RE: [humanmarkup-comment] Base Schema-channel

["Bullard, Claude L (Len)" <clbullar@ingr.com>]

We have to break a domain down to schematize it.  Emergent properties 
arise out of controls over engaging forces, if you like 
the momentum metaphors.  But to get to that point, we need 
the pieces first.  One might think of topics as emergent 
but someone please show me how we model that ex nihilo. 
The problem of schematization is breaking something down 
into pieces that can't be assembled into recognizable wholes.

We are boxing ourselves into corners.  That is 
what boxes do; specify corners.  We will have to do this 
often and sometimes throw away the boxes until we 
are able to create boxes that fit together in 
demonstrably useful ways.

len

-----Original Message-----
From: Rob Nixon [mailto:rnixon@qdyn.com]

Again, just trying to make sure that we aren't boxing ourselves into a corner as
we develop our schema.  Many people often try to break systems down into
isolated pieces, but we run into the danger of missing the emergent properties
that arise out of the interactions that form the "whole".