Comments on: A Novel Paradigm for the Web http://www.dbspin.com/geekary/a-novel-paradigm-for-the-web/ Thought Nectar Thu, 07 Aug 2008 19:11:38 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=abc By: Hummingbird Mentality » Blog Archive » The Need For Feed http://www.dbspin.com/geekary/a-novel-paradigm-for-the-web/#comment-10 Hummingbird Mentality » Blog Archive » The Need For Feed Fri, 31 Mar 2006 19:53:06 +0000 http://www.dbspin.com/archives/67#comment-10 [...] Previous Post on the future of the browser. [...] [...] Previous Post on the future of the browser. [...]

]]> By: Gareth http://www.dbspin.com/geekary/a-novel-paradigm-for-the-web/#comment-4 Gareth Tue, 28 Mar 2006 19:42:06 +0000 http://www.dbspin.com/archives/67#comment-4 I'm guessing the above is an ironic modernist comment, rather than the uber clever spam it parodies - despite the nonsensical first sentence. I think the whole dichotomy of a semantic web of beautiful meaningful hierarchical symmetry, verses the hideous chaos of human designed folksonomies is such a red herring. OPML can and probably will merge with semantic metadata, but that's neither here nor there, as we increasingly build the webs we navigate our human intelligence and judgement come into play. My post does not at any point suggest relying on push content from random sources, but rather chosen tagged and navigated 'attention trust' style metadata. This is currently a functional and (cracking excepted) reliable navigation paradigm, already used by many - think del.icio.us inbox, blogroll's, etc. The beauty of OPML is that there can be as many or as few hub sites as you like, and the beauty of tagging is that you don't have to agree on a semantic outline for tags to be reasonably mutually comprehensible - just choose your guides wisely. Again excepting 'bait and switch' site changes(which can have just as negative an effect on existing web links) , I can't see the 'info spam' you suggest being a huge problem. I’m guessing the above is an ironic modernist comment, rather than the uber clever spam it parodies - despite the nonsensical first sentence. I think the whole dichotomy of a semantic web of beautiful meaningful hierarchical symmetry, verses the hideous chaos of human designed folksonomies is such a red herring. OPML can and probably will merge with semantic metadata, but that’s neither here nor there, as we increasingly build the webs we navigate our human intelligence and judgement come into play.

My post does not at any point suggest relying on push content from random sources, but rather chosen tagged and navigated ‘attention trust’ style metadata. This is currently a functional and (cracking excepted) reliable navigation paradigm, already used by many - think del.icio.us inbox, blogroll’s, etc.

The beauty of OPML is that there can be as many or as few hub sites as you like, and the beauty of tagging is that you don’t have to agree on a semantic outline for tags to be reasonably mutually comprehensible - just choose your guides wisely. Again excepting ‘bait and switch’ site changes(which can have just as negative an effect on existing web links) , I can’t see the ‘info spam’ you suggest being a huge problem.

]]> By: Flux Amm http://www.dbspin.com/geekary/a-novel-paradigm-for-the-web/#comment-3 Flux Amm Tue, 28 Mar 2006 19:18:27 +0000 http://www.dbspin.com/archives/67#comment-3 Perhaps an explanation of why "Places" is in new foxen, despite so many howls of protest. Yes, you see a way to untangle intertwingularity. My concern is how info-spam from so many bloggers with so few ideas and such poorly constructed tags can be sorted out. I keep thinking of Bayesian spam filters and the CRM-software-generated responses I get when I send a problem to a company's tech support; I think something like that is needed to separate wheat from chaff. Perhaps an explanation of why “Places” is in new foxen, despite so many howls of protest. Yes, you see a way to untangle intertwingularity. My concern is how info-spam from so many bloggers with so few ideas and such poorly constructed tags can be sorted out. I keep thinking of Bayesian spam filters and the CRM-software-generated responses I get when I send a problem to a company’s tech support; I think something like that is needed to separate wheat from chaff.

]]> By: JustPlain » Blog Archive » Firefox as the ultimate opml browser? http://www.dbspin.com/geekary/a-novel-paradigm-for-the-web/#comment-2 JustPlain » Blog Archive » Firefox as the ultimate opml browser? Tue, 28 Mar 2006 10:03:21 +0000 http://www.dbspin.com/archives/67#comment-2 [...] How does this vision relate to the semantic web? [...] [...] How does this vision relate to the semantic web? [...]

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