- From: Kingsley Idehen <kidehen@openlinksw.com>
- Date: Wed, 17 Feb 2010 12:36:05 -0500
- To: Pat Hayes <phayes@ihmc.us>
- CC: "public-lod@w3.org" <public-lod@w3.org>
Pat Hayes wrote: > > On Feb 17, 2010, at 6:37 AM, Dan Brickley wrote: > >> ... . RDF was originally >> standardised as a metadata system, a mechanism for finding stuff ... >> whether that stuff was photos, videos, HTML pages, excel spreadsheets, >> SQL databases, 3d models. ... > > Really? That was not the impression I got when I first got involved > with it. In fact, I asked explicitly for clarification, at the first > F2F in Sebastopol: is RDF intended to be metadata for Web 'objects', > or is it supposed to be a notation for describing **things in > general**? And the resounding chorus from the WG was the latter, most > definitely not the former. (Which is also what Guha told me right > after the very first RDF speclet was first released.) Yes, and I think you've inadvertently unveiled a subtle distinctin between Linked Data and the earlier Semantic Web Project goals. At the heart of HTTP based Linked Data lies the use of the generic HTTP URIs duality ( Identity/Access ) to actually deliver metadata for Data Objects on an HTTP network. > And that is why I designed the semantics based on a logical model > theory rather than a computational annotation system. If RDF was > supposed to be primarily a mechanism for finding stuff, then we > designed it wrong. I think you kinda attested to some of that in your blogic presentation :-) Kingsley > > Pat > > ------------------------------------------------------------ > IHMC (850)434 8903 or (650)494 3973 > 40 South Alcaniz St. (850)202 4416 office > Pensacola (850)202 4440 fax > FL 32502 (850)291 0667 mobile > phayesAT-SIGNihmc.us http://www.ihmc.us/users/phayes > > > > > > > -- 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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