- From: Gustaf Neumann <Gustaf.Neumann@wu-wien.ac.at>
- Date: Tue, 19 Dec 2000 16:21:51 +0100 (CET)
- To: "McBride, Brian" <bwm@hplb.hpl.hp.com>
- Cc: "RDF Interest (E-mail)" <www-rdf-interest@w3.org>, universal@alice.wu-wien.ac.at
>>>>> "McB" == McBride, Brian <bwm@hplb.hpl.hp.com> writes: McB> So what are you're favourite use cases for RDF? McB> I'll kick off with two: McB> o Flexible metadata storage. We have projects McB> here with a need to store large amounts of meta McB> data, but we can't predict in advance what that McB> meta data will be. The stuff we need to store McB> changes over time, and we don't want to go McB> updating a database schema each time it does. McB> RDF looks good for this. In our project (the EC funded Ist project UNIVERSAL http://nm.wu-wien.ac.at/universal/metadata.html) we use metadata in exactly the way you describe it here. We develop an "internet brokerage platform" for the pan-European exchange of "learning resources". The idea is to develop a B2B platform for higher education institutions to exchange learning material in a flexible manner. The range of learning material is very wide and open ended: it reaches from ppt-slides and printable materials, over interactive web-applications for training to recorded multi-media presentations (e.g. 15 minutes presentation) and synchronous video-conferences, where people in class rooms meet regularly via video-conference. All these learning materials have drastically different meta-data and requirements. Per definition, we want to be open for unforseeable new kind of learning resources, therefore we choose RDF.... -gustaf
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