Bob,
You say:
I've found that most of my EDI colleagues
do not recognize the need
to
systematically examine EDI artifacts, to discern an ontological
framework
into which such information can be collected and organized.
As
a result, we are paying little more than lip service to our goal of
interoperability
among implementations of Electronic Data Interchange.
Do you see
a need or benefit from using an ontology for EDI interoperability? If not, can
you say why? If so, have you any idea why none of your EDI colleagues see the
need? There might not be one, or
they might just not realize it yet.
Mike
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Sent: Tuesday, October 15, 2002
8:56 AM
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Subject: RE: [ontolog] Welcome to
new members
Good People,
I join the group as a veteran software
developer (I am semi-retired),
whose work experience includes application developement, compiler
&
runtime development, database software development (co-authored
both
a DBM and a DBML), code generators, EDI translators and other
third
party EDI software. I am actively involved in efforts to
define EDI
standards, including EDI standards based in XML syntax.
I've found that most of my EDI colleagues
do not recognize the need
to systematically examine EDI artifacts, to discern an ontological
framework into which such information can be collected and
organized.
As a result, we are paying little more than lip service to our
goal of
interoperability among implementations of Electronic Data
Interchange.
With my reduced work schedule and
commitments, I will likely be more
an observer than an active participant. But note that I've
not been a
silent observer on any listserv to which I've subscribed, and I'm
not
likely to be silent on this one.
Cheers,
Bob Miller