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Re: Redefining the meaning of common nouns

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• Subject: Re: Redefining the meaning of common nouns
• From: Eric van der Vlist <vdv@d...>
• Date: 29 Nov 2002 08:07:50 +0100
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On Thu, 2002-11-28 at 20:11, Bill Kearney wrote:

> Arguing concept semantics like this seems like collosal waste
> of time with more risks than rewards.  

It's the old debate of defining semantics vs syntax :-) ...

Discussing using terms which semantic is fuzzy is also a collosal waste
of time and I have already seen this happen with the term "Web service"
so I guess that there is a balance to find between too much and not
enough semantics!

Eric
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