ust restrict or qualify these agreements, as
&gt; first-class citizens in any ontological design process?  Or has
&gt; somebody been there &amp; done that?  I'd like a reference so I may
&gt; catch up in that case.

Myself, I have spoken of this facet of interpretation so often here
and elsewhere that it would be difficult for me to recount them all,
but here are some links that leap to mind:

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