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[XML-DEV Mailing List Archive Home] [By Thread] [By Date] [Recent Entries] [Reply To This Message] RE: WSIO vs. Semantic Web
 2/13/2002 10:47:52 AM, "Bullard, Claude L (Len)" <clbullar@i...> wrote: > hype. We did it >because we needed a way to integrate >heterogeneous systems. Hypertext alone >won't do the job. <a href="URzed" >just ain't enough. REST might be and that >is definitely something to consider. Absolutely no disagreement from me! There is a strong need for web services and a reality that XML and HTTP can provide the foundation. >Fact is, the web services issues ARE more >important than the semantic web at this >time. We really desperately need a way >to integrate edge systems in enterprise >bids NOW. Right, so the way forward is to build on what works NOW. REST is part of it, SOAP is part of it, Google is part of it. Lots of other things that build incrementally from what we know works, such as XPath in a discovery mechanism, XSLT in a format conversion mechanism make sense too. Someday, one can hope, the various metadata / semantics initiatives may have something to contribute to the discovery problem. But the hype is saying "don't worry your nerdy little head about that HTTP and XML stuff, just use our tool and the Internet will look like a giant LAN and you can use ordinary procedure calls to access resources anywhere in the world." Declaring a crisis because this vision is not close to reality, and blaming the W3C for not making the impossible happen, is the kind of thing I'm suggesting is inappropriate. 
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