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From: Bullard, Claude L (Len) <clbullar@i...> >IMO, we need it to make notions like the semantic >web work reliably. Long before the machines process machine >processable descriptions, humans have to agree >on what those descriptions mean. I wonder. Perhaps (as well?) we need to go the other way: concentrating on information hiding--figuring out how to notate data so that it can be manipulated by as generic tools as possible. Perhaps we need to be reducing the need for human agreement on meanings as much as possible. To be able to route information without knowing its meaning; to be able to build structural dependencies into schemas so that users can take document types for granted (and not need know why a stuctural constraint is--unless they want to) Without the widespread availability of generic tools, it is too difficult to have specific data; and generic tools=layered standards for most intents and purposes. If the semantic web was AI, then human-machine descriptions would be king; I suspect the semantic web will emerge out of pragmatic and incremental development--raising the bar for generic manipulation of generic structures each time. Cheers Rick Jelliffe
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