Re: CCAT: TIME: Fantasyland?/Various issues

phayes@cs.uiuc.edu (Pat Hayes)
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Subject: Re: CCAT: TIME: Fantasyland?/Various issues
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     We will definitely need one or more conventions for imprecision and
tolerance (for many areas, not just TIME).  The DARPA Rome Planning
Ontology has a scheme for imprecise time. 

Can anyone tell me how to get hold of this stuff on imprecision? Ive been
working on this for years and Ive never seen a good account of it, but Id
like to start. I agree this is a very basic topic, it comes up everwhere.

Pat


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