Re: The Database that Understands What It's Told

From: Bob Badour <bbadour_at_pei.sympatico.ca>
Date: Tue, 01 Aug 2006 16:59:52 GMT
Message-ID: <cMLzg.31771$pu3.423295@ursa-nb00s0.nbnet.nb.ca>

paul c wrote:

> Marshall wrote:
>

>> erk wrote:
>>
>>> XML is enterprisey!
>>
>> "Mom! I have to wash up now. That XML I was playing with
>> turned out to be enterprisey, and it got all over my clothes!
>> Can you get me a clean shirt?"
>>
>> Marshall
>>

> Now, be polite. The article at
>
> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Resource_Description_Framework
>
> says that RDF is a data model and what's more, facilitates first order
> logic. Seems negation is something called a metalevel relation and RDF
> is a "metalanguage that can be used to define modal and higher-order
> logic". The so-called model's operators aren't specified but they
> appear to be read, write and parse which I suppose to be charitable are
> skills needed to use FOL. Semantic Web looks like not invented here,
> turtles all the way down and swimming submarines all over again.
> Enterprises better get on the ball with this before somebody else does.

I sent my user agent to look into RDF, but it blew its semantic stack. All I got back were some lyrics:

Ain't nothing but a hound DAWG cryin' all the time.

Colored lights can hypnotize SPARQL someone else's eyes.

I have no idea what that means, but I think Elvis has left the building. Received on Tue Aug 01 2006 - 11:59:52 CDT