- From: Peter F. Patel-Schneider <pfps@research.bell-labs.com>
- Date: Fri, 17 Mar 2006 16:43:01 -0500 (EST)
- To: danny.ayers@gmail.com
- Cc: adrianw@snet.net, semantic-web@w3.org, hans.teijgeler@quicknet.nl
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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