Ontology

"We won't get maximum augmentation boost without cultivating a rich, powerful vocabulary."
-Doug Engelbart, January 27, 2000.

We need to become aware of our individual mental models of the system as well as the vocabulary we use to discuss and think about these models.

We want to create a common ontology among the group, and we want everyone to conform and to contribute to the ontology as much as possible.

Our ontology master, Howard Liu, will help us develop a formal ontology derived from the narrative documents in the DKR.

Developing a common ontology is a crucial prerequisite to collaborative software design.