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Re: [ontolog-forum] Relating and Reconciling Ontologies[Legacy Systems]

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From: "Rich Cooper" <rich@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Thu, 21 Apr 2011 17:07:11 -0700
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Ron, agreed, legacy databases, software and business methods will not be
replaced wholesale by ontologies.  Its very frustrating to realize that
ontologists are simply not going to accept that reality.      (01)

-Rich    (02)

Sincerely,
Rich Cooper
EnglishLogicKernel.com
Rich AT EnglishLogicKernel DOT com
9 4 9 \ 5 2 5 - 5 7 1 2    (03)

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[mailto:ontolog-forum-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Ron Wheeler
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Subject: Re: [ontolog-forum] Relating and Reconciling Ontologies[Legacy
Systems]    (04)

On 21/04/2011 4:05 PM, David Eddy wrote:
> John -
>
> On 2011-04-21, at 9:50 AM, John F. Sowa wrote:
>
>> At that level of detail, we agree.  But the framework must support
>> existing systems, future systems, and people at all levels of
>> education.  (And even experts in one field are novices in others.)
>>
>>    1. There are trillions of dollars of legacy software that run the
>>       world economy.  It won't be replaced for a long, long time.
>>
>>    2. Anything that replaces a legacy system has to interoperate with
>>       it during a long period of transition.  In fact, most systems
>>       that replace a legacy system build on and extend the implicit
>>       ontology in the old system.
>>
>>    3. Anything that depends on people using unique identifiers must
>>       address the problem that even experts in a subject can't agree
>>       on what codes or categories to assign.
>
>
> I thought the mundane issue of "legacy systems" was taken off the
> ontology table as irrelevant?
>
It will be easier to take ontology off the table as irrelevant.
If your new system does not integrate with the corporate ERP it will die 
from irrelevance and lack of data.    (05)

> Did I miss something?
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