t;blockquote&gt;&lt;i&gt;In previous discussions with Doug, he has been willing to
adopt a standard reference ontology should one emerge.&amp;nbsp; The caveats
are (1) that it is well constructed (2) that it enables Cyc to do things
that it currently cannot or cannot without great difficulty (3) that the
expense of adopting a new upper level be reasonable (4) and that the
discernible
advantages to Cyc from (1),(2) &amp;amp; (3) above are not marginal. (-- Doug,
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