- From: Giovanni Tummarello <g.tummarello@gmail.com>
- Date: Mon, 12 Apr 2010 02:31:00 +0100
- To: Kingsley Idehen <kidehen@openlinksw.com>
- Cc: public-lod <public-lod@w3.org>
Maybe the newly funded EU projects on Linked Data could take this as a priority - to create this mart for data (or see how it could be implemented in the open, if it makes sense to do so..) - similarly for vucabolaries. Data alone is not much if we cant at least claim that our data is truly selfdescribed by the use of ontologies which are well understood also in a community sense (e.g. discussed, supported, voted, properly hosted) The apple store with its tight rules has been one of the most widely criticized "limitations" of the iphone but indeed it is probably what created its success: a single, mandatory repository which however guarantees (or creates the perception of) standards of security and somehow of quality and to publishers gives much more visibility than simply forcing people to find their apps via google. Gio On Mon, Apr 12, 2010 at 2:04 AM, Kingsley Idehen <kidehen@openlinksw.com> wrote: > Melvin Carvalho wrote: >> >> >> 2010/4/12 Kingsley Idehen <kidehen@openlinksw.com >> <mailto:kidehen@openlinksw.com>> >> >> All, >> >> Edited, as I just realized some critical typo+errors that affect >> context. >> >> Hopefully, you understand what Nathan is articulating (ditto >> Giovanni). If not, simply step back and as yourself a basic >> question: What is Linked Data About? >> >> Is it about markup? Is it about Data Access? Is it about a never >> ending cycle of subjective commentary and cognitive dissonance >> that serves to alienate and fragment a community that desperately >> needs clarity and cohesion. >> >> Experience and history reveal the following to me: >> >> 1. Standards based data access is about to be inflected in a major way >> 2. The EAV (Entity-Attribute-Value) graph model is the new focal >> point of Data Access (covering CRUD operations). >> >> Microsoft, Google, and Apple grok the reality above in a myriad of >> ways via somewhat proprietary offerings (this community should >> really learn to look closer via objective context lenses). Note, >> "proprietary" is going to mean less and less since their >> initiatives are HTTP based i.e., it's all about hypermedia >> resources bearing EAV model data representations -- with varying >> degrees of fidelity. >> >> ** >> Players and EAV approaches: >> >> 1. Microsoft -- OData (EAV with Atom+Feed extension based data >> representation) >> >> 2. Google -- GData (EAV with Atom+Feed based data representation) >> >> 3. RDF based Linked Data -- (RDF variant of EAV plus a plethora of >> data representation formats that are pegged to RDF moniker) >> >> 4. Apple -- Core Data (the oldest of the lot from a very >> proprietary company, this is basically an EAV store that serves >> all Mac OS X apps, built using SQLite; until recently you couldn't >> extend its backend storage engine aspect) . >> ** >> >> Reality re. Business of Linked Data: >> >> "Data as a Service" (DaaS) is the first step i.e., entity oriented >> structured data substrate based on the EAV model. In a nutshell, >> when you have structured data place, data meshing replaces data >> mashing. Monikers aside, entrepreneurs, CTOs, and CIOs already >> grok this reality in their own realm specific ways. >> >> Microsoft in particular, already groks data access (they developed >> their chops eons ago via ODBC). In recent times, they've groked >> EAV model as mechanism for concrete Conceptual Model Level data >> access, and they are going unleash an avalanche of polished EAV >> based applications courtesy of their vast developer network. Of >> course, Google and Apple will follow suit, naturally. >> >> The LOD Community and broader Semantic Web Problem (IMHO): >> >> History is a very good and kind teacher, make it an integral part >> of what you do and the path forward becomes less error prone; a >> message that hasn't penetrated deep enough within this community, >> in my personal experience. >> >> ** >> Today, I see a community rife with cognitive dissonance and >> desires to define a non existent "absolute truth" with regards to >> what constitutes an "Application" or "Killer Application". >> Ironically, has there EVER been a point in history where the >> phrase: Killer Application, wasn't retrospective? Are we going to >> miraculously change this, now? >> >> ** >> >> Has there ever been a segment in the market place (post emergence >> of Client-Server partitioning) where if you didn't make both the >> Client and the Server, the conclusion was: we have nothing? >> >> We can continue postulating about what constitutes an application, >> but be rest assured, Microsoft, Google, Apple (in that order), are >> priming up for precise execution with regards to opportunities in >> the emerging EAV based Linked Data realm. They have: >> >> 1. Polished Clients >> 2. Vast User Networks >> 3. Vast Integrator Networks >> 4. Vast Developer Networks >> 5. Bottom-less cash troves >> 6. Very smart people. >> >> In my experience, combining the above has never resulted in >> failure, even if the deliverable contains little bits of impurity. >> >> Invest a little more time in understanding the history of our >> industry instead of trying to reinvent it wholesale. As Colin >> Powell articulated re. the IRAQ war: If You Break The Pot, You Own It! >> >> Folks, we are just part of an innovation continuum, nothing is new >> under the sun bar, context !! >> >> >> +1 >> >> Just to add maybe that CRUD is just one part of the equation, after that >> can come aggregation, curation, self healing etc. >> >> Now I'm trying to work out whether what you've presented is good news or >> bad. >> >> http://www.w3.org/2007/09/map/main.jpg >> >> Looking at the WWW Roadmap, are we all headed for the Sea of >> Interoperability or to be sucked in to a Growing Desert Wasteland? >> >> >> -- >> Regards, >> >> Kingsley Idehen President & CEO OpenLink Software Web: >> http://www.openlinksw.com >> Weblog: http://www.openlinksw.com/blog/~kidehen >> <http://www.openlinksw.com/blog/%7Ekidehen> >> Twitter/Identi.ca: kidehen >> >> >> >> >> >> > > All, > > Interesting and poignant listening: > http://itc.conversationsnetwork.org/shows/detail4453.html > > Dallas is to Linked Data what the Apple store is to iPhone apps. Dallas is > a Data Mart, it has infrastructure for Data as a Service in place, of course > it only handles OData, but the simple question for this community is this: > where are the RDF based Linked Data Marts? > > -- > > Regards, > > Kingsley Idehen President & CEO OpenLink Software Web: > http://www.openlinksw.com > Weblog: http://www.openlinksw.com/blog/~kidehen > Twitter/Identi.ca: kidehen > > > > > >
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