Re: Semantic Web gTLDs

How do respond to suggestions that new TLDs are harmful to the Web, e.g.

New Top Level Domains Considered Harmful - Tim Berners-Lee
http://www.w3.org/DesignIssues/TLD

Why Using TLDs for Filtering is Ineffective, Harmful, and Unnecessary
- Ian Jacobs
http://www.w3.org/2004/03/28-tld

Cheers,
Danny.

On 10/6/05, Dr. Francis MUGUET <muguet@ensta.fr> wrote:
>
> Hello,
>
> I an new on this list, and I would not
> dare to qualify as a person with a decent
> knowledge of RDF/OWL,
> however, since the political circumstances
> seem propitious at WSIS ( World Summit on the Information
> Society  http://www.wsis.org ) , I naively felt it
> could be the moment to submit a bold proposal :
> Semantic Web gTLDs.
> I am in a position to
> propose this idea to delegations
> at the UN in Geneva, however I want to be
> re-assured that this proposal makes sense.
>
> see the site ( under construction )
> http://www.semantic.cc
>
> There are several specific proposed SWgTLDs  that
> are going to be detailed later ( unless I get convinced
> that my proposal is unfeasible )
> The two ome about which some thinking is under way by friends are
> ..ART  for digital artists
> ..EQUI  transforming the whole gTLDs into a worldwide marketplace;
>
> There are two perspective in this proposal :
> 1/ a proposal in itself, with interlinked technical and governance
> aspects, hopefully to be implemented preferably sooner
> than later.
> 2/ an illustration that the report of the WGIG
> ( http://www.wgig.org ) stays only at the bottom of
> the OSI layers, it dealt in part with Internet but
> did not deal with the Web !!!!
>   Questions about HTML, XML, SW, DOIs etc... were
>   completely left aside.. it is rather stunning.
>
> Your comments and suggestions are kindly requested.
> Since doubt is the beginning of wisdom,
> you can be brutally honest in your opinion.
>
> If you wish to participate to this adventurous enterprise,
> feel free to subscribe to the mailing as indicated
> on the site.
>
> Best regards
>
> Francis
>
>
>
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>
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