[From Chris Cherpas (970915.1118 PT)]
Bill Powers (971215.0539 MST) --
The basic question we would have to answer before starting such a
dictionary is whether it is to consist of _translations_ or _technical
definitions_.
Strictly for in-house consumption, a technical dictionary might be useful.
I recommend you consider building an ontology using Ontolingua, which is
a totally networked-based, free service for developing ontologies. Follow
the links from http://www.ksl.stanford.edu. If you have any questions, I
can help, or you can email the person who can really help you, James Rice.
(You might want to take the Ontolingua tour on your first visit.)
Building an Ontolingua ontology could provide a shareable resource for more
"Spadework" -- maybe even become the basis for engineering a "PCT shell" for
people to build PCT models in a particularly disciplined, glass-box kind of
programming environment.
Best regards,
cc