On 5/27/11 11:08 AM, John F. Sowa wrote:
> On 5/27/2011 10:54 AM, Kingsley Idehen wrote:
>> I think our only difference boils down to whether the W3C and the
>> Semantic Web project will learn from past mistakes, as I've said
>> repeatedly, I am cautiously optimistic that changes are coming :-)
> As I said, there are many good people in the W3C, but I have a jaded
> view of design by committee. (01)
I don't like it either, its inherently flawed. This approach works when
standardizing de facto standards, or when constructing de facto
standards from what's already in use. The problem I see with W3C is that
they are putting cart before horse via this evolution into standards
prescription organization. (02)
We have an interesting re. Linked Data that could really help all
parties i.e., acknowledging that: (03)
1. It isn't a standard, it's a concept with long history modulo scale
that WWW ubiquity delivers via HTTP URIs
2. Plurality when it comes to actual Linked Data Graph representation
choices, JSON, XML, ASN.1 etc.. are all acceptable basis for data
representation syntaxes
3. HTTP URIs are a convenient and cost-effective option for resolvable
data object names, but not the only option. (04)
> (I've worked on lots of committees
> over the years -- including some that Fred Brooks criticized.)
>
> Good luck, (05)
Fingers crossed :-) (06)
Kingsley
> John
>
>
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