RE: Semantic Web Layer Cake Update Suggestion

Hmmm... not the way I read it.  As the UI and App layer extends left of the
trust, proof, and logic layers, I see invisible lines to each, thusly
implying that UI and Apps can be built directly to either: trust, proof,
unifying logic, or sparql directly.

I don't claim to know what the "unifying logic" layer is supposed to be in
the W3C world, but as an architect, I would see Java as a unifying logic
that, based on several open source API packages, allows me to write
applications that leverage rules, ontology, and sparql - which is in turn
the main declarative interface to rdf.

I would never defend these kinds of 'refrigerator' diagrams as a 100%
accurate depiction of any architecture, and often rail against them...but
their utility is in communicating the SPIRIT of how one "might" go about
interacting with various layers.  At best, it's a loose guidance for the
community to agree on which specs "use" or "import" other specs, but the
diagram itself should never been viewed as 100% correct representation for
the physical interactions between layers.

Given the circumstances, this IMHO captures enough of the spirit of the
semweb stack for this group to worry about other things.  I don't think that
the "layer cake" will ever stop a CIO from investing in "x" technology ---
but other misperceptions might...



-----Original Message-----
From: public-sweo-ig-request@w3.org [mailto:public-sweo-ig-request@w3.org]
On Behalf Of Wilson, MD (Michael)
Sent: Thursday, November 30, 2006 9:46 AM
To: jeff.pollock@oracle.com; Kingsley Idehen; W3C SWEO IG
Subject: RE: Semantic Web Layer Cake Update Suggestion


Jeff

The main problem with that diagram is the User Interface & Applications
layer at the top which suggests that applications can only be built on
top of the Trust layer, and not on top of each layer. 


Michael Wilson
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-----Original Message-----
From: public-sweo-ig-request@w3.org
[mailto:public-sweo-ig-request@w3.org] On Behalf Of Jeff Pollock
Sent: 30 November 2006 17:30
To: 'Kingsley Idehen'; 'W3C SWEO IG'
Subject: RE: Semantic Web Layer Cake Update Suggestion


Kingsley-

The diagram Ivan sent here:
http://www.w3.org/2006/07/layerCake-4.png

Implies to me that RDF needn't use XML.  Although I don't personally
feel that the XML serialization of RDF is such a big market issue, real
or perceived, the picture there seems to address the concern quite
nicely.

Warm Regards,

-Jeff-


-----Original Message-----
From: public-sweo-ig-request@w3.org
[mailto:public-sweo-ig-request@w3.org]
On Behalf Of Kingsley Idehen
Sent: Thursday, November 30, 2006 9:18 AM
To: 'W3C SWEO IG'
Subject: Semantic Web Layer Cake Update Suggestion


All,

My initial attempt at a revised Cake is at: 
http://myopenlink.net:8890/DAV/home/kidehen/gallery/my_photos/Semantic_W
eb_S
tack_Rev1.png

The focus right now is fixing the XML placement issues such that RDF the
Data Model and its optional XML serialization format are distinct.

I have also added a Data Provider / Data Source layer since the URI/IRIs
are "Resource Identifiers" for  Data which has to come from somewhere
:-)

-- 


Regards,

Kingsley Idehen	      Weblog: http://www.openlinksw.com/blog/~kidehen
President & CEO 
OpenLink Software     Web: http://www.openlinksw.com

Received on Thursday, 30 November 2006 18:07:13 UTC