The proliferation of domain models and terminologies, coupled with easier access via the Web, means that there is an ever-growing need for system developers to link their applications to more and more related applications. But without some sort of terminological standardization this task becomes impossibly huge.
Several dangers appear.
First, the problem of duplication . In addition, under other funding, numerous smaller domain models and ontologies have been and are being built and used in a variety of applications. Second, the problem of consistency . Experts in different fields may refer to the same concept differently, or use the same term to signify a different concept in each field. Third, the problem of efficient model building .