On 4/7/11 8:59 PM, Michael F Uschold wrote:
> I subscribe to the doctrine that "data quality" is like "beauty" it
lies strictly in the eyes of the beholder
Interesting position. Seems a bit post-modernesque... I think there
is some truth here, just like beauty in a program, or an building
architecture, or an ontology -- people defninitely have different
opinions. However, IMHO, it would be dangerous to conclude that all
or even the significant majority of issues of data quality are just
matters of opinion. This would prevent doing the hard work of
identifying some core principles that most people can agree on most of
the time.
I bet there are many many cases where you could ask people of diverse
opinions and get clear agreement by asking the simple question: is
this data high or low quality? So maybe its like porn, you can't
define it, but most people agree when it is or isn't.
We all have individual opinions, achieving broader group acceptance is
where the "group mind" aspect comes into play. Thus, the group/community
ultimately establishes the quality metrics for its particular context. I
think it's a generally accepted opinion that there are no absolute
truths i.e., at best we have claims. The Web and its emerging Linked
Data dimension simply reflect this reality (IMHO) :-)
Kingsley
Michael
On Thu, Apr 7, 2011 at 11:06 AM, Kingsley Idehen
<[email protected] <mailto:[email protected]>> wrote:
All,
Apologies for cross posting this repeatedly. I think I have a typo
free heading for this topic.
Increasingly, the issue of data quality pops up as an impediment
to Linked Data value proposition comprehension and eventual
exploitation. The same issue even appears to emerge in
conversations that relate to "sense making" endeavors that benefit
from things such as OWL reasoning e.g., when resolving the
multiple Identifiers with a common Referent via owl:sameAs or
exploitation of fuzzy rules based on InverseFunctionProperty
relations.
Personally, I subscribe to the doctrine that "data quality" is
like "beauty" it lies strictly in the eyes of the beholder i.e., a
function of said beholders "context lenses".
I am posting primarily to open up a discussion thread for this
important topic.
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Senior Ontology Consultant, Semantic Arts
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Regards,
Kingsley Idehen
President& CEO
OpenLink Software
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