From: Eric Armstrong <eric.armstrong@eng.sun.com>
Jack Park wrote:
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: Eric Armstrong <eric.armstrong@eng.sun.com>
> <vast snippage/>
> > TBD: Should node types be pre-defined? If they are, it
> > prevents one person from specifying "Design Idea" while
> > another specifies "Design Note" or "Design Topic".
> > Without that regularity, it becomes impossible to ensure
> > that a query has accessed all the relevant information.
> > On the other hand, on-going investigations into "wicked
> > problems" may need to organize as they go. So it may be
> > best to allow node-type creation on the fly.
> >
>
> It would seem to be prudent, here, to give thought to all the efforts
> to build an ontology for the web. The underlying notion seems to be
> that without a consistent ontology, the web might just grow into an
> unsearchable maze of information. With one, the web might become a
> gigantic knowledge base.
>
> I would suggest that the design process, in every
> instance possible, look to the idea of an interlingua, a common
> ontology on which all users can base their actions. Creating node
> types on the fly, IMHO, flies against the winds of usability.
>
> Just my 0.02 euros
> Jack Park
>
Must be inflation. That sure as heck looks like a dollar's worth.
Your logic appears immpeccable to me.
Follow up questions:
* Who/what is pursing the goal of "an ontology for the Web"?
* Which of the ongology references in the list I sent out
recently would reccommend most highly? Are there others
you prefer? Any good books?
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