RE: Yet Another We Need Schema Discipline Article

["Bullard, Claude L (Len)" <clbullar@ingr.com>]

Yes.  An example is alignment of cultural codes (Silverman, 83).
In one paper I read, the codes of romanticism are explored to 
show how the interpretive framework of a code leads to inference 
or association by alignment

"Spontaneity/deliberation aligns to sincerity/facticity so spontaneity
infers sincerity and deliberation infers insincerity or untruthfulness."

Of course such interpretations are dangerous and a reason to question 
ontologies, metadata, etc.   A semantic network becomes a bad thing when its

interpretations are unchallenged.   A transform is a way to challenge it.

Len
http://www.mp3.com/LenBullard

Ekam sat.h, Vipraah bahudhaa vadanti.
Daamyata. Datta. Dayadhvam.h


-----Original Message-----
From: Gavin Thomas Nicol [mailto:gtn@ebt.com]


> Categorization emerges by transform.  

... and indirectly, association.

> One shouldn't be as concerned about different schema 
> languages, or variants in an industry, but about 
> the existence of transforms that proves the category 
> membership of any given output.  

Quite.