- From: Tim Berners-Lee <timbl@w3.org>
- Date: Wed, 4 Jan 2006 14:03:01 -0500
- To: Jan Algermissen <jalgermissen@topicmapping.com>
- Cc: Frank Manola <fmanola@acm.org>, Timothy Falconer <timothy@immuexa.com>, semantic-web@w3.org
On Jan 3, 2006, at 17:48, Jan Algermissen wrote: > > Frank, > > there's a lot of value in your reply which I hope to be able to > address tomorrow. Just a quick comment now: > > On Jan 3, 2006, at 11:12 PM, Frank Manola wrote: > > >> Anyway, I think the trade-offs involved in using RDF in the >> Semantic Web are reasonable ones. But I think sometimes that the >> differences with prior work (including work prior to the >> relational model) are sometimes exaggerated. >> > > I think that the most important question to be answered is this: > > What problems that I today have with the relational model would be > better addressed if I used RDF+OWL? > > IOW, what is the killer argument for abandoning my RDBMS and using > an RDF store instead? > One answer is: don't! The SemWeb is about conecting the data to what it means. Keep the data in the place where it works and runs fast. Find/Write ontologies about what the data is about. Run a virtual RDF server (supporting SPARQL if a large DB) on top of the data. publish the connection between the database columns and the ontolgies. Look at ways to connect the DB with others inside & outside the company. Write new reports in terms the model at higher level of abstraction, using the RDF apis. Tim
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