hat I am here,
&gt;even though I wouldn't use a formal ontology for this sort of application,
&gt;and I don't see much future for formal ontologies here, except as in your
&gt;case it happens to be the approach that those involved are already
&gt;familiar with.

And likewise the opposite in your case.  This does beg the question though 
if you believe ontologies are useless, why are you here?

&gt; &gt; I've provided references in
&gt; &gt; previous messages
&gt; &gt; to other government research projects w