Changes between Version 8 and Version 9 of ISO15926Primer_GettingStarted_Individual
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- 10/25/09 07:28:38 (15 years ago)
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ISO15926Primer_GettingStarted_Individual
v8 v9 68 68 === Most Important Role === 69 69 70 Of these six roles, the most important is subject Matter Expert. Mechanical engineers and process engineers who design or operate plants are good candidates. They are the people who know the difference between ''pressure'' and ''pressure''. If you ask computer science gradsthey will likely reply "Huh? Pressure ''is'' pressure." But if you ask plant engineers, they will likely reply "What kind of pressure and what kind of pressure?", which is the correct answer. If we trust all of the information modeling to computer science grads, we could end up misclassifying data.70 Of these six roles, the most important is Subject Matter Expert. Mechanical engineers and process engineers who design or operate plants are good candidates. They are the people who know the difference between ''pressure'' and ''pressure''. If you ask computer science grads, they will likely reply "Huh? Pressure ''is'' pressure." But if you ask plant engineers, they will likely reply "What kind of pressure and what kind of pressure?", which is the correct answer. If we trust all of the information modeling to computer science grads, we could end up misclassifying data. 71 71 72 72 === An Example === … … 78 78 The sixty-four dollar question is "Who cares?" Plant engineers certainly don't care. But what if your organization employs scientists to do basic research? Do you think some of them might care? And if they do, don't you think that some engineering applications might want to exchange information with scientific applications? If so, you certainly don't want to treat all instances of "pressure" equally. 79 79 80 There are a number of large organizations that employ a great many engineers and a great many scientists. Your humble author, talking to one such organization, was told that it had over two hundred fifty software applications that had to exchange information. Of course all two hundred fifty d idn't have to exchange information with every one of the other two hundred forty-nine, but if you were to connect the appropriate applications together, they would make one contiguous network.80 There are a number of large organizations that employ a great many engineers and a great many scientists. Your humble author, talking to one such organization, was told that it had over two hundred fifty software applications that had to exchange information. Of course all two hundred fifty don't have to exchange information with every one of the other two hundred forty-nine, but if you were to connect the appropriate applications together, they would make one contiguous network. 81 81 82 82 So when an organization implements ISO 15926, the most important people on the team will be those who know the meaning of all the data values.
