Re: OWL Web Ontology Language

From: "Danny Ayers" <danny.ayers@gmail.com>
Subject: Re: OWL Web Ontology Language
Date: Fri, 17 Mar 2006 22:40:57 +0100

> On 3/17/06, Peter F. Patel-Schneider <pfps@research.bell-labs.com> wrote:
> 
> > Another part of the difficult of writing things down so that computers can
> > process them is figuring out what parts of the meaning is important and what
> > parts can be written down in whatever formal language you are using.  So, yes,
> > I agree that most representations of information in computers are missing part
> > of the meaning of the original situation.
> 
> I came across a handy quotation for this: "All models are wrong, but
> some are useful."
> 
> Attributed to -
> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_EP_Box

I would instead say 

	All models are lacking - only some are useful.

peter

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