"For any automated information system to serve as a repository for the information gathered by researchers, it must be pre-programmed in a way that enables it to accommodate this information. This means that, for each type of input an information system might receive, it must have a category corresponding to that type.

"Therefore, an automated information system must have a categorical structure readymade for slotting each bit of information programmed into it under the appropriate heading. That structure, ideally, will match the structure of other information systems, to facilitate the sharing of information among them. But if this is to be possible, there must be one categorical structure that is common to all information systems. What should that structure look like?"

Sat, Mar 20, 2021

Applied Ontology - Barry Smith, Katharine Munn