On 2/6/14 7:02 PM, Kingsley Idehen wrote:
> On 2/6/14 4:25 PM, John F Sowa wrote:
>> Since Ed agrees with me, I agree with him. Amazon.com, for example,
>> uses an XML representation for messages to suppliers and partners.
>> But their DB itself is relational. And their XML encoding is more
>> compact and readable than if they had used RDF/XML.
> If they used RDF (forget about the RDF/XML notation) they would have a
> much better system. I would have a common username with multiple
> passwords, for instance. In addition, EC2 images would be really easy
> to understand rather that being a leap of fate that could burn a hole
> in your pockets just because its too mangled at the RDBMS level for
> them to produce a sensible UI etc..
>
> Amazon, Google, Facebook, LinkedIn etc.. are all struggling with:
>
> 1. coreference
> 2. privacy
> 3. data integration
> 4. silo-fication in an era of de-silo-fication.
Correction, typing to fast etc.. Meant to say: (01)
If they used RDF (forget about the RDF/XML notation) they would have a
much better system. I *wouldn't* have a common username with multiple
passwords, for instance i.e., logging in with different passwords
determine my identity to Amazon :-( (02)
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