I'm not disagreeing that you can view the web as a di-graph, or as a
relation as you have it above. But what's the value in it? The web was
originally for browsing, and searching (to some extent, given that each
page, as you say, can be a block box). Like XML, people are now trying
to use it for different purposes than those around which it was
engineered, and its sloppy evolution also makes it a far different
beast than a database for enterprise support and automation. A business
database structured like the web would cause the enterprise to grind to
a screeching halt, effectively disable expansion and integration, etc.
- as you can see in any attempt to "data mine" in a legacy system whose
ridigity and lack of support forced its users to misappropriate various
fields for their own purposes.
Received on Wed Nov 17 2004 - 12:32:06 CST
