- From: Pat Hayes <phayes@ai.uwf.edu>
- Date: Mon, 10 Dec 2001 14:09:50 -0600
- To: "Jeremy Carroll" <jjc@hplb.hpl.hp.com>
- Cc: "Jeff Heflin" <heflin@cse.lehigh.edu>, "Deborah McGuinness" <dlm@ksl.stanford.edu>, <ned.smith@intel.com>, <jeremy_carroll@hp.com>, <phayes@ai.uwf.edu>, <connolly@w3.org>, <jos.deroo.jd@belgium.agfa.com>, <herman.ter.horst@philips.com>, <hendler@cs.umd.edu>, <www-archive@w3.org>
>...... >================ >Justifications of Ns & ?s >------------------------- >N> data persistence >N> security >N> xml interfaces >?> internationalization > >are part of the metadata layer of semantic web architecture (RDF), not part >of the ontology layer. I fail to follow this distinction. (I know it is taken from the 'layer cake' slide. I fail to follow it there as well.) RDF, for example, is surely a (simple) ontology language. Do y'all have some idea that metadata is somehow distinct from , and more primitive than, ontology? (?? In what sense?) >RDF might not offer adequate answers yet but the >problems should be fixed there. Maybe xml and internationalization (maybe), but I don't see any way to isolate security and data persistence issues from the ontology 'layer', wherever that happens to be. >There may be internationalization issues that are part of the ontology >layer; but most i18n is in the metadata layer. > >N> ontology-based search >N> ontology querying > >I think these are later work. I would expect standardization of metadata >layer query to precede that of ontology layer query. There is no sign of >metadata layer query standardization so I think WOW-G should duck ontology >query standardization. > >?>user-friendly > >"If you want friendly get a dog" >The language is for machine to machine communication. Friendliness is for >apps on top of it. I tend to agree with that sentiment, though I doubt if it will fly with the DOH (ontology equivalent of DPH) Pat -- --------------------------------------------------------------------- IHMC (850)434 8903 home 40 South Alcaniz St. (850)202 4416 office Pensacola, FL 32501 (850)202 4440 fax phayes@ai.uwf.edu http://www.coginst.uwf.edu/~phayes
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