The Beethoven Project
To test the ontology definitions for work.
To demonstrate that it is practical to catalog collections with ontology.
To demonstrate the utility of ontological inference.
Semi-automatic translation of 500 US MARC records related to Beethoven. This data is easily available, and has varied genres and publishing formats.
Demonstrate queries that use ontogeny relationships.
Now filling in holes in the ontology, and designing
the creation of the knowledge base.