- From: Pat Hayes <phayes@ai.uwf.edu>
- Date: Wed, 26 Sep 2001 17:29:44 -0500
- To: Graham Klyne <Graham.Klyne@MIMEsweeper.com>
- Cc: w3c-rdfcore-wg@w3.org
>At 09:42 AM 9/26/01 -0500, Pat Hayes wrote: >>I agree, lets avoid abstractions as far as possible at the >>beginning of everything. Start with an example, would be better, as >>a way to introduce the points being made. Can we cook up a simple, >>artificial but convincing example/case study to use to illustrate >>the main points? It ought to show RDF doing more than XML would do >>:-) > >I think that would have to be at least two examples. > >It is my view that the value of RDF is that it allows >data/information to be shared between applications, and ultimately >for some kinds of processing to be handled by generic software >systems. > >So, I think the value to be demonstrated is when a new application >is introduced that relevant data created by existing applications is >accessible to the new application, and vice versa. > >TimBL once gave an example of an invoice for aircraft parts; some >elements would be details of commercial transactions, generated by a >sales/order processing system, while others would be related to the >technical bill of materials for an aircraft, generated by >engineering CAD software. BTW, one thing that we ought to be able to do now is show an example where some/one/thing is able to figure out that two classes are identical by showing that each is a subclass of the other :-) Pat -- --------------------------------------------------------------------- IHMC (850)434 8903 home 40 South Alcaniz St. (850)202 4416 office Pensacola, FL 32501 (850)202 4440 fax phayes@ai.uwf.edu http://www.coginst.uwf.edu/~phayes
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