I am not entirely sure I disagree. I think context is often a big factor in semantics, though? The problem with interfaces is often that people think they do all of the work by themselves. But, that is only true within the context of how you use some data. And people tend to accidentally constrain themselves too heavily.

You can make the same argument for numbers, for an easy exploration. Just look at all of the tools that you can have at your disposal by thinking of things as numbers.