It occurred to me that one of my favorite excerpts from Lewis Carroll's
'Through the Looking Glass' is particularly appropriate to this
discussion, showing that this was a well-known issue in 'knowledge
engineering' in 1880: (01)
'It's long,' said the Knight, 'but very, very beautiful. Everybody that
hears me sing it -- either it brings the tears into their eyes, or else -- '
'Or else what?' said Alice, for the Knight had made a sudden pause.
'Or else it doesn't, you know.
'The name of the song is called "Haddocks' Eyes."'
'Oh, that's the name of the song, is it?' Alice said, trying to feel
interested.
'No, you don't understand,' the Knight said, looking a little vexed.
'That's what the name is called. The name really is "The Aged Aged Man."'
'Then I ought to have said "That's what the song is called"?' Alice
corrected herself.
'No, you oughtn't: that's quite another thing! The song is called "Ways
and Means": but that's only what it's called, you know!'
'Well, what is the song, then?' said Alice, who was by this time
completely bewildered.
'I was coming to that,' the Knight said. 'The song really is "A-sitting
On A Gate": and the tune's my own invention.'
-- Lewis Carroll (C.L. Dodgson), "Through the Looking Glass" (02)
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and have not been reviewed by any Government authority." (04)
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