The semantic gap characterizes the difference between two descriptions of an object by different linguistic representations, for instance languages or symbols. According to Andreas M. Hein, the semantic gap can be defined as "the difference in meaning between constructs formed within different representation systems". In computer science, the concept is relevant whenever ordinary human activities, observations, and tasks are transferred into a computational representation. However Relational proponents would posit the exact opposite, because by definition object databases fix the data being recorded into a single binding abstraction.
See also
- Leaky abstraction
- Text simplification
- Semantic differential