I cam across this in the Ontolog-Forum, and got permission from Mike Bennett, the author to quote it.  Some great pragmatism here, on the one hand we need to apply semantics and ontology building to systems development and integration, but at the same time, let’s not get too carried away trying to "model reality." 

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I came across this in the Ontolog-Forum, and got permission from Mike Bennett, the author, to quote it.  Some great pragmatism here: on the one hand, we need to apply semantics and ontology building to systems development and integration, but at the same time, let’s not get too carried away trying to "model reality." 

Read more