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Roger, It's a curious question. Why do you ask it? My first reaction is to define in this given context evolution as extensibility in a specific direction (in your examples - adding or rating content - improving quality of knowledge). Best regards, Kremena > Hi Folks, > > I am interested in hearing your thoughts on the differences between an > information system that is extensible versus an information system that is > evolvable. > > For example, suppose that Amazon.com gives users the ability to do a > keyword > search. Further, suppose that Amazon empowers its users to create new > keywords (and map the new keywords to information at the Web site). Is > this > support for new keywords an example of extensibility or evolution? By > adding new keywords has Amazon merely been extended, or has it evolved? > > Let's take another example. Suppose that Amazon gives users the ability > to > search by book category (e.g., Fiction, Non-Fiction, etc.) Further, > suppose > that Amazon empowers its users to create new categories (and map the > categories to information at the Web site). Is this support for new > categories an example of extensibility or evolution? By adding new > categories has Amazon merely been extended, or has it evolved? > > If adding new keywords and adding new categories are merely examples of > extension, then can you give an example of evolution? /Roger >
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