Re: Service URNs

On 28/07/2010 20:01, Henning Schulzrinne wrote:
> We've been working on the geo side of mapping coordinates to services (see RFC 5222, for example). As part of the overall architecture, there are service descriptors that label entities. This seems quite relevant to the AR side, as well as obviously the POI part. As part of that effort, the GEOPRIV working group in the IETF has been defining service URNs (RFC 5031) and is discussing how to extend the concept to more general services, such as "bank" or "restaurant". OpenStreet has some terms, but every incomplete and haphazard, i.e., not aligned with common "official" terminology as might be used in NAICS. 
> 
> I wonder if this should be part of the AR/POI WG discussion.

Hello Henning,

Interesting concept, I see some interesting use cases for location-based
AR for this tech. However, I also see a lot of non-AR applications for
this tech.

I think the definition of service descriptors for general services
should not be limited to an AR/POI group. As said, I can see these
descriptors being used for more than geographic lookups, such as
classifying web sites or web search results. If we're really going for
"generic services" these descriptors can serve a much broader purpose
than identification of geographic lookups. Also, the governing of
service descriptors is probably a task that should have its own charter
as it would not do to have that task end with the conclusion of this
group's charter.

I'm not very familiar with the field but isn't there a group in the
semantic web community that concerns itself with standardising
classifications such as these? If not, should we start one (separate
from the POI/AR WG)?

Regards,

Jens

Received on Thursday, 29 July 2010 10:27:42 UTC