Commensurability

Description

George Anadiotis:

"For data, interoperability in the form of standards and protocols is an enabling layer. And it’s no accident that interoperability is actively sabotaged by platforms wishing to strengthen their position by means of user lock-in.

However, Kallinikos argues, what really matters is commensurability. Commensurability is the term “Data Rules” uses to describe what Kallinikos referred to as “porous channels of interaction between people’s private lives, domestic lives, intimate even lives, and the world”. This is how the book concludes, emphasizing the potential of data to bring worlds together.

This is an aspect of the function of data which may be obvious to most data professionals, and usually seen as a good thing. But that may not necessarily be the case for the general public. It’s worth considering this as the key takeaway from “Data Rules”."

(https://linkeddataorchestration.com/2024/07/01/data-rules-from-interoperability-to-commensurability/)