Dear Barry, (01)
See below. (02)
Regards (03)
Matthew West
Reference Data Architecture and Standards Manager
Shell International Petroleum Company Limited
Shell Centre, London SE1 7NA, United Kingdom (04)
Tel: +44 20 7934 4490 Mobile: +44 7796 336538
Email: matthew.west@xxxxxxxxx
http://www.shell.com
http://www.matthew-west.org.uk/ (05)
> -----Original Message-----
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> [mailto:ontac-dev-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx]On Behalf Of Smith, Barry
> Sent: 01 February 2006 14:27
> To: ONTAC Taxonomy-Ontology Development Discussion
> Subject: RE: [ontac-dev] Representation of attributes
>
>
>
> >
> > > (look at some of the snapshops in your album one
> > > day, Matthew -- see how pictures of little Matthew, and
> pictures of
> > > big Matthew; these are pictures of the very same object,
> at different
> > > points in time.
> >
> >MW: If the pictures were of the same object, then they would all look
> >the same, but they do not. This is because they are pictures
> of states
> >of me at different times in my life. The states are
> different, and this
> >is why the pictures are different, but the states are all
> states of my
> >life, which is why they are all pictures of me.
>
> Aha: (06)
MW: I'm glad the penny is dropping. (07)
> "pictures of states of me at different times in my life"
> So Matthew HAS a life. (08)
MW: Rather Matthew IS his life. I can refer to me (physical object)
or my life (process) interchangably because they are the same thing. (09)
> And he (Matthew) is experiencing different
> states at different times in this life. (010)
MW: That bit is fine. I have lots of states that are temporal
parts of me. (011)
> Very good.
> BS
>
>
>
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