----- Original Message -----
From: Jack Park <jackpark@verticalnet.com>
> >From my model of the universe, interoperability has two senses, one that
is
> satisfied by protocols -- syntactic, mechanical interoperability, and one
> that satisfies the need to reduce or eliminate ambiguity -- semantic
> interoperability.
I can tell you what *non*-interoperability is.
As farmers in Vermont will say, describing two towns that
have no connecting road between them:
"You can't get there from here."
N.
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