- From: Stephen D. Williams <sdw@lig.net>
- Date: Tue, 28 Aug 2007 00:31:36 -0400
- To: "McBride, Brian" <brian.mcbride@hp.com>
- CC: Frank Carvalho <dko4342@vip.cybercity.dk>, semantic-web@w3.org
McBride, Brian wrote: > Hi Frank, > > My name is Brian McBride and I work in the Semantic Web group at HPLabs > in Bristol UK. We have been working on Semantic Web technology since > around 2000 and I have a particular interest in application to IT > systems inside enterprises, a class that includes government > organizations. I'm writing because we seem to have a common interest > and views. > > [...] > > >> It was clear to me from the beginning that a SOA soon will >> turn into another tower of babel, unless there's a clear >> strategy to normalize the contents flowing on the service >> bus, and to address the issues of versioning and development >> in knowledge. >> > > That is my view too - though I don't have a lot of evidence I can point > to in support of it. This is a great opportunity for Semantic Web > technology. > > ... > Brian > Existing SOA is broken because it is only half-decoupled, it is argument or XML based (i.e. RPC) rather than RDF or RDF rich query (RDF, rules, remote queries), it is usually synchronous, half-duplex, RPC-styled, and layering that may be non-optimal. Not only is there a tower of babel problem to some extent up front, but resulting applications are fragile due to procedural back-end coupling. We have a Knowledge Oriented Architecture (KOA) that is fully decoupled (both "front" and "back" side), rule-driven, and RDF metadata and knowledge driven. We have been exploring a number of architectural ideas in this area for large clients. A public version is planned. sdw
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