Comments on: Standards as social contracts http://www.tnl.net/blog/2006/06/07/standards-as-social-contracts/ Turning Data into Knowledge Fri, 10 Feb 2012 02:12:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Fauxpenness «The TNL.net weblog http://www.tnl.net/blog/2006/06/07/standards-as-social-contracts/comment-page-1/#comment-33847 Fauxpenness «The TNL.net weblog Wed, 26 Aug 2009 18:05:34 +0000 http://tnl.net/blog/2006/06/07/standards-as-social-contracts/#comment-33847 [...] (for example, the apache web server) or making a set of protocols or ideas open to all (eg. HTML or RSS) without requiring that the implementor cede any control to the party which made the code or idea [...] […] (for example, the apache web server) or making a set of protocols or ideas open to all (eg. HTML or RSS) without requiring that the implementor cede any control to the party which made the code or idea […]

]]> By: Kingsley Idehen http://www.tnl.net/blog/2006/06/07/standards-as-social-contracts/comment-page-1/#comment-47 Kingsley Idehen Tue, 04 Jul 2006 18:08:09 +0000 http://tnl.net/blog/2006/06/07/standards-as-social-contracts/#comment-47 You're analysis is spot on re. the link between de facto standardization and bootstrapping. Likewise, the clear linkage between boostrapping and connected communities (a variation of the social networking paradigm). Dave built a community around a XML content syndication and subscription usecase demo that we know today as the blogosphere. Superficially, one may conclude that Semantic Web vision has suffered to date from a lack a similar bootstrap effort. Whereas in reality, we are dealing with time and context issues that are critical to the base understanding upon which a "Dave Winer" style bootstrap for the Semantic Web would occur. Personally, I see the emergence of Web 2.0 (esp. the mashups phenomenon) as the precursor to the "time and context" seeds from which the Semantic Web bootstrap will sprout. I see shared ontologies such as FOAF and SIOC leading the way (they are the RSS 2.0's of the Semantic Web IMHO). Nice essay! You’re analysis is spot on re. the link between de facto standardization and bootstrapping. Likewise, the clear linkage between boostrapping and connected communities (a variation of the social networking paradigm). Dave built a community around a XML content syndication and subscription usecase demo that we know today as the blogosphere. Superficially, one may conclude that Semantic Web vision has suffered to date from a lack a similar bootstrap effort. Whereas in reality, we are dealing with time and context issues that are critical to the base understanding upon which a “Dave Winer” style bootstrap for the Semantic Web would occur. Personally, I see the emergence of Web 2.0 (esp. the mashups phenomenon) as the precursor to the “time and context” seeds from which the Semantic Web bootstrap will sprout. I see shared ontologies such as FOAF and SIOC leading the way (they are the RSS 2.0’s of the Semantic Web IMHO).

Nice essay!

]]> By: Kingsley Idehen's Blog Data Space http://www.tnl.net/blog/2006/06/07/standards-as-social-contracts/comment-page-1/#comment-24447 Kingsley Idehen's Blog Data Space Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000 http://tnl.net/blog/2006/06/07/standards-as-social-contracts/#comment-24447 <!--%kramer-pre%--> Standards as social contracts: "Looking at Dave Winer's efforts in evangelizing OPML, I try to draw some rough lines into what makes a de-facto standard. De Facto standards are made and seldom happen on their own. In this entry, I look back at the history of HTML, RSS, the open<!--%kramer-post%--> Standards as social contracts: “Looking at Dave Winer’s efforts in evangelizing OPML, I try to draw some rough lines into what makes a de-facto standard. De Facto standards are made and seldom happen on their own. In this entry, I look back at the history of HTML, RSS, the open

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