Fodder
- Hypertext web hypothesis: it's useful to have short strings stand for text (and graphics)
- Semweb Hypothesis: it's useful to relate new terms to older, more ubiqutously known ones formally. See also: TimBL's
Total Cost of Ontologies (TCO) argument in his ISWC 2005 presentation
some conjectures, or perhaps open problems
- Only URIs that connect to communications protocols are worthwhile;
URNs don't sufficiently facilitate consensus of meaning.
Re "How can I mint a URI that refers uniquely to myself, and maintain
control of it?" you can only control the meaning of a URI inasmuch as
the world finds it useful.
- FOL is insufficiently expressive; we need PRA
- FOL is overly constraining; we need to drop LEM
Points to make:
- scaling down is as important as scaling up; I shouldn't have to make an international treaty to make a lunch appointment with a colleague.
- tagging is valuable
- URI authority comes from consent of the governed
- Dns -> ip mapping :: uri->meaning mapping
cases to explore:
- follow-your nose, self-describing web. start with text+a programming language or two, add another language
- more on Grice's maxims and inform/request(command)/ask
- cyc:subabstrac, time context
- Global namespace per village. Lunch w sandro
ant on the dog story