Fw: [unrev-II] DKR/OHS: 5 Authoring Requirements

From: Jack Park (jackpark@verticalnet.com)
Date: Mon Feb 21 2000 - 18:46:06 PST


From: "Jack Park" <jackpark@verticalnet.com>

No. This one has the tummy ache :-)
----- Original Message -----
From: Adam Cheyer <acheyer@verticalnet.com>
To: Jack Park <jackpark@verticalnet.com>
Sent: Monday, February 21, 2000 6:42 PM
Subject: RE: [unrev-II] DKR/OHS: 5 Authoring Requirements

>
> I've tried to send this message a few times to the UNREV list
> (unrev-II@onelist.com) but it keeps bouncing back.
>
> -- Adam.
>
> ==========================================
>
> >> 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?
>
> Here's a recent article PCWeek article discussing this very
> issue. DARPA has a new program starting up called DAML to
> look at this.
>
> http://www.zdnet.com/pcweek/stories/news/0,4153,2432538,00.html
>
>
> Jim Hendler is leading this effort for DARPA, and as he is/was a
> professor for University of Maryland, I'm sure DAML will have many
> influences from the UMD project in this space, called SHOE (Simple
> HTML Ontology Extensions):
>
> http://www.cs.umd.edu/projects/plus/SHOE/
>
> -- Adam.

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