The Ontological Triple is the atomic unit of ontological structure—a triune entity usually consisting of subject, object and their relation. Generally the parts of a Triple correspond with the subject, object and predicate in the grammar of most ordinary languages. Any relationship can be expressed in the form of a Triple. Any number of Triples can overlap in being-space to express complex structures and relations.

1. Becoming Genius 4: Analysis
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2. •Duplication: Making an exact copy of the source
•Understanding: Systems thinking through logic
•Analysis: Contemplation of abstract relationships
•Metacognition: Realization of new state of being
FOUR STAGES OF BECOMING GENIUS
For any given subject:

3. BEING, DOING AND HAVING
Ontic/Ontological Conception
Being
Knowing
Thinking
Doing
Having
Avaroha-pantha:
Descending
knowledge
Past
Future

4. BEING AND BECOMING
Becoming:
Dependent
Origination
The End
of
Becoming:
The Noble
Eightfold
Path
Ignoranc
Suffering
Fabricatio
Consciousne
Name &
Contact
Feelings
Craving
Clinging
Six
Becoming
Birth
Aging &
Nibbana
Convictio
Cessation
Release
Dispassio
Dhamma
Samadhi
Pleasure
Serenity
Disenchantm
Rapture
Contentme
Unbinding

5. Fabrication
Consciousnes
Name &
Contact
Feelings
Craving
Clinging
Six Senses
Becoming
Birth
For applications like Learning and
Leadership, we are especially
interested in this part of
Dependent Origination.We can
call this The Process of Becoming.
For the purpose of investigating
Learning as a process of Becoming,
we will divide the stages a little
differently.
PROCESS OF BECOMING

6. Ignorance
Fabrication
Consciousness
Name & Form
Six Senses
NAME-AND-FORM IN BECOMING
We invest so much effort in proper
use and understanding of language and
terminology because the feedback
loop between Consciousness and
Name-and-Form is the most sensitive
point in the Process of Becoming.
First, communication
depends on language, and
we can be conscious of
something only if we have
a description of its
Name-and-Form on our
ontology.

7. The Ontological Triple is the atomic unit of
ontological structure—a triune entity usually
consisting of subject, object and their relation.
Generally the parts of a Triple correspond
with the subject, object and predicate in the
grammar of most ordinary languages.
Any relationship can be expressed in the form
of a Triple.Any number of Triples can overlap
in being-space to express complex structures
and relations.
ONTOLOGICALTRIPLE
Subject
Object
Relation

8. The most common ontological relation is
“is-a”. Is-a denotes membership of an item
in a category. Items can be categories,
qualities, instances, other ontologies, etc.
For example,“Ontology is-a science.”
There is no limit to the number of other
relations, as the category of relations
includes anything that can be expressed in
logic, including indeterminate logic.
Ontology
(Subject)
Science
(Object)
Is-a
(Relation)
ONTOLOGICALTRIPLE

9. For example, the logical obverse or
counterpart of Is-a is “Belongs-to”. It also
denotes membership of an item in a category,
but now the subject and object are reversed.
This is the format most commonly seen in
taxonomies and other outlines.
The Triple format is the basis of all
ontologies, but in complex real-life situations
a more sophisticated design and presentation
format is required.
Ontology
(Instance)
Science
(Category)
Belongs-to
(Relation)
ONTOLOGICALTRIPLE

10. Protégé is a sophisticated open-source
ontology editor. It supports modeling
ontologies via a web or desktop client.
Protégé ontologies can be developed in
OWL, RDF(S), and XML Schema. Protégé
is based on Java so it runs anywhere, is
extensible, and provides a plug-and-play
environment providing a flexible base for
rapid prototyping and application
development.
PROTÉGÉ

11. We will use Protégé as a tool for learning
more about ontology and ontological
analysis. Please download it now from
http://protege.stanford.edu/download/
download.html
and install it on your computer.The rest of
this video will use Protégé 4.1 for tutorial
and demonstrations of ontological
analysis.
PROTÉGÉ

12. Once Protégé is installed and running on
your computer, download the document
Protégé OWL Tutorial v1.3 from:
http://owl.cs.manchester.ac.uk/tutorials/
protegeowltutorial/
Stop the video here. Open the
PDF document and get familiar with the
material before proceeding.
PIZZATUTORIAL

13. Take the time to work through the
Protégé Pizza Tutorial.As you complete
each chapter, think of how you could use
the features you learned to input your
subject taxonomy and expand on it.
At some point the light should go on in
your brain: this is powerful stuff! The
discipline of ontological thinking will
enable you to make many new
discoveries about your subject.
PIZZATUTORIAL

14. By the time you finish the tutorial and are
familiar with Protégé, you should have
plenty of ideas about how to analyze your
project.
I guarantee that once you begin to input
your project into Protégé, you will gain
valuable insights into it.This ontological
analysis is how you prepare yourself for
the breakthrough of a metacognition.
YOUR PROJECT

15. Having a hard time deciding on a project?
What about using Protégé for an
ontological analysis of the Buddha’s
teaching?
This analysis already exists in the
Abhidhamma, summarized in Visuddhimagga.
But they were written centuries ago, in a
different culture. Plus there is no substitute
for going through the process yourself.
Let’s see, how would we get started?
A PROJECT IDEA