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Re: Semantic Document Framework(s) [language]
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Sean B. Palmer)
Fri Nov 10 08:06:32 2000
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From: "Sean B. Palmer" <sean@mysterylights.com>
To: "Nic Ferrier" <nferrier@tapsellferrier.co.uk>, <www-rdf-interest@w3.org>
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Date: Fri, 10 Nov 2000 13:00:23 -0000
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> If we can't do it with success no machine that we can currently
> devise can. Which brings us back to using some non-ambiguous subset of
> English in order to resolve the problems... but as soon as you do that
> you're back to having to teach people how to use the language.
Fair enough. I suppose my point is that text is data, even if it is
unparsable. Documents are data too, and as such have a place on the Semantic
Web.
I liked the politicians gag, by the way!
> We *think* we know what we and others mean *most* of the time... but
> we often make mistakes. That's why politicians can exist.
Kindest Regards,
Sean B. Palmer
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