Talk:Semantic interoperability

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I do not agree with the constraining of semantic interoperability to computers. Humans also need to establish semantic interoperability (they need to ensure that the terminology, abbreviations etc shared between two or more individuals is understood by all to mean the same thing. 124.178.225.20 slade beard

Semantic Interoperability is a term that arose in the context of interchange of information among computers, and is therefore discussed in this article only in that context. However, a term that more explicitly mentions computers, Computable Semantic Interoperability, has also been used to refer to this concept, and that term has been added to the article as a synonym. Pacas (talk) 08:53, 8 January 2008 (UTC)pacas

I think the term "understanding" is sufficient when only humans are involved. This special term is useful mainly to discuss understanding as done by technical artefacts (systems, machines)... Andthu (talk) 00:50, 20 January 2008 (UTC)

The use of the term "understanding" as a capability of computers will often generate objections such as the above; at the current level of technology it would indeed be presumptuous to say that computers "understand" information they process. But in the article the term "understanding" is qualified by "some level of understanding" or "degree of understanding". The term "interpretation" has been used in place of "understanding" in some articles to avoid overstating the current capabilities of computers. But in the context where "understanding" is used in this article, substituting "interpretation" would lead to clumsier phraseology that will not be clearer. The author felt that putting in the qualifying phrase was adequate to convey that full computer "understanding" at the level of a human was not being claimed.