Prior (web) classification you should settle the basic ontological questions. Going with the 'library classification' schemes you implicitly buy into pretty dusty stuff ontology-wise.

As it happens, ontology is a hobby of mine and I've recently initiated a blog for discussing and defining a new ontology at http://www.einvaal.net

While the tone of the blog is kinda informal my goals and methods for the new ontology are hardcore philosophy. Welcome onboard if interested!

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Surely it's the mathematical, not philosophical, sense of 'ontology' which underlies this?

The mathematicians should call it "ontonomy." Ontonomy would be to ontology as astronomy is to astrology. ;)

Well, the rigor of ontology has been based on logic - it seems that there have been even new metaphysical or ontological results, like actual results, based on reasoning in modal logic.

But yes, mathematics has definitely more rigor and I think category theory will play a major part in future metaphysics.

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