Changes between Version 42 and Version 43 of ISO15926Primer_BusinessProcesses
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- 02/24/10 04:37:50 (14 years ago)
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v42 v43 55 55 ''' Fig 2 - A New Approach''' 56 56 57 Some of our Business Processes involve humans looking at information and making creative decisions , and these can be difficult to automate, especially if all the information isn't there all the time. But a great many simply involve pulling certain data from obscure locations, knowing how to transform it somehow and, and knowing where to store the results. If we instead model the information in a way that preserves the meaning, automation will be much easier.57 Some of our Business Processes involve humans looking at information and making creative decisions. These processes can be difficult to automate, especially if all the information isn't there all the time. But a great many processes simply involve pulling certain data from obscure locations, knowing how to transform it, and knowing where to store the results. If we instead model the information in a way that preserves the meaning, automation will be much easier. 58 58 59 59 This is the "Make the Data Smarter" approach. 60 60 61 In the purchasing order example above, the task is to get descriptions of certain components from a 3D model into a purchase order. If we solve the problem by precisely modeling the information we get from the 3D model in a way that preserves the meaning (i.e., the semantics) of the data values, we will be able to use the solution more than once. Solving the problem by modeling the information first will take longer, but we will only have to do it once. If the software vendor publishes a new version, or if we want to use a different set of software on a new project we will be able to reuse the data model.61 In the purchasing order example above, the task is to get descriptions of certain components from a 3D model into a purchase order. If we solve the problem by precisely modeling the information we get from the 3D model in a way that preserves the meaning (i.e., the semantics) of the data values, we will be able to use the solution more than once. Solving the problem by modeling the information first will take longer, but we will only have to do it once. If the software vendor publishes a new version, or if we want to use a different set of software on a new project, we will be able to reuse the data model. 62 62 63 63 Admittedly, the statement "precisely modeling the information we get from the 3D model in a way that preserves the meaning of the data values" is not a trivial statement. It's sort of like saying "It's ''easy'' for pigs to fly, all they have to do is ''learn how to grow wings''." When you first look under the hood with information modeling, it is easy to mistake for Artificial Intelligence. After all, we want a machine to be able to read any random data sheet and understand the context--the meaning--just as well as a human being.
