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<title>The Topics are Broken</title><biblioid class="uri">http://norman.walsh.name/2003/05/21/topics</biblioid>
<volumenum>6</volumenum>
<issuenum>20</issuenum>
<pubdate>2003-05-21</pubdate>
<date>$Date: 2005-09-11 10:27:02 -0400 (Sun, 11 Sep 2005) $</date>
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<firstname>Norman</firstname>
	<surname>Walsh</surname>
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      <year>2003</year>
      <holder>Norman Walsh</holder>
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<para>Building a global ontology is hard.</para>
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<para xml:id="p1">Building a global ontology is hard. Now there's a revelation, huh?</para>

<para xml:id="p2">In any event, I am fully aware that the current topic ontology
leaves <emphasis>a lot</emphasis> to be desired. I'm hoping that I'll
be able to make it more sensible when I have more content.</para>

<para xml:id="p3">Pointers to relevant knowledge engineering sources most welcome.</para>

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