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• Subject: Re: A Systematic Approach to using Simple XML Vocabularies to Implement Large (Complex) Systems
• From: Peter Hunsberger <peter.hunsberger@g...>
• Date: Fri, 17 Dec 2004 09:31:32 -0600
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On Fri, 17 Dec 2004 16:21:53 +0100, Jan Algermissen
<jalgermissen@t...> wrote:
> Peter Hunsberger wrote:
> 
> > I don't know if it's the semantics or what, but for some reason RDF
> > just comes across as too geeky for the business side of the house.
> > Maybe it's just that they've been hearing OO for 10 years and believe
> > that "Objects" are supposed to be something good so they instantly
> > adopt them. (Resource? What's a resource?).
> 
> ...an object...with a uniform interface[1].
> 
> HTH,

Umm, sorry, no: I guess you missed the comment about "RDF appearing to
be too geeky"?  (Uniform interface? What's a uniform interface? And it
only get's worse from there...)

-- 
Peter Hunsberger

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