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Re: [ontolog-forum] Legacy systems

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Date: Mon, 19 Nov 2007 18:53:29 +0700
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Sean    (01)

 I would be interested in capturing such an interesting scenario
for research purposes - and evaluate feasibility of mapping the
different legacy system you are referring to identify  where
interoperability may be possible, and where not    (02)

Ultimately, it is like translating between different languages and
cultures, this today is done routinely in many other domains, using
different frameworks    (03)

Do you have some documentation/reference that I can look up?    (04)

PDM    (05)






On Nov 19, 2007 5:47 PM, Barker, Sean (UK) <Sean.Barker@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
>
> Rex,
>
>     I tried to get a similar approach going in the EU project OASIS (no
> relation) for a tactical situation object for emergency response, but
> although we agreed on using a sort-of-taxonomy, an ontology was a step to
> far.
>
>     I say sort-of-taxonomy. It was clear that with some twenty different
> sorts of emergency responder to inform, and with different breakdowns of
> responsibility between the member countries (there are some 20+ to
> consider), that no classification single system would be used consistently
> and even basic categories vary between service, location and country.
> Consequently, in several areas, particularly that for identifying the type
> of incident, we used an "anti-taxonomy", which identified multiple classes
> of classification factors and provided a classification system for each
> factor, but which did not identify an overall class. Consequently, there is
> no classification "major-warehouse-fire", but separate classifications for
> scale, site, and incident type (fire/flood/earthquake...).
>
>     One of the problems is that each responder has their own "legacy"
> classification system, which cannot be easily replaced, since it is built
> into the procedures and culture of the responding organization. Rather like
> the Edison problem, the best we can do is pipe emergency situation messages
> to each responder, and let them convert it into something that they can
> consume. The critical problem is to ensure that the conversion process does
> not lose too much of the original - in the case of emergency situation
> messages, misunderstand does not create a significant risk to the lives or
> health of the responders.
>
> Sean Barker
> Bristol, UK
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