[SCL] "ontologies"

[pat hayes]

Just for an example of why I want to use the conventional 
terminology, the first paragraph of

http://www.ksl.stanford.edu/people/dlm/papers/ontologies-come-of-age-mit-press-(with-citation).htm

published MIT Press, 2002:

"Ontologies have moved beyond the domains of library science, 
philosophy, and knowledge representation.  They are now the concerns 
of marketing departments, CEOs, and mainstream business.  Research 
analyst companies such as Forrester Research report on the critical 
roles of ontologies in support of browsing and search for e-commerce 
and in support of interoperability for facilitation of knowledge 
management and configuration.  One now sees ontologies used as 
central controlled vocabularies that are integrated into catalogues, 
databases, web publications, knowledge management applications, etc. 
Large ontologies are essential components in many online applications 
including search (such as Yahoo and Lycos),  e-commerce (such as 
Amazon and eBay), configuration (such as Dell and PC-Order), etc. 
One also sees ontologies that have long life spans, sometimes in 
multiple projects (such as UMLS, SIC codes, etc.).  Such diverse 
usage generates many implications for ontology environments."

Remember, guys, we are writing something that is aimed at a 
'standards' audience, not a bunch of fussy academics (like us).

Pat
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