Dear Fishers
"I think it is true that standards are seen as derived from the work of
individuals who have developed some source of expertise"
Wrong. Standards in science are designed to make research inter-subjective,
so that other scientists can assess, judge, repeat, understand or develop
that research. Inter-subjectivity in not opposite to or far from
inter-operability. Standards allow biases and subjectivities to identified
and controlled for. You can have all the expertise in the world but if you
have no standards, you are a crap scientist.
Cheers,
Neil
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From: The Forum for Information Standards in Heritage (FISH)
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Sent: 06 May 2009 11:08
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Subject: [FISH] CSA newsletter article on standards, specs and
interoperability
Interesting article in the April CSA newsletter:
"You say potato and I say potahto . . . let's call the whole thing off"
-- Some Thoughts on the Role of Standards and Specifications in Archaeology
Fred Limp
http://csanet.org/newsletter/spring09/nls0903.html
Kieron
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Data Standards Editor
Archaeology Data Service
University of York
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