- From: John F. Sowa <sowa@bestweb.net>
- Date: Tue, 01 Sep 2009 14:35:27 -0400
- To: Frank Manola <fmanola@acm.org>
- CC: SW-forum <semantic-web@w3.org>, Danny Ayers <danny.ayers@gmail.com>
Frank,
I'd like to respond to your comment at the end of a note from
June 29th:
> Finally, I want to repeat the general theme of my original reply
> ... progress toward an alternative Semantic Web isn't going to be
> made by sniping remarks at people trying to get linked data on
> the Web, or telling people what they did or didn't ignore in
> developing the specs, but rather by working out the details of
> the alternative ideas, *showing people specifically how those
> ideas make it easier to develop a Semantic Web*, and implementing
> associated software.
During the past two months, I've been doing some traveling and
participating in a couple of conferences. At one of them, I
presented a 3-hour tutorial with the title
Controlled Natural Languages for Semantic Systems
That talk surveyed various issues about the development and use
of semantic systems and ways that controlled NLs can support
better interfaces. I didn't propose "alternatives" to any of
the current systems, but recommendations for upward compatible
developments that could preserve existing software while enabling
better integration and interoperability:
Since then, I made further revisions and extensions to the slides:
http://www.jfsowa.com/talks/cnl4ss.pdf
John Sowa
Received on Tuesday, 1 September 2009 18:36:03 UTC