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Re: [ontology-summit] INCOSE Ontology Action Group, onto SysML/UML

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From: "John F. Sowa" <sowa@xxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Sun, 04 Mar 2012 01:57:32 -0500
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David,    (01)

When I said "everything and anything", I meant everything and anything.
The WWW is an important part of everything.  So is mainstream IT.
And so are the yet undiscovered inventions that will be coming along
during the 21st century, the 22nd century, etc.    (02)

JFS
>> As I've said before, the *worst* feature of the Semantic Web
>> is the word 'Web'.  What we need are Semantic *Systems* that
>> accommodate everything and anything.    (03)

DP
> An argument for an alternative view:
>
> Given the ubiquity of the Internet/HTTP as a platform for communication
> everywhere on the planet and beyond, it makes perfect sense to build
> semantic technologies aimed at that platform. It's easy to argue that
> doing so is likely to have the broadest impact in the shortest time.    (04)

I strongly agree.  So the universal semantics -- i.e., what people
think and say and do -- should be tailored for the WWW.  It should
also be tailored for every other technology that anybody uses.    (05)

But those are low-level optimizations that change with every change
to every technology.  What we need are systematic ways of tailoring
the semantics for everything and anything -- that includes the current
WWW, next year's WWW, and the WWW of 2020, 2040... and everything
else that may come along.    (06)

DP
> The W3C Semantic Web activity is the main reason ontology and
> semantics  are growing in interest at all.    (07)

If you believe that, I can get you a great deal on a bridge
between Manhattan and Brooklyn.    (08)

Today, Google, Bing (Microsoft), and Yahoo! know a lot more about
the WWW than any member of the W3C committee back in 1998.  And
one thing they agreed is that RDF/XML and OWL are irrelevant for
their purposes.  I'll bet on Google before I bet on the W3C.    (09)

Summary:  Two things are certain:  (1) technology is always
changing, and (2) human nature remains the same.  If you want
to build semantic systems that can last, you must focus on what
people think, do, and say.  Optimizing your semantics for a
particular technology is a recipe for obsolescence.    (010)

John    (011)

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