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Cidoc-crm Version 4.2.4 - Reference Document
Interoperability
Interoperability means the capability of different information systems to communicate some of their contents. In particular, it may mean that two systems can exchange information, and/or multiple systems can be accessed with a single method.
The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People (Stephen R. Covey)
The goose that laid the golden egg
They are also habits of effectiveness because they are based on a paradigm of effectiveness that is in harmony with a natural law, a principle I call the “P/PC Balance,” which many people break themselves against. This principle can be easily understood by remembering Aesop’s…
Effectiveness needs both the goose and the eggs
I suggest that within this fable is a natural law, a principle—the basic definition of effectiveness. Most people see effectiveness from the golden egg paradigm: the more you produce, the more you do, the more effective you are. But as the story shows, true effectiveness is a…
The P/PC balance
Effectiveness lies in the balance—what I call the P/PC Balance. P stands for production of desired results, the golden eggs. PC stands for production capability, the ability or asset that produces the golden eggs.
Three kinds of assets
Basically, there are three kinds of assets: physical, financial, and human.
The neglected lawn mower
Had I invested in PC—in preserving and maintaining the asset—I would still be enjoying its P—the mowed lawn. As it was, I had to spend far more time and money replacing the mower than I ever would have spent, had I maintained it. It simply wasn’t effective.
Our capacity to earn is our main asset
Our most important financial asset is our own capacity to earn. If we don’t continually invest in improving our own PC, we severely limit our options. We’re locked into our present situation, running scared of our corporation or our boss’s opinion of us, economically dependent…
A clean room and the goose
Suppose you want your daughter to have a clean room—that’s P, production, the golden egg. And suppose you want her to clean it—that’s PC, production capability. Your daughter is the goose, the asset, that produces the golden egg. If you have P and PC in balance, she cleans the…
Running a machine into the ground
For example, a person in charge of a physical asset, such as a machine, may be eager to make a good impression on his superiors. Perhaps the company is in a rapid growth stage and promotions are coming fast. So he produces at optimum levels—no downtime, no maintenance. He runs…
Short-term profits from cutting costs
For about a month, with costs down and revenues constant, profits zoomed.
Effectiveness lies in the balance
Effectiveness lies in the balance. Excessive focus on P results in ruined health, worn-out machines, depleted bank accounts, and broken relationships. Too much focus on PC is like a person who runs three or four hours a day, bragging about the extra ten years of life it…
Where Are The Semantics In The Semantic Web?
Layers of the semantic infrastructure
It will be layered, extensible, and composable. A major part of this will entail representing and reasoning with semantic metadata, and/or providing semantic markup in the information resources. Fundamental to the semantic infrastructure are ontologies, knowledge bases, and…