o a general agreement on a
particular procedure, then I will move that they be formally
adopted.

I agree with the technical criticisms offered by Pat Hayes, John Sowa,
Nicola Guarino and others about the specifics of this particular
ontology.  I also believe the technique of alignment / merger will not
produce an ontology that will be widely accepted.  This is in large
measure the approach taken by Cyc and they have done it reasonably
well.   A similar approach, if done well, is likely to produce an
ontolo