- From: Ian Jacobs <ij@w3.org>
- Date: Sat, 24 Mar 2001 15:37:44 -0500
- To: Al Gilman <asgilman@iamdigex.net>
- CC: wai-xtech@w3.org
Al Gilman wrote: > [snip] > If we don't look at the Web as an iterative process where each cycle of > many closes through the comprehension of the user, we don't describe what > makes the Web great, and we don't have enough context in view to build an > accessible-by-construction Web architecture. We need to be working on a > device-independent characterization of the Web as a process that iterates > through many cycles through some human-computer interface as part of its > essential or characteristic mode of operation. Yes. Tim showed me a very simple drawing on his whiteboard once. An arrow closed into a circle (with arrow head touching arrow tail). The system modeled by the circle was the "old Web", where the system sits and waits for user interaction (e.g., following a link). After that action, the system waits again, completing one loop. In the Semantic Web, there's another agent: the machine. The machine can do some things automatically, allowing a lot of loops to happen before the system stops again to wait for user input. _ Ian -- Ian Jacobs (jacobs@w3.org) http://www.w3.org/People/Jacobs Tel: +1 831 457-2842 Cell: +1 917 450-8783
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