Friday, December 30, 2011

The Problem of Pluto: What Is being Defined?

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I wanted to return to the issue of Pluto, which has already been the subject of a number of posts.  The International Astronomical Union (IA...
Thursday, December 29, 2011

Three Classes of Identification in a Definition

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Stijn commented on my earlier post "What is an Identifying Characteristic?" ( http://definitionsinsemantics.blogspot.com/2011/11/w...
Wednesday, December 28, 2011

Role versus Relationship - What Does it Mean for Definitions?

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A couple of days ago I was reading some material on a semantics product and came upon the term "role".  We see role used in data m...
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Tuesday, December 27, 2011

Is A Data Model An Abstraction?

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Rob brings up a good point in his comment on The Problem of Abstraction in Definitions of Data ( http://definitionsinsemantics.blogspot.com/...
Friday, December 23, 2011

On Levels of Definitions and the Semantic Web

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Stijn made a couple of sharp points in a comment on the post How is a Definition Different from an Explanation? (Part 1) (http://definitions...
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Thursday, December 22, 2011

George Orwell on The Advantages of Abbreviation

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The issue of the emotive power of terms and definitions is a difficult one.  However, it is never far away, even in data management.  With t...
Wednesday, December 21, 2011

The Problem of Abstraction in Definitions of Data Objects

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I think there is a major problem in not being able to understand and work with different levels of abstraction.  By "abstraction" ...
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