Re: [topicmapmail] Business Applications

Quintin,

On 08/19/2012 07:10 AM, Quintin Siebers wrote:
> Hey,
>
> We've been working on such a system for a few years now, and our 
> current version is open to have a look at:
>
> http://en.mssm.nl/software/kamala-in-the-cloud/
>

Good point but Kamala requires (as any topic map application does) that 
you establish what subjects you want to talk about, their identifies, 
relationships, etc. Having said that, you can fill it with whatever 
content you like.

My objection to Sebastian's needs/features is their universal nature.

If I were writing a topic map for business expenses, it would be very 
unlikely to include the rules for receipts written in cuneiform (the 
earliest business document is a receipt for beer at an inn). Not that 
topic maps can't do that, but most clients are unlikely to be 
interested. For that matter, of the thousands of natural languages in 
existence, most clients are going to be interested in only one (1). 
Topic maps can do more but again, probably not a requirement.

You can see where this is going.

I think topic maps shine brightest meeting the semantic requirements of 
actual customers.

That someone, somewhere, off the Net most likely, is not best served by 
my topic map is quite likely.

But, I am not arrogant enough to presume to act in their best interest, 
never having asked what they want, much less their permission.

Is the "digital divide" (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Digital_divide) 
the new "white man's burden? 
(http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/White_Man%27s_Burden)"

Hope you are having a great weekend!

Patrick


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> On 19 aug. 2012, at 13:03, Alexander Johannesen 
> <alexander.johannesen@gmail.com 
> <mailto:alexander.johannesen@gmail.com>> wrote:
>
>> Hola,
>>
>> On Sun, Aug 19, 2012 at 8:52 PM, adasal <adam.saltiel@gmail.com 
>> <mailto:adam.saltiel@gmail.com>> wrote:
>>> Is what you are proposing really possible from the ground up? I 
>>> wonder if
>>> even getting an architecture is possible from the ground up, i.e. 
>>> without
>>> starting with real world compromises dictated by the job in hand.
>>
>> Not sure if what's proposed is possible from the ground up, but I know
>> it's certainly possible to create an ontology-based complete system,
>> however I doubt "from the ground up" has been defined enough at this
>> point. I've worked on creating full-stack application and systems
>> delivery framework based on ontologies / Topic Maps, both in terms of
>> integration but also as a development tool, and as a way to infer
>> capabilities of services based on their entity / resource rather than
>> clumsy API's.
>>
>> I'm fairly confident that it's the way of the future, but as you
>> probably allude to as well, it's still a bit way off, mostly because
>> whomever comes up with it first or already doing it, are doing it in
>> solitary, much like the TM community watching the spectacle of RDF
>> from the side-lines.
>>
>>
>> Regards,
>>
>> Alex
>> -- 
>> Project Wrangler, SOA, Information Alchemist, UX, RESTafarian, Topic Maps
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