- From: Dr. Francis MUGUET <muguet@ensta.fr>
- Date: Fri, 07 Oct 2005 14:21:16 +0200
- To: Danny Ayers <danny.ayers@gmail.com>
- CC: semantic-web at W3C <semantic-web@w3c.org>
Hello Danny > How do respond to suggestions that new TLDs are harmful to the Web, e.g. My proposal is to not create "traditionnal" new gTLDs, but to create new gTLDs that empowers new technologies, make them implementable. So far, the progress of the semantic web (SW) has been very slow, and often derided as the "pedantic web". One may ask questions why the SW progress has been so slow. If there is any studies on this, please let me know. Use of metadata has been reduced in comparison to the early days of the Web. Except for specialized ones, search engines are not relying on Metadata anymore, because metadata have been spoilt by pornographers and "referencing" companies that are using any conceivable trick to cheat the referencing algorithm of search engines that must constantly evolve to fight those tricks. There is a secret war going out there. One goal of a SWgTLD is a get clean, unspoilt, METADATA. Sites that are purposedly spoiling their metadata, are removed from the SWgTLD registry. Since the goal of SWgTLD domain is to bring a real added value to the Web, and not to fill the pockets of private companies acting as registrars, we do not care if there is not a rush to SWgTLDs domains in the beginning. Anyway, it cannot be slower that the actual progress of the SW in the current chaotic and corrupted cyberspace. > > New Top Level Domains Considered Harmful - Tim Berners-Lee > http://www.w3.org/DesignIssues/TLD > > Why Using TLDs for Filtering is Ineffective, Harmful, and Unnecessary > - Ian Jacobs > http://www.w3.org/2004/03/28-tld I do concur with what has been written in those two documents. I am going to add in the semantic.cc site a topic related to new gTLDs and put those links there. None of the criticisms voiced against "traditionnal" new gTLDs apply considerning the SWgTLDs. It is not about filtering but about empowering. ICANN is making a lot money by subcontracting to commercial registrars ( at the TLDs level, and then for domain names ) but this has adverse effects. At the governance level, it is interesting to note that the W3C felt it has to take a position. It is quite logical, since ICANN was implicitely dealing with content-related issues, not just plain addressing issues. Many people, including governments, are believing that the current introduction of new gTLDs is a way for ICANN to get more money, as all brand names are being forced ( to protect their trademark ) to buy names in those new extensions. This aspect is not present is our proposal, as each SWgTLDs is planned to be managed by a multi-stakeholder partnership where civil society is going to be included. Another aspect, is that despite the name, the SWgTLDs are not only about SW but also about DOIs and P2P. It is time that some truely non-profit project be offered as an alternative to the current DOI ( which is not using the DNS system of ICANN by the way, but a completely different Handle system ). I propose that this new alternative DOI be P2P ( BitTorrent ) friendly. Therefore in terms of technical innovations, we are a long way from ".xxx". How does the SW community interact with DOI and P2P, I would be curious to know, as those two paradigms are spreading at a much faster pace than SW. Best regards Francis > > Cheers, > Danny. > > On 10/6/05, Dr. Francis MUGUET <muguet@ensta.fr> wrote: > >>Hello, >> >>I an new on this list, and I would not >>dare to qualify as a person with a decent >>knowledge of RDF/OWL, >>however, since the political circumstances >>seem propitious at WSIS ( World Summit on the Information >>Society http://www.wsis.org ) , I naively felt it >>could be the moment to submit a bold proposal : >>Semantic Web gTLDs. >>I am in a position to >>propose this idea to delegations >>at the UN in Geneva, however I want to be >>re-assured that this proposal makes sense. >> >>see the site ( under construction ) >>http://www.semantic.cc >> >>There are several specific proposed SWgTLDs that >>are going to be detailed later ( unless I get convinced >>that my proposal is unfeasible ) >>The two ome about which some thinking is under way by friends are >>..ART for digital artists >>..EQUI transforming the whole gTLDs into a worldwide marketplace; >> >>There are two perspective in this proposal : >>1/ a proposal in itself, with interlinked technical and governance >>aspects, hopefully to be implemented preferably sooner >>than later. >>2/ an illustration that the report of the WGIG >>( http://www.wgig.org ) stays only at the bottom of >>the OSI layers, it dealt in part with Internet but >>did not deal with the Web !!!! >> Questions about HTML, XML, SW, DOIs etc... were >> completely left aside.. it is rather stunning. >> >>Your comments and suggestions are kindly requested. >>Since doubt is the beginning of wisdom, >>you can be brutally honest in your opinion. >> >>If you wish to participate to this adventurous enterprise, >>feel free to subscribe to the mailing as indicated >>on the site. >> >>Best regards >> >>Francis >> >> >> >>-- >> >>------------------------------------------------------ >>Francis F. MUGUET KNIS/ENSTA >> >>Pôle de Développement pour l'Information Scientifique >>"Réseaux de la Connaissance et Société de l'Information" >>Scientific Information Development Laboratory >>"Knowledge Networks & Information Society" (KNIS) >> >>ENSTA >>32 Blvd Victor 75739 PARIS cedex FRANCE >>Phone: (33)1 45 52 60 19 Fax: (33)1 45 52 52 82 >>muguet@ensta.fr http://www.ensta.fr/~muguet >>mirror http://www.muguet.org >> >>MDPI Foundation Open Access Journals >>Associate Publisher >>http://www.mdpi.org http://www.mdpi.net >>muguet@mdpi.org muguet@mdpi.net >> >>World Summit On the Information Society (WSIS) >>Civil Society Working Groups >>Scientific Information : http://www.wsis-si.org chair >>Patents & Copyrights : http://www.wsis-pct.org co-chair >>Financing Mechanismns : http://www.wsis-finance.org web >> >>UNMSP project : http://www.unmsp.org >>WTIS initiative: http://www.wtis.org >>------------------------------------------------------ >> >> >> > > > > -- > > http://dannyayers.com > > -- ------------------------------------------------------ Francis F. MUGUET KNIS/ENSTA Pôle de Développement pour l'Information Scientifique "Réseaux de la Connaissance et Société de l'Information" Scientific Information Development Laboratory "Knowledge Networks & Information Society" (KNIS) ENSTA 32 Blvd Victor 75739 PARIS cedex FRANCE Phone: (33)1 45 52 60 19 Fax: (33)1 45 52 52 82 muguet@ensta.fr http://www.ensta.fr/~muguet mirror http://www.muguet.org MDPI Foundation Open Access Journals Associate Publisher http://www.mdpi.org http://www.mdpi.net muguet@mdpi.org muguet@mdpi.net World Summit On the Information Society (WSIS) Civil Society Working Groups Scientific Information : http://www.wsis-si.org chair Patents & Copyrights : http://www.wsis-pct.org co-chair Financing Mechanismns : http://www.wsis-finance.org web UNMSP project : http://www.unmsp.org WTIS initiative: http://www.wtis.org ------------------------------------------------------
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