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An Example Of Ontology Driven Software Engineering
The RDF/ Ontology model is pervasive throughout the technical stack
The RDF/ Ontology model is pervasive throughout the technical stack - with traditional relational database, the model is typical contained at the bottom of the stack, here though the ontology design is holistically fundamental to the overall architected solution. Thus the…
Beyond Zero and One (Andrew Smart)
Mathematical models are not reality
Edge magazine: Many mathematicians are Platonists. They think that the Universe is made of mathematical stuff, and that the job of mathematicians is merely to discover it. I strongly deny this point of view. This does not mean, however, that I am a ‘social constructivist’ … [I…
Hallucination as an unchecked model
Visual awareness is not simply a translation of what our eyes see. Our subjective reality is an internal model that our brain must check against the input coming from our eyes. Hallucinations result when our brain does not check the model thoroughly, or rather when the brain…
The self-model model of consciousness
The current thinking in AI is that consciousness is a self-model, which is a device (or mental model) that a machine or human uses to answer questions about how it interacts with the world. Dennett, for example, argues that the evolution of the self-model was driven by the…
He End Of Theory: The Data Deluge Makes The Scientific Method Obsolete
Correlation and causation
Scientists are trained to recognize that correlation is not causation, that no conclusions should be drawn simply on the basis of correlation between X and Y (it could just be a coincidence). Instead, you must understand the underlying mechanisms that connect the two. Once you…
Introducing Artificial Intelligence (Henry Brighton and Howard Selina)
Artificial neurons as activation units
The building blocks of neural networks are simplified versions of biological neurons called activation units. These units have a set of input connections and a set of output connections. These connections model the job performed by axons.
Micropublications: A Semantic Model For Claims, Evidence, Arguments And Annotations In Biomedical Communications
Beyond simple assertions and their provenance
The micropublication approach goes beyond statements and their provenance, proposing a richer model in order to account for a more complete and broadly useful view of scientific argument and evidence, beyond that of simple assertions, or assertions supported only by literature…
Nature-branded Journal Goes Open Access-only: Can We Celebrate Already? | Open Knowledge Foundation Blog
Open access vs publication access
So we made it: the greatest bastions of traditional scientific publishing are clearly signaling support for open access. Can we pop the champagne already? This announcement obviously has positive aspects: for example, lives can be saved in poor countries where doctors may have…
Rdf Primer
RDF doesn't look inside URIrefs
Using common URI prefixes provides a convenient way to organize the URIrefs for a related set of terms. However, this is just a convention. The RDF model only recognizes full URIrefs; it does not "look inside" URIrefs or use any knowledge about their structure.
The Cidoc Conceptual Reference Module: An Ontological Approach To Semantic Interoperability Of Metadata
The CRM's classes as a top-level framework
Only classes were introduced in the CRM that are domains or ranges for the relevant relationships, such that any other ontological refinement of the classes can be done as additional “terminological distinction” without interfering with the system of relationships. Such a…
Triple Bypass – What Does The Death Of The Semantic Web Mean For Publishers? - Semantico
XML is a data model, not just a format
You’re quite mistaken in characterising XML as just an interchange format – it is a data model capable of more expressiveness (think full text/mixed content) than RDF. You must realise this is true since RDF itself can be encoded in XML.