[Person-ontology] What about a de facto upper ontology?

[Schoening, James R Mr CIV USA AMC]

All,

 	Several members have stated their concerns about there ever
being a single upper ontology.  I can understand opposition to a
standards developing organization (e.g. ISO or IEEE) passing a standard
upper ontology.  

	But suppose the open source Higgins project were to utilize a
given upper ontology as a foundation for it Person-Ontology, and suppose
Higgins became a big market success, which led to many vendors using the
same upper ontology, which led to market-momentum for the upper
ontology.  

	For those opposed to a standard upper ontology, what are your
thoughts on the emergence of a market-driven de facto upper ontology?  

Jim Schoening