Politics, Procedures, and Pitfalls in Producing Pluperfect Phraseology
Creating A Vocabulary
Developmental Problems?
Fundamental Differences
Human Language
Computer Requirements
Human Limitations
Formalization Gap
Cooperative Computation
Databases and Other Knowledge Systems
Pre-Computational Examples
Human Authority Files
Implications of the Formalization Gap
Humpty Dumpty Phenomenon
Categories and Concepts
Example: Exercise
Intensionality Problem
Working Around the Problem
Problems in Updating
Process and Decision Making
Political Interests
Interactions with Systems
Update Problems
Terminology Responses
Final Observations
Duality of Central Notions
Boundary Phenomenon
Nelson's Lemma
Neurath's Boat
Good Practices
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