Topics / ontology-based business logic enforcement

Attributed viewpoint

Ontologies for catching domain-specific errors

Frank Coyle says ontologies could catch errors such as a second refund on one order or a payout sent to support instead of the buyer. He describes catching such errors in English as tricky.

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Why Agentic Systems Need Ontologies — Frank Coyle, UC Berkeley

Original excerpt

A second refund on the same order is a, is, is a problem. [laughs] Ontologies could catch it, whereas it's ver- it's very tricky to do that in, in English. A payout sent to the support desk instead of the buyer, okay?

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