Re: perspectives on OWL v.next and RDF

On Wed, 2006-11-15 at 12:13 +0100, Danny Ayers wrote:
> On 14/11/06, Kendall Clark <kendall@monkeyfist.com> wrote:
> 
> > I consistently fail to understand the import of that kind of claim,
> > as it seems to suggest that the public Semantic Web is the most
> > important thing.
> 
> The (Semantic) Web is a public entity.

Oh? I don't think so. As I said to the XML 2005 crowd
and to several other audiences where I have used these
slides since then...

[[
Scaling 
      * yes, scalability to 10^9 nodes and up is important
      * but so is scalability down to families and scout troops
]]
 -- slide "Getting into the Web: downhill steps"
 http://www.w3.org/2002/12/cal/mash/slides#(5)

See also
 The Fractal nature of the Web
 Tim Berners-Lee 
 Date: 1998 
 Status: personal view only. Editing status: first draft.
 http://www.w3.org/DesignIssues/Fractal


>  It seems a straightforward
> distinction, by definition things that aren't connected to it aren't
> part of the Web.

Intranets are often connected to the Web with links that go one
way but not the other.

-- 
Dan Connolly, W3C http://www.w3.org/People/Connolly/
D3C2 887B 0F92 6005 C541  0875 0F91 96DE 6E52 C29E

Received on Wednesday, 15 November 2006 14:59:30 UTC