Comments on: Domain models and the ecological approach http://blogs.cetis.org.uk/johnr/2007/11/15/domain-models-and-the-ecological-approach/ Cetis Blogs Wed, 25 Jan 2012 12:47:46 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=4.1.22 By: kusnadi http://blogs.cetis.org.uk/johnr/2007/11/15/domain-models-and-the-ecological-approach/#comment-13 Sat, 13 Dec 2008 02:06:20 +0000 http://blogs.cetis.org.uk/johnr/2007/11/15/domain-models-and-the-ecological-approach/#comment-13 I try hard to search any literature on ecological approach as a theoritcal framework for interoperability issues …(such as one in e-Health particularly..or Semantic Web)…there is only few few that speak in the philosophy ground as far i could find…seems for me ..you have stumble or in this domain…i would happy if you can direct me to any resource you know…(I am currently doing Phd )

I just try to share my view around domain and ecology view…i would like to say domain view…tends to view ALREADY existence of independent or isolated system with unique internal ‘STATIC (relative to external change)’ behaviour.. While ecological view will see a domain as part of a bigger domain…which interact each other and change the state/representation of the domain and ecology as a whole…So infact a domain is constructed constantly in ecological view..or even can be distinct…

In a very informal view we can say ecology is natural approach of sustainable of reality (Assuming a super-being (God)…has intellectually design …such a complex system…to sustain this world …a system example will be the cycle of food, cycle of water…cycle of air…)…World keep changin its state…but ecology can keep it in a balance state as a overall result of change (stability over dynamics)

Ecology is good approach to model ever-changing reality (such as in information technology and healt care i think)…but it will be very complex to model what really is in the reality ….. since we mostly model something in some degree of isolation to reduce the complexity…

In term of creation of knowledge (epistemology), i think there is a big gap between domain modelling and ecology modelling…domain model is positivism (there are absolute truth in its own or we assumed it…similar to cognitive scice…where it is assumed that the human have independent internal state in place…while ecological approach will see it as result of construction through experience/learning/training). Thus ecology perspective is contructivism (truth is constructed)..

Okay that my view..it may be still very raw and naive…since i just come across this subject……

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