Deborah, (01)
That is a very important question: (02)
> I am seeking a brief explanation for how ontologies can help bridge the
> gap from legacy software to web services. For example - the role of
> ontologies versus APIs, middleware, and relational databases - a process
> model or short narrative of all the parts that would need to work together. (03)
There's a simple reason why nobody answers it: 92% of all ontologists
are academics. They are totally clueless about any kind of practical
application. For example, they think that there is a use case for
decidability. But they ignore the multi-trillions of dollars of
legacy software because it's written in languages they don't like,
such as COBOL and SQL. (04)
> However to pitch this better, a concise explanation is needed for
> exactly where an ontology should live in relation to projects at
> firms behind firewalls versus accessible across an enterprise/industry.
> And what the effect is on legacy software and databases i.e. not
> losing or recreating data, instead bringing them up to speed for
> more precise information sharing and requirements tracking. (05)
The absence of any such explanation -- or even any mention of such
issues -- is the reason why mainstream IT ignores the Semantic Web. (06)
I can be as academic as they come, but I worked at IBM for 30 years,
where I had to do something with some semblance of usefulness for
IBM's bottom line. And from time to time, I actually talked with
living, breathing customers. (07)
John (08)
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