Dear PatH, (01)
> > Here's one try:
> > Cost of lack of semantic interoperability: assume 100 billion per
> > year
> > (0.7% of GDP)
>
> Just in passing, where do you get that figure from?
>
> >
> > Portion of that cost that could be reduced by a common foundation
> > ontology: 1/5 (20 billion per year)
>
> Here's where we disagree. I suggest that the correct proportion here
> would be more like 0.01 percent. Not because it wouldn't work if
> people would all use it, but because people will not in fact use it. (02)
[MW] That is of course still more than we could think of how to spend. (03)
One thing I have no doubt about is that there are huge benefits possible.
What I agree is a lot less certain is how to harvest them effectively. (04)
Regards (05)
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