Am Feb 29, 2012 um 7:31 PM schrieb Rich Cooper:
> ...
> Leo wrote:
>> Without an ontology, there is no representation of what those vocabulary
>terms mean, except in some documentation (data dictionaries, etc.) that humans
>have to read in order to interpret. There is no machine semantic
>interpretation. If I give you a database column name such as AAV12, for
>example, what does it mean? You have to either know it or look it up. The
>words and phrases you use are only “meaningful” because you have complex
>representations (concepts? ontologies?) in your mind as a human.
>
> If the ontology is in said grunt’s mind, then why should the said grunt spend
>a lot of well paid hours learning some abstract ontology that is NOT in said
>grunt’s mind? I don’t see a value there. (01)
Leo gave a very clear answer to that question: "Without an ontology...[t]here
is no machine semantic interpretation." Moreover, the human worker (why the
pejorative "grunt"?) might leave the company and take her knowledge along with
her, a serious problem if it is not well-documented. (02)
-chris (03)
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