From: "Jack Park" <jackpark@verticalnet.com>
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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.
With that view in mind, 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
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