[REBOL] Re: "The Semantic Web"
From: petr:krenzelok:trz:cz at: 11-Apr-2001 21:14
----- Original Message -----
From: "Carl Sassenrath" <[carl--rebol--com]>
To: <[rebol-list--rebol--com]>
Sent: Wednesday, April 11, 2001 5:02 PM
Subject: [REBOL] Re: "The Semantic Web"
> Hi Scott:
>
> Thanks for posting the reference. The "semantic web" is why
> I created REBOL. In 1996 that was the vision, and it still is today.
>
> I agree with you...
>
> REBOL actually offers a better solution to this problem than XML.
> In REBOL the generation and the interpretation can be written
> within one portable language. So the sending side and the receiving
> side, as well as the message itself are all REBOL.
>
> The semantic problem is deeper than the XML guys realized.
> Tagging solves only half the battle. The association back to
> meaning is difficult, and the more you can give that association
> functional power, the better off you are.
Ha! You are right. I just today thought of new generation of protocols.
During the first "handshake" phase rebol clients would exchange
init-objects, containing info like encryption, compression (yes or no), or
even parser gramatics. Then we could easily have kind of following
communication:
-"Anyone home?"
-"Ha, what do you want?"
-"Gimme your files"
-"No, dismiss!"
>> error: You were kicked from port xyz :-)
Carl, there is still many areas left for Core improvement - could you
enlighten us a little bit what do you plant to solve/reimplement/add for
3.0?
Thanks,
-pekr-
