Mailinglist Archive: opensuse (1046 mails)

[Bob Williams <linux@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

On Wednesday 02 Mar 2011 03:06:40 David C. Rankin wrote:
>   Curious about a strange package name with an interesting definition
> prompted a bit of investigation:
[...]
> "Ontologies necessary for the Nepomuk semantic desktop"
>
>   I'm all for having a rich and diverse vocabulary, but reaching so far
> back into the Greek vernacular... I just have to ask, "What were they
> thinking...?"
>
>   Think about it - "Open Semantic Collaboration Architecture Foundation
> (OSCAF) ontologies and reference code development." -- That's a mouthful.
>
>   What happened to simplicity? I have enough trouble remembering: 'at',
> 'grep', 'diff', 'sed', 'awk' and 'patch', much less "Open Semantic
> Collaboration Architecture Foundation (OSCAF) ontologies and reference
> code development."
>
>   I take my hat off to the originator. That is one bit of creative
> linguistics -- second to none ;p

My online dictionary tells me:

Ontology n: the metaphysical study of the nature of being and existence

I suggest follow-ups move to the OT list.

Bob
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