The dotcom strategies, as a class, may be called experimental-radical strategies. Experimental, as opposed to logical: willing to act without the guidance of theory. Radical, in contrast to incremental: breaking with the past. The counterpoint to the dotcom strategies, the traditional...

Translation has two phases: (a) the generation of information, and (b) its application. These phases are reflected in the vision of AMIA 2008 and 2009 Annual Symposia: From Foundations to Applications to Policy. They are also the two phases of the semiotic cycle, each consisting of morphologics,...