Jimbo (ji***@notexist.domain.com) wrote:
: Peter Flynn wrote:
: >
di*****@codesmiths.com wrote:
: >
: >
: >>>now writing a research paper on semantic web stuff.
: >>
: >>>does anyone know a book with a great quote
: >>>about how XML will change the world with a bit of co-ordination?
: >>
: >>What's the connection between the semantic web and XML ?
: >
: >
: > I give up. What *is* the connection between the semantic web and XML ?
: >
: > :-)
: >
: > ///Peter
: The connection is only that I seem to remember claims being made 5 or 6
: years ago that XML would enable easy B2B transactions and all that had
: to happen was agreement on a schema. Similar claims are now being made
: about the Semantic Web, and that is that businesses will be able to
: share information and all they have to do is agree on the vocabulary
: they are going to use.
: It is just that claims are now being made about the Semantic Web that
: are identical to claims being made about XML. Apart from that there is
: no connection (other than the Semantic Web technologies such as RDF and
: OWL are XML based).
I recall those sorts of claims. (for XML and for earlier technologies -
remember X.400 mail?)
The true nature of the web reveals itself. You can't find the quotes
because the web sites no longer post that data. You needed to have known
you would want the data and have saved a local copy.
Or go to a second book store or garage sale with old computer magazines
and buy a box of them for a $1.
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