On Mar 7, 2011, at 2:17 PM, John F. Sowa wrote: (01)
> On 3/7/2011 6:36 AM, Anders Tell wrote:
>> It is not clear that IT people are the best people to steer and
>> guide "business" people in their work, id rather prefer that the
>> business people learn the value of using ontologies in their work.
>
> I agree. But I'd like to point out that it's much easier to show
> them the value of good terminologies. (02)
Yes, that is much easier and what many Non-IT, Non-Engineers do, trimming their
language(s). (03)
> The primary obstacle to convincing business people to adopt ontology
> should be obvious: none of the software for processing ontology is
> integrated with mainstream IT. (04)
Tooling is a major problem yes, the primary one-im not so sure about. (05)
>
> Don't blame businesses for the failures by the people who designed
> the software for ontology. (06)
Nicely put, but I do blame us, the technologist, for complicating things that
could be of benefit for business people.
And I do blame business people for letting us getting away with it. Maybe its
"learned helplessness" in play. (07)
/anders (08)
On Mar 7, 2011, at 2:17 PM, John F. Sowa wrote: (09)
> On 3/7/2011 6:36 AM, Anders Tell wrote:
>> It is not clear that IT people are the best people to steer and
>> guide "business" people in their work, id rather prefer that the
>> business people learn the value of using ontologies in their work.
>
> I agree. But I'd like to point out that it's much easier to show
> them the value of good terminologies.
>
> The chemists, for example, started to develop standardized ways
> of naming chemical compounds over a century ago. Their naming
> system is actually based on a formal ontology for chemistry,
> and it has a unique mapping to and from the compounds.
>
> Every branch of engineering also developed systematic terminology
> for their structures. Some of the traditions go back to the
> medieval cathedrals, the Renaissance palaces, and even the
> Greek, Roman, and Egyptian temples.
>
> Naval architects had systematic terminology for their sailing
> ships and the rigging down to fine details. The practices also
> went back to ancient times -- both in Europe and in Asia.
>
> The banking system and double-entry bookkeeping also began in the
> Renaissance, and the system was so precise that the IT personnel
> quickly mapped it to punched cards in the early 20th century
> and then to computers as soon as they became available.
>
> Every business larger than a mom & pop store has a catalog of
> products, and the IT staff begins with the catalog in developing
> their databases and software.
>
> The primary obstacle to convincing business people to adopt ontology
> should be obvious: none of the software for processing ontology is
> integrated with mainstream IT.
>
> Don't blame businesses for the failures by the people who designed
> the software for ontology.
>
> John
>
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