Jack and Mike, (01)
I agree with that point, but I'd like to add some qualifications: (02)
JR
> The primary purpose of a semantic model is to facilitate knowledge
> exchange and choice making in a gaggle of humans in hopes of
> morphing the gaggle into a system. A key usage is to inform the
> development of an executable ontology, e.g., application software,
> for automation of information flow and decision. Another key purpose
> is to provide a basis for objective assessment of enterprise
> situation (aka evidence-based management). (03)
MU
> Yes, this is the kind of thing I'm after. (04)
The primary qualification is that the "gaggle of humans" can only
agree on what they understand. The people who work in a field
can all agree that a list of familiar words, as documented in
their familiar texts, cover their familiar subject matter. (05)
But when ontologists start to axiomatize those terms in some
arcane notation based on some arcane distinctions about
endurants, perdurants, continuants, etc., all bets are off. (06)
John (07)
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