Re: SUO: Re: Industry takeover
Dear Matthew,
----- Original Message -----
From: "West, Matthew R SITI-ITPSIE" <matthew.west@shell.com>
To: "Robert E. Kent" <rekent@ontologos.org>
Cc: "SUO" <standard-upper-ontology@ieee.org>
Sent: Sunday, May 04, 2003 2:46 PM
Subject: RE: SUO: Re: Industry takeover
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> I have been providing the theory and the
> axiomatization. When I said that it was "probably 'complete
> enough' for the
> development stages below", I was talking about the theory.
> Next comes (1)
> standards wording and (2) implementation,
MW: The challenge here is:
1. Do you standardise before you implement? (What if you get it
wrong)
2. Do you implement before you standardise? (How do you know
what needs to be standardised)
A draft standard followed by trial implementation before
finalising the standard is what I am used to as an approach.
RK: Yes, this iterative approach looks like the best approach.
Robert E. Kent
rekent@ontologos.org