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I just read Pete's posting after writing up my own (cf. "A conceptual excursion"). I sense a convergence of some sort occurring.... On xml-dev???!??!!!? Can't be. > -----Original Message----- > From: Bullard, Claude L (Len) [mailto:clbullar@i...] > Sent: Wednesday, January 23, 2002 9:52 AM > To: 'Gavin Thomas Nicol'; xml-dev@l... > Subject: RE: There is a meaning, but it's not in the data > alone > > > A learning or training model... > > len > > -----Original Message----- > From: Gavin Thomas Nicol [mailto:gtn@r...] > > The "domain model" as you put it, is roughly equivalent to a > vocabulary with an associated set of semantics. So long as you agree > on the terms, you can communicate, and that is the whole point. > > The terms *intrinsically* do *not* have any meaning. Only in the > context of the interpreter dot hey have meaning, and only if the > knowledge is shared and agreed upon will useful communication occur. > > ----------------------------------------------------------------- > The xml-dev list is sponsored by XML.org <http://www.xml.org>, an > initiative of OASIS <http://www.oasis-open.org> > > The list archives are at http://lists.xml.org/archives/xml-dev/ > > To subscribe or unsubscribe from this list use the subscription > manager: <http://lists.xml.org/ob/adm.pl> >
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