by Dave McComb | Oct 20, 2014 | Semantics and Ontology
Perhaps the way to be ready for resolution is to flip from document-centric to data-centric. Build a system that expresses in real time, the on-going agreements between the many legal entities within the firm. Capture who is doing what for whom. We just completed a...
by Michael Uschold | Oct 3, 2014 | Semantics and Ontology
Explore the relationship between Taxonomy and Ontology with this presentation by Michael Uschold from a keynote talk at the International Conference on Semantic Computing. Click Here to View The PDF The Menu (Taxonomy) vs. the Meal (Ontology) Taxonomy and Thesauri:...
by Dave McComb | Sep 12, 2014 | Semantics and Ontology, White Papers
At the time of this writing almost no enterprises in North America have a formal enterprise ontology. Yet we believe that within a few years this will become one of the foundational pieces to most information system work within major enterprises. In this paper, we...
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...
