Friday, April 07, 2006
The Second School of Semantic Science
ontologyMapping Glass Bead Games
Focus on the Reference Model for Open Distributed Processing (RM-ODP)
and
related discussion about views, viewpoints and community centric
Continuing
discussion on the SOS CoP forum
Communication from Paul
as a reference for our discussion:
Reference Model of Open Distributed Processing (1996)
Cory wrote:
The basic enterprise language concepts and
structuring rules as introduced in the RM-ODP standard (Part 3) are:
Community - a configuration of objects formed to meet
an (enterprise) objective. The objective is expressed as a contract which
specifies how the objective can be met.
Federation - a particular kind of community. This is
a coming-together of a number of groups answering to different authorities in
order that they may jointly cooperate to achieve some objective.
for background see:
http://www.bookpool.com/sm/0130191167
we have including (in our communication) the three authors
of the 8 page paper
http://wcat05.unex.es/Documents/Yahiaoui_et_al.pdf
in an invitation to discuss the RM-ODP in the context of a
"community centric service methodology" with reference to OASIS BCM (business
centric methodology) and SOA (generally).
I will start by noting that on page 2 the authors say
about the RM-ODP
"The obtained views must be consistent, i.e. the
specification of a view should not conflict with the specification of another
view."
From the second school perspective, this requirement is part of a design process that must eventually result in model errors, if a distinction is not made (continually) between the natural system and the formal system (see (ref)).
The observation we make is that to enforce (absolute) technical
consistency between different viewpoints make no sense; since if there are
really "different" viewpoints then the issue of consistency could not
be resolved. [1]
Cory's quote about the definition of community is a consistent
sign that a viewpoint is being presented (we can this first school) where by a
reduction of the natures of natural (Rosen complex) system is assumed to occur
without loss.
Thus we see the two issue, completeness and consistency
revealed as a aspect of nature.
Other comments?