Rich,
That was John Sowa's line.
Catch him next on Improv. (01)
On Dec 17, 2010, at 10:53 AM, Rich Cooper wrote: (02)
> John,
>
> You said
>
> "The GIGO law has not been repealed, but some people try to deodorize the
> garbage by spraying some ontology on it."
>
> John
>
> This is probably the wisest statement on this list in the years I have been
> following it.
>
> -Rich
>
> Sincerely,
> Rich Cooper
> EnglishLogicKernel.com
> Rich AT EnglishLogicKernel DOT com
> 9 4 9 \ 5 2 5 - 5 7 1 2
>
> -----Original Message-----
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> [mailto:ontolog-forum-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of John F. Sowa
> Sent: Friday, December 17, 2010 8:16 AM
> To: ontolog-forum@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: Re: [ontolog-forum] Quality
>
> On 12/17/2010 10:54 AM, Jack Ring wrote:
>> Are you saying that the incidence of error will not be a factor
>> in the value proposition that customers will find compelling?
>> What is your attitude toward ontologies with an error rate
>> of 1 per 1000 assertions?
>
> Errors are always a factor, but some are more serious than others.
>
> As I'm writing this, the radio in the background had a news
> item about an investigation of hedge funds that may have used
> inside information.
>
> The interviewer asked whether that would be a "big case",
> and the response was "Any case in which you are indicted
> is a big case for you."
>
> I believe that a similar principle applies to ontologies.
>
> But I would also recommend tools that can detect and avoid
> as many errors as possible. For example, the software for
> Formal Concept Analysis (FCA) generates lattices that are
> guaranteed to be consistent. See the FCA home page:
>
> http://www.upriss.org.uk/fca/fca.html
>
> This is a convenient method for ensuring that multiple
> inheritance does not create contradictions. But FCA only
> guarantees consistency with the data you give it. If you
> don't give it all the relevant data, FCA can't use it.
>
> The GIGO law has not been repealed, but some people try
> to deodorize the garbage by spraying some ontology on it.
>
> John
>
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