- From: Danny Ayers <danny.ayers@gmail.com>
- Date: Sat, 17 Apr 2010 11:02:38 +0200
- To: Lee Feigenbaum <lee@thefigtrees.net>
- Cc: Pat Hayes <phayes@ihmc.us>, Semantic Web <semantic-web@w3.org>
Apologies Pat, thanks Lee for seeing and rephrasing the questions I was trying to ask. I've not read the rest of the thread yet, but as Lee says, the data that is now available (in semweb-friendly forms) is pretty darn good. So far so good. On 17 April 2010 08:13, Lee Feigenbaum <lee@thefigtrees.net> wrote: > Seems to me that Danny's email is pretty straightforward: what is the > utility of all of these billions of triples of (primarily) linked data that > are being published on an almost daily basis? What can/are people doing with > them that are impacting lives or jobs or what have you? We've made huge > strides in publishing data, but it seems (to Danny, though I can't say that > I disagree) that useful ways to consume the published data are still > lacking. Which would lead me to question: > > 1) is that proposition true? if not, what are the useful ways to consume > linked data? > > 2) if the proposition is true, why? does it have to do with the quality of > the data? the content of the data? the access mechanisms available? lack of > problems to be solved? a dearth of UX or application design perspectives > that overlap with linked data awareness? is there a lack of business models > to drive people to build useful applications? ... > > Lee > > On 4/16/2010 10:47 PM, Pat Hayes wrote: >> >> Danny, I agree, Some things certainly do seem annoying. For example, I >> keep getting these weird emails from some crazy guy who talks apparently >> at random about kennels and peas and other completely disconnected >> topics, if that is indeed what they are, all apparently (to coin a >> phrase) full of sound and fury, but signifying nothing. >> >> Have you ever thought of, like, expressing what you want to say in, >> like, connected English sentences that mean something? >> >> Pat Hayes >> >> >> On Apr 16, 2010, at 12:10 PM, Danny Ayers wrote: >> >>> I know I got a bit snarly the other night, but some things do seem >>> annoying. I wish to know where the nearest kennels are, that could >>> work. For another example, the life sustaining drugs. Where it is best >>> to plant my peas (too late). Datasets... where is the crossover? >>> >>> Folks have been really good at exposing things, but the utility is way >>> behind. >>> >>> A million triples or when I should plant tomato seeds..? >>> >>> I see only minor signs of utility, serendipity seems such a long way off. >>> >>> Grumbling, >>> Danny. >>> >>> >>> -- >>> http://danny.ayers.name >>> >>> >> >> ------------------------------------------------------------ >> IHMC (850)434 8903 or (650)494 3973 >> 40 South Alcaniz St. (850)202 4416 office >> Pensacola (850)202 4440 fax >> FL 32502 (850)291 0667 mobile >> phayesAT-SIGNihmc.us http://www.ihmc.us/users/phayes >> >> >> >> >> >> >> > -- http://danny.ayers.name
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