-----Original Message-----
From: Robie, Jonathan
Sent: Monday, October 16, 2000 4:51 PM
To: 'Bullard, Claude L (Len) '; Robie, Jonathan; Champion, Mike; 'xml-dev@lists.xml.org '
Subject: RE: Realistic proposals to the W3C?
Bullard, Claude L wrote:
> The Semantic Web is a crock. You can't explain and
> neither can Berners-Lee.
Unlike Tim, I do not claim to know whether the semantic web can pan out or not. However, if the W3C is to be a research lab for the web, it has to be free to try some things that are not proven technology.
My concern is that the W3C can't be both the "research lab for the Web" and the "one-stop shop for de-facto standards for the Web". Or at least it can't do this without making this distinction more clear in its process and in its outputs. And it should not even THINK about complicating the proven technology in order to make life easier for the folks in the research lab.
