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Bill de hÓra wrote: > Jonathan Borden wrote: > > > The problem with this analysis is that the world isn't _only_ about > > processes and processing -- there exists a declarative approach which has a > > fundamental fit with XML -- which fundamentally is, or describes, a data > > format (not a process description). > > > > The ontologic approach is such a declarative approach -- for example, > > nowhere in the OWL specifications is *any* writing about a "processing > > model". You may consider such ontologic descriptions as specious > > abstractions, but the whole point of this excercize is that much can be done > > *without specifying any processing*. > > Strong agreement. But let's remember that you cannot have a theory > of content without a process model - something some luminaries > involved now in the semantic web/ont efforts realized a long time ago. Please elaborate on "theory of content" and its corresponding "process model" -- I'm not sure what this means. Jonathan
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