Re: English Language Tags

[Philip Goatly <philip.goatly@bolero.net>]

Hi Irvin,

What a splendid example. My I add that in England - at least - we STOCK take
at certain times of year for our
Accountants to value the STOCK of goods !!

Cheers, Phil


----- Original Message -----
From: "Chmielewski, Irvin W" <irvin.chmielewski@eds.com>
To: "ebXML Core" <ebxml-core@lists.ebxml.org>
Sent: Wednesday, January 31, 2001 5:11 PM
Subject: RE: English Language Tags


> One of the main problems we found in the past with Natural Language is
that
> word can have multiple meanings.  Take the word STOCK.  - Something you
buy
> on the NYSE or something you can buy at a cattle ranch or something you
can
> buy at at a gun store or something that you can buy to make soup.
>
>
> Irvin Chmielewski
> Senior Consultant
> EDS -  E.Business eXchange
> Phone: (248) 265-9258
>
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Sandy Klausner [mailto:klausner@coretalk.net]
> Sent: Wednesday, January 31, 2001 11:32 AM
> To: William J. Kammerer; ebXML Core
> Subject: Re: English Language Tags
>
>
> > From: "William J. Kammerer" <wkammerer@foresightcorp.com>
> > I see no advantage these unintelligent identifiers have over a natural
> language vocabulary used to build semantic components (read: BSR).
>
> William:
>
> There are several UID advantages for building semantic components
> (elements). A semantic component identified by a natural language mark-up
> tag is assumed to be immutable. This fundamental characteristic is
critical
> to third-party components that need to maintain reference to the semantic
> component source. You state that mark-up is for programmers who invent
these
> tag expressions. As a domain is better understood over time, the original
> programmer (and even the domain expert) may realize that there is a more
> optimal natural language descriptor for a semantic component. The problem
is
> that a natural language mark-up tag cannot be modified once the semantic
> component is made public. If on the other hand, if the semantic component
> had a base identity expression grounded in an immutable UID, then its
owner
> could update the natural language expression without effecting third-party
> references. This dual expression approach also has the advantage of
allowing
> foreign language and foreign dialect extensions. A foreign dialect is a
> synonym used to characterize for party peculiarities or special
> circumstances. This dual expression approach could also apply to attribute
> components as well.
>
> Sandy Klausner
> CoreTalk Corporation
>
>