Inhabiting Babel: A Manifesto for Responsible Meaning Engineering

This book deconstructs the illusions of semantic automation, AI "understanding," and universal ontologies. Core thesis: meaning is neither computable, nor storable, nor transferable.For data architects, AI practitioners, enterprise architects, and systems engineers confronting the failure of "well-designed" solutions.Topics: Semantic interoperability, knowledge graphs, ontology engineering, AI language models, meaning governance, federated systems, enterprise architecture, complex systems.Format: PDF ebook, 65 pages, EnglishAuthor: Dr. Nicolas Figay - Expert in interoperability and enterprise architectures (Airbus Defence and Space) - LIRIS UMR 5205 CNRS / INSA Lyon / Université Claude Bernard Lyon 1Not a manual. A manifesto. No turnkey solutions—only conceptual lucidity for those who refuse to let technology decide meaning in their place.