by Dave McComb | Aug 29, 2014 | The Whiteboard
Gist is based on something we call “concrete abstractions” Most upper level ontologies are based on “abstract abstractions” that is, they are based on philosophical ideas that might be correct but are counter productive to try to...
by Dave McComb | Jul 25, 2014 | Software Architecture
A Playbook you Don’t want to Follow A while back, I was working for a large consulting firm. When I was returning to the US from an overseas assignment, I was allowed to select the city I would return to. I told my boss, who was on the board of this firm, my...
by Dave McComb | Jul 22, 2014 | Semantics and Ontology
The idea of supersumption may solve some common Object Oriented problems. We’ve been doing training in Semantics and Description Logics lately, and have decided it’s worth emphasizing the concept of supersumption. Of course, supersumption is nothing but...
by Dave McComb | Jul 22, 2014 | Semantics and Ontology
What history can teach us about semantics. Lately we’ve been grappling with the issue of how to get a Semantics Inference Engine and a Business Rules Engine to play nice in an Enterprise Architecture. Some long dormant neuron fired and the Treaty of Tordesillas was...
by Dave McComb | Jul 22, 2014 | Semantics and Ontology
System project failures are a well-known part of systems development; however, all the potential risks of planning and executing a project effort are not. This white paper offers heuristic guidelines to help IS managers assess these inherent risk factors before...
