1. A method, including steps of defining an ontology specifying an application domain; providing a module for at least one form of statistical analysis within that ontology; automatically configuring that module in a computing device in response to a system that is consistent with that ontology, with an effect of generating an interface between the module and the system, wherein an interface is specified at least in part by the module and at least in part by the system, wherein the system has no substantial requirement for specialized knowledge of that form of statistical analysis; and the module has no substantial requirement for specialized knowledge of particular functions provided by the system.