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Yes, once everyone thinks that 'Data is the new oil', things like public shared standards fly out the window. There are many open upper level ontologies availa

Yes, once everyone thinks that 'Data is the new oil', things like public shared standards fly out the window. There are many open upper level ontologies available (I counted 16 when I did a review a few years ago - http://www.acutesoftware.com.au/aikif/ontology.html http://www.acutesoftware.com.au/aikif/ontology.html), but the really complete ones are not publically available (Cyc full version, Googles internal ontology and the countless others held in corporate servers).

bogomipz 8y ago
Where is Googles internal ontology used exactly?
- acutesoftware 8y ago
  I don't know, but I just assumed they use it everywhere. They have a very good mapping of related terms and a fairly consistent mapping. A visible example is when you look for organisations and they have a classification against it. e.g. Google IBM and they call it "Computer manufacturing company" - these classifications are different to many of the standards for specific sets of data
  - executesorder66 8y ago
    Where do you see google calling IBM a "Computer manufacturing company" if you search for IBM? I'm not saying they don't. I just want to see examples of what you are talking about. I googled IBM, and did not see it classified as such.
    - ghaff 8y ago
      It does for me. But this actually highlights one of the problems with classifications like this. Is IBM really primarily a computer manufacturing company today? Their systems business is only about 15% of revenue.
    - acutesoftware 8y ago
      When I am logged on to Google I see companies details in a right hand side pane (when the search term is unambiguous) For IBM it says IBM Computer manufacturing company Image result for ibm IBM is an American multinational technology company headquartered in Armonk, New York, United States, with operations in over 170 countries. Wikipedia Stock price: IBM (NYSE) USD155.39 +2.71 (+1.77%) 10 Apr., 4:00 pm GMT-4 - Disclaimer Founder: Charles Ranlett Flint Founded: 16 June 1911, New York City, New York, United States Headquarters: Armonk, North Castle, New York, United States Subsidiaries: Trusteer, FileNet, IBM Global Services, Ustream, MORE Executives: Ginni Rometty (CEO, President, Chairperson), MORE Did you know: IBM is the world's eighth-largest information technology company by revenue. wikipedia.org
- roberdam 8y ago
  On Google Knowledge Graph https://youtu.be/mmQl6VGvX-c https://youtu.be/mmQl6VGvX-c

bogomipz 8y ago

Where is Googles internal ontology used exactly?

acutesoftware 8y ago
I don't know, but I just assumed they use it everywhere. They have a very good mapping of related terms and a fairly consistent mapping. A visible example is when you look for organisations and they have a classification against it. e.g. Google IBM and they call it "Computer manufacturing company" - these classifications are different to many of the standards for specific sets of data
- executesorder66 8y ago
  Where do you see google calling IBM a "Computer manufacturing company" if you search for IBM? I'm not saying they don't. I just want to see examples of what you are talking about. I googled IBM, and did not see it classified as such.
  - ghaff 8y ago
    It does for me. But this actually highlights one of the problems with classifications like this. Is IBM really primarily a computer manufacturing company today? Their systems business is only about 15% of revenue.
  - acutesoftware 8y ago
    When I am logged on to Google I see companies details in a right hand side pane (when the search term is unambiguous) For IBM it says IBM Computer manufacturing company Image result for ibm IBM is an American multinational technology company headquartered in Armonk, New York, United States, with operations in over 170 countries. Wikipedia Stock price: IBM (NYSE) USD155.39 +2.71 (+1.77%) 10 Apr., 4:00 pm GMT-4 - Disclaimer Founder: Charles Ranlett Flint Founded: 16 June 1911, New York City, New York, United States Headquarters: Armonk, North Castle, New York, United States Subsidiaries: Trusteer, FileNet, IBM Global Services, Ustream, MORE Executives: Ginni Rometty (CEO, President, Chairperson), MORE Did you know: IBM is the world's eighth-largest information technology company by revenue. wikipedia.org
roberdam 8y ago
On Google Knowledge Graph https://youtu.be/mmQl6VGvX-c https://youtu.be/mmQl6VGvX-c