Decimal
Library of Congress
Specialized . .
Books, Magazines, CDs,
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DDC
LOC
ISBN
…
355.3’4 U163.I52 1-57488
3’0973
2004
-698-3
Information Operations: Warfare
& the Hard Reality of Soft Power
ed Leigh Armistead,
Washington DC: Brassey’s Inc.
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B&N
Borders
DDC
355.3’4
3’0973
LOC
U163.I52
2004
WalMart
...
ISBN
1-57488
-698-3
Information Operations: Warfare
& the Hard Reality of Soft Power
ed Leigh Armistead,
Washington DC: Brassey’s Inc.
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...
SCOPE
1
Human
Human
2
Machine
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2
3
Machine
121.0.255.39
www.w3c.org
www.ibm.com
.net
.edu
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Aoccdrnig to rscheearch at Cmabrigde
Uinervtisy, it deosn't mttaer in waht oredr
the ltteers in a wrod are, the olny
iprmoetnt tihng is taht the frist and lsat
ltteer be in the rghit pclae. The rset can be
a total mses and you can sitll raed it
wouthit a porbelm. Tihs is bcuseae the
huamn mnid deos not raed ervey lteter by
istlef, but the wrod as a wlohe.
The Times (London) 2003 Sep 23, p7
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CONCLUSION
1) Human to Human
2) Human to Artifact
3) Machine to Machine
Plato’s Ideal Types: How the Mind
Stores & Uses Symbols
www.acm.org/ubiquity/views/v6i13
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THERE ARE TOO
MANY COOKS IN
THE TAXONOMY
KITCHEN!
--Francis Hsu
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