[topicmapmail] UDDI, semantics and XTM

[Max Voskob]

Murray,

Fair point!

I'm not saying that you have to do the work for me. It is just that I'm in
my square and might miss something important.

I thought XTM community might be interested.

Cheers,
Max




----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Murray Altheim" <m.altheim@open.ac.uk>
To: "Max Voskob" <vobla73@paradise.net.nz>
Cc: <topicmapmail@infoloom.com>
Sent: Friday, 6 February 2004 16:24
Subject: Re: [topicmapmail] UDDI, semantics and XTM


> Max Voskob wrote:
> > Hi all,
> >
> > I would like to invite you review these UDDI documents and comment on
the
> > suitability of XTM for our requirements.
> >
> > At this stage, it looks like XTM is not very suitable for we are trying
to
> > achieve, but it is my only opinion and I can be easily wrong.
> >
> > I would very appreciate your feedback posted to this list or to me
directly.
> >
> > The documents can be found here:
> >
> >
http://www.oasis-open.org/committees/download.php/5322/uddi-spec-tc-taxonomies-discussion-20040205.doc
> >
> >
http://www.oasis-open.org/committees/download.php/5323/uddi-spec-tc-req011-14-value-set-20040205.doc
> >
> >
http://www.oasis-open.org/committees/download.php/5337/uddi-spec-tc-req11-14-semantics-20040205.doc
>
> Max,
>
> Rather than making us do all the work for you, could you at least
> summarize the Microsoft Word documents you've posted? And why you
> think XTM is not very suitable despite being still enough a
> candidate that you're asking the Topic Map community for input?
> What about XTM makes you think it is a candidate? And what about
> it makes you think it's not suitable?
>
> Murray
>
> ......................................................................
> Murray Altheim                    http://kmi.open.ac.uk/people/murray/
> Knowledge Media Institute
> The Open University, Milton Keynes, Bucks, MK7 6AA, UK               .
>
>      LEO (July 23-Aug. 22): After English, astrology is my second
>      language. Like a language, it's both logical and messy; it's
>      useful in making sense of the world, yet full of crazy-making
>      ambiguities. At its best, astrology is a playful study of the
>      metaphorical link between the human psyche and the sun, moon,
>      and planets. It's not a science. It's an elegant system of
>      symbols, an art form with a special capacity to feed the soul
>      and educate the imagination. When regarded as a precise method
>      for predicting the future or when used to pander to the ego's
>      obsessions, it becomes a deserving target for satire. So there
>      you have it, Leo. I've clarified the essential views that
>      underlie all I do in this horoscope column, and which therefore
>      color the relationship between you and me. Now I challenge you
>      to do what I just did: Get together with the people you care
>      about and articulate the fundamental assumptions that form the
>      basis of your connection.
>                            -- Rob Brezny's horoscope for 4 Feb 2004
>                               http://www.freewillastrology.com/
>
>