- From: Nathan <nathan@webr3.org>
- Date: Thu, 11 Nov 2010 16:57:50 +0000
- To: Kingsley Idehen <kidehen@openlinksw.com>
- CC: "public-lod@w3.org" <public-lod@w3.org>
Didn't they make a film called "The Descriptor!" out of that? Kingsley Idehen wrote: > > I am the Data Container, Disseminator, and Canvas. > I came to be when the cognitive skills of mankind deemed oral history > inadequate. > I am transcendent, I take many forms, but my core purpose is constant - > Container, Disseminator, and Canvas. > I am dexterous, I can be blank, partitioned horizontally, horizontally > and vertically, and if you get me excited and I'll show you fractals. > I am accessible in a number of ways, across a plethora of media. > I am loose, so you can access my content too. > I am loose in a cool way, so you can refer to me independent of my content. > I am cool in a loose way, so you can refer to my content independent of me. > I am even cool and loose enough to let you figure out stuff from my > content including how its totally distinct from me. > But... > I am possessive about my coolness, so all Containment, Dissemination, > and Canvas requirements must first call upon me, wherever I might be. > So... > If you postulate about my demise or irrelevance across any medium, I > will punish you with confusion! > Remember... > I just told you who I am, when something tells you what it is, and it is > as powerful as I, best you believe it :-) >
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