Semantic reference systems

The analogy of Semantic Reference Systems proposed in (Kuhn in press) is being explored here with respect to the computational mechanisms it suggests. Semantic referencing, grounding in a semantic datum, semantic projection, and semantic transformation are defined and demonstrated through an implementation of a semantic reference system for a simple vehicle navigation model. The idea of wrapping legacy data or services is shown to correspond to semantic referencing, which suggests a straightforward procedure to derive wrappers from semantic reference systems. 1.