Changes between Version 29 and Version 30 of ISO15926Primer_AboutAuthor

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11/28/11 01:41:46 (12 years ago)
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    1212'''The Author, having realized too late the folly of jumping out of a perfectly good airplane''' 
    1313 
    14 On a more personal note, this primer is a good example of "Be careful what you ask for."  Part of my job is to keep up to date with trends in Plant Design.  Having personally experienced the difficulty of transferring information between different proprietary formats, I was extremely interested to find that a better way was, well, on the way.  ISO 15926 was something my company should not remain ignorant of, but the available information about it went directly from very brief summaries of the eventual benefits, to extremely complex descriptions of technology complete with big words and complex acronyms.  There was nothing in between that explained how ISO 15926 would deliver its seemingly magical promise, in language that upper management, who would have to sign off on funding proposals, could absorb quickly. 
     14On a more personal note, this book is a good example of "Be careful what you ask for."  Part of my job is to keep up to date with trends in Plant Design.  Having personally experienced the difficulty of transferring information between different proprietary formats, I was extremely interested to find that a better way was, well, on the way.  ISO 15926 was something my company should not remain ignorant of, but the available information about it went directly from very brief summaries of the eventual benefits, to extremely complex descriptions of technology complete with big words and complex acronyms.  There was nothing in between that explained how ISO 15926 would deliver its seemingly magical promise, in language that upper management, who would have to sign off on funding proposals, could absorb quickly. 
    1515 
    16 Finally, responding to my repeated requests for something that did not exist, one of the developers of ISO 15926 asked me if I wanted to put my money where my mouth was.  The rest--has been a personally enlightening experience.  From discovering the roots of the grail-like search for true digital interoperation, to seeing the tremendous work that has been done that lead to ISO 15926, to meeting and getting to know some of the people that have provided the underlying theoretical framework, has been extremely fascinating.  
     16Finally, responding to my repeated requests for something that did not exist, one of the developers of ISO 15926 asked me if I wanted to put my money where my mouth was.  The rest has been a personally enlightening experience.  From discovering the roots of the grail-like search for true digital interoperation, to seeing the tremendous work that has been done that lead to ISO 15926, to meeting and getting to know some of the people that have provided the underlying theoretical framework, has been extremely fascinating.  
    1717 
    1818=== Acknowledgements === 
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