[Ontology] UCDs vs ontologies?

[Ed Shaya]

Elizabeth,
   
    Hurray.  Another ontology fan.  I have taken the liberty of using 
OwlDoc in Protege to create a browser readable version of your 
ontology.  It is at

http://archive.astro.umd.edu/ont/Documentation/VOEVENT/index.html

Would you mind if I integrate what you have into the more general 
ontology that I have been working on?
http://archive.astro.umd.edu/ont/Documentation/index.html
(And yes, Rob it does tend to get big, but one can trim it at any 
level.  I rather see UCDs as a form of topic maps which is quite a close 
relative of Ontology.  I prefer ontology because I believe one can do 
more rigorous reasoning and query with it, but many prefer topic maps 
because they are more loose and easy. )

Now that there are two of us interested in Ontology we can form a 
group.  It has been suggested to me that
Ontology discussions should reside in the data model group with  
"[Ontology]" in the subject Re:.  So, I
am ccing there too and will take the rest of this discussion there.  I 
hope you are tuned in Elizabeth.

Ed




Elizabeth Auden wrote:

>
> Incidentally, I've posted a first go at a VOEvent ontology (OWL-DL 
> format) on the VOTech wiki at 
> http://wiki.eurovotech.org/bin/view/VOTech/VoEventOntology. Any 
> comments on the structure, concepts, and coverage of this v0.000000001 
> ontology would be appreciated.
>
> cheers,
> Elizabeth
>