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Re: There is a meaning, but it's not in the data alone

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• Subject: Re: There is a meaning, but it's not in the data alone
• From: Gavin Thomas Nicol <gtn@r...>
• Date: Wed, 23 Jan 2002 12:45:25 -0500
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On Wednesday 23 January 2002 06:22 am, Pete Kirkham wrote:
> For any application, there is a hypothetical domain model, which is
> a representation of all knowledge of that domain.  It is unlikely to
> exist in any complete realised form, but only in the heads of the
> experts in that domain.

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.

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