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Are we in a Semantic Emergency?

The AI singularity The LLM (Large Language Model) AI revolution has forced the hand of the IT industry on the question of semantics in data, because now meaning is now consumed by machines as well as humans. The industry has … Continue reading

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Looking to the future: SPLASH

I’ve been working for the last 9 months on a new project, which I would summarise as: next generation information modelling for the age of AI. I’ve called it SPLASH, which stands for Standard Pattern Library for Advanced Science and … Continue reading

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Do Requirements or Die…

Just remember folks, always, always do your requirements capture before buying a solution. I built a mandate compliance system in the 1990s for AMP, Australia’s largest insurer and pension fund manager. I proposed 6 weeks of requirements gathering. They looked … Continue reading

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openEHR Task Planning v BPMN

People often ask me why did we develop Task Planning in openEHR (NB: if the status is showing as ‘Retired’, this is an error in the specifications website), doesn’t BPMN do everything needed?

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If musicians can solve interoperability, why can’t we?

Today, pianists from every country in the world can read and play Bach. Without dropping a note or missing a beat. Why is it so hard in the information-rich technical domains? The history of ‘solving interoperability’ has generally been via … Continue reading

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