Chapter+6+Ontologies


 * Names: Tyler Unwin, Jonathan Stalnecker**

> __Subject__ Platypus > __Predicate__ Is related to > __Object__ Echidna
 * **Each ontology that meets the RDF standard has a subject predicate and object. Give an example from the book****:**

> __Subject__ Koala > __Predicate__ is related to > __Object__ Kangaroo >
 * **Come up with your own example:**
 * **On p. 134, it is asserted that the design of ontologies is political and moral. Give an example, explaining why the case you chose is political and/ or moral.**
 * Is abortion murder? This is a case that helps to define ontologies, where the controversy of the issue causes political and moral debates. It does so because each standard and each category valorizes some point of view while silencing another. This is not inherently a bad thing, but is inescapable. However it is an ethical choice, and as such it is dangerous, not bad or wrong, but dangerous to discuss. This case of abortion is a dangerous topic because some people consider it a crime, while others consider abortion to just be a way to not have an unplanned child or not have a child in low living standards, because of the child being unplanned. Also others claim that it is not murder if the fetus is not living. So this case has both a political and moral stand point.
 * If you have a website with categories for topics, you are going to have to decide whether to include abortion under "crimes."