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Joshua Allen wrote:
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> Joshua Allen
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> http://zdnet.com.com/2100-1104-835247.html
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> Looks like the beginnings of an invented controversy. "AI-Nut Semantic
> Webbers vs. Greedy Conglomerate Web Service-ites". I would hate to see
> people fall for this ploy to write exciting copy and end up polarizing
> their opinions.
I agree that there are a range of opinions, but it is striking to me
that in the last couple of months I've had a representative of big
business complain to me how the W3C is wasting their money and time on
the Semantic Web and a fan of the semantic web describe how web services
are going to screw it all up. So there is some truth among the
over-generalization.
There are two axes at work here:
1. on the "business side" we have the tech-focused researcher trying to
"get it right" versus the gotta-ship-today software vendor.
2. On the technical side we have the semantic web which is about
*integrating* information sources (through linking, addressing and
predicate logic) versus RPC which naturally and accidentally balkanizes
them.
Paul Prescod
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