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:]
> Sent: Wednesday, January 23, 2002 9:52 AM
> To: 'Gavin Thomas Nicol';
> Subject: RE: [xml-dev] 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:]
>
> 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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