- From: Mark Wilkinson <markw@illuminae.com>
- Date: Tue, 09 May 2006 13:47:21 -0700
- To: Eric Neumann <eneumann@teranode.com>
- Cc: w3c semweb hcls <public-semweb-lifesci@w3.org>, larry.hunter@uchsc.edu
My favorite quote was "being the first is important, being the best is irrelevant" (Karp) Such is life... M On Tue, 2006-05-09 at 16:28 -0400, Eric Neumann wrote: > Ahh, I stand corrected, and probably was confused with the Mark - Larry > role switching.... > > Somewhere there was even mention of Thomas Jefferson as well... > > Eric > > On May 9, 2006, at 3:19 PM, Mark Wilkinson wrote: > > > Indeed - my notes say that it was Mark Musen who was advocating to "let > > 1000 flowers bloom" :-) while Larry was taking the more conservative > > track... > > > > M > > > > > > On Tue, 2006-05-09 at 13:14 -0600, Larry Hunter wrote: > >> On Tue, 2006-05-09 at 14:53 -0400, Eric Neumann wrote: > >> > >>> I seem to remember at an Ontology panel at ISMB last year in Detroit > >>> you were advocating the Anarchists approach to ontologies.... ; ) > >> > >> You misremember! I started off by saying how this was going to be the > >> first time in my entire life that I was going to take the conservative > >> side of anything. > >> > >> Actually, I advocated a democratic process with a central body to > >> ensure > >> fairness and good communication, which is pretty much what we ended up > >> getting with the NCBC. Not that I had anything to do with that > >> specific > >> outcome, but I do think it is a very important one to support. > >> > >> Larry > >> > > -- > > > > -- > > Mark Wilkinson > > Asst. Professor, Dept. of Medical Genetics > > University of British Columbia > > PI in Bioinformatics, iCAPTURE Centre > > St. Paul's Hospital, Rm. 166, 1081 Burrard St. > > Vancouver, BC, V6Z 1Y6 > > tel: 604 682 2344 x62129 > > fax: 604 806 9274 > > > > "For most of this century we have viewed communications as a conduit, > > a pipe between physical locations on the planet. > > What's happened now is that the conduit has become so big and > > interesting > > that communication has become more than a conduit, > > it has become a destination in its own right..." > > > > Paul Saffo - Director, Institute for the Future > > > > > > Eric Neumann, PhD > co-chair, W3C Healthcare and Life Sciences, > and Senior Director Product Strategy > Teranode Corporation > 83 South King Street, Suite 800 > Seattle, WA 98104 > +1 (781)856-9132 > www.teranode.com > > -- -- Mark Wilkinson Asst. Professor, Dept. of Medical Genetics University of British Columbia PI in Bioinformatics, iCAPTURE Centre St. Paul's Hospital, Rm. 166, 1081 Burrard St. Vancouver, BC, V6Z 1Y6 tel: 604 682 2344 x62129 fax: 604 806 9274 "For most of this century we have viewed communications as a conduit, a pipe between physical locations on the planet. What's happened now is that the conduit has become so big and interesting that communication has become more than a conduit, it has become a destination in its own right..." Paul Saffo - Director, Institute for the Future
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