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Re: [ontology-summit] The tools are not the problem (yet)

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From: John F Sowa <sowa@xxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Sat, 25 Jan 2014 14:50:55 -0500
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Paul and Adrian,    (01)

PT
> "Communication between computer programs is under completely different
> constraints...."    (02)

AW
> Agreed.  But step back a moment and look at the whole picture.
> If people cannot understand the communications between programs,
> then errors of design or coding (or simply an unforeseen circumstance)
> can quickly wreak havoc.    (03)

Yes, indeed.    (04)

For example, to send a file across the Internet, the sending computer
chops it into packets, which the receiving computer reassembles into
a file that is a copy of the original.    (05)

People rarely look at those packets.  The process of chopping and
reassembling the files is usually of no interest to them.  But the
meaningful content *must* be readable to them.    (06)

John    (07)


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