On 12/4/2013 11:57 AM, Kingsley Idehen wrote:
> Awesome on both fronts re., schema.org version 1.0e and LOV's cool delta
> page! (01)
I wouldn't go quite as far as "awesome", but I agree that Schema.org
is an important step in the right direction: (02)
1. It is compatible with all the tools for the Semantic Web. (03)
2. But it is sufficiently general that it can be used with legacy
systems and with the many logics, tools, and notations that have
been developed over the past half century for AI, databases, and
programming languages. (04)
3. The presentation in the web pages that Dan B cites can be read and
used by programmers who have little or no training in the tools and
notations of the Semantic Web or any of the many versions of logic
that are used in ontology and computer science. (05)
4. The lack of detail in Schema.org does not permit detailed reasoning.
But that makes it sufficiently underspecified that it can be used in
conjunction with an open-ended variety of "microtheories" that state
whatever detail is required for any particular application. (06)
5. The emphasis on readable English terms and phrases for the ontology
means that Schema.org can be used as a supplement to specialized
terminologies and lexical resources, such as WordNet, Roget's
Thesaurus, and various systems used by computational linguists. (07)
6. The availabilty of Schema.org as a free and open resource is
essential for its widespread adoption. (08)
7. Equally important is the collaboration by four major competitors:
Bing, Google, Yahoo!, and Yandex. Their support ensures the
funding, and their competition ensures that none of them will
tolerate proprietary features that favor one vendor's software
over the others'. (09)
John (010)
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