- From: Mark Baker <distobj@acm.org>
- Date: Fri, 14 Dec 2001 13:50:40 -0500 (EST)
- To: janssen@parc.xerox.com (Bill Janssen)
- Cc: moore@cs.utk.edu (Keith Moore), discuss@apps.ietf.org
> The Web is fundamentally designed for person-to-person communication, > not program-to-program. This is a common misconception. It was designed for both. It just happens to be used primarily for human communication today. > It works OK for device-to-person as well > (viewing/setting your home thermostat over the Web, for example), but > only because there's a person in the loop to handle exceptions. Have you been following the "Semantic Web"? http://www.scientificamerican.com/2001/0501issue/0501berners-lee.html MB -- Mark Baker, Chief Science Officer, Planetfred, Inc. Ottawa, Ontario, CANADA. mbaker@planetfred.com http://www.markbaker.ca http://www.planetfred.com
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