I use "machine-interpretable" (short for machine
semantic(ally)-interpretable). The problem with "machine-processable"
is that you might say XML and UML content and that of many other
languages are machine-processable. (01)
Thanks,
Leo (02)
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Andreas, (05)
That is indeed essential, and for any formal ontology
(i.e., one that is specified in some version of logic),
it should be satisfied: (06)
> 3. Ontologies are machine understandable. (07)
But to avoid needless haggling over what it means for
a machine to "understand", we should use a neutral
word such as "processable". (08)
Some versions of logic may be easier to process
than others, but that is a computational issue,
which is not essential to the definition. (09)
John (010)
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