tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7979481.post110786449330631706..comments2023-07-25T11:50:57.043+02:00Comments on in other words: Cybernetics and ConversationBernard Vatanthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15338427502389795938noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7979481.post-1108050516488082662005-02-10T16:48:00.000+01:002005-02-10T16:48:00.000+01:00In earlier drafts of the Topic Maps Reference Mode...In earlier drafts of the Topic Maps Reference Model (TMRM), there was discussion about the nature of properties of topics. What is evolving in the TMRM is the notion that properties can be <I>built in</I> and they can be <I>conferred through associations</I> (actually, the term <I>association</I> has been changed to <I>assertion</I>. The nature of these changes allow for the fact that we sometime gain subject identity through dynamic property changes. I may have mentioned the notion of <I>seeing as</I> in an earlier post here. Consider the fact that, when you view someone driving in a car, you are seeing that person <B>as</B> the driver (or passenger) in the car, and not necessarily as a person identified by some name (or PSI :)Jack Parkhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01431976953832017469noreply@blogger.com