Re: Two comments (was "Vendors, etc. (was "What LibraryThing means to OPACs")")

From: Andrews, Mark J. <MarkAndrews_at_nyob>
Date: Wed, 28 Jun 2006 07:12:40 -0500
To: NGC4LIB_at_listserv.nd.edu
I hit enter too soon...

> Cyc is fine for upper-ontology work, but as soon as you dig down into the triplets of identity and / or specificality, even Cyc 
> falls apart.  I like Cyc for many reasons, but it's not the white stone. Oh, and it *is* a business venture these days, so take 
> their bias with a grain of salt. :)

Yeah, Cyc's business is data-mining for national security purposes, among other things.  

When you say "falls apart," do you mean traversing the ontology takes to long and doesn't return useful results, or something else?

M. Andrews
Received on Wed Jun 28 2006 - 08:21:55 EDT