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Hi All, Thanks for the overflowing information on the Semantic Web, and its mysteries. Seems to be demystified for the most part of it. Well, I had another thought in my mind, which I thought worthwhile sharing with you folks. Are there mappings defined between the Semantic Web and Programming Models ? For the most part, schemas and Class definitions resemble in the way they are modeled by a) The way they define the scope of an Object b) The way it allows extensibility c) The way it allows constricting values that Objects can hold d) Helping avoid name clashes through packages/ namespace declarations. e) Reference of Objects within another definition f) its goes on ...... gurus cd add more Well, they mostly map one to one, except that captruing an XML Schema as a Java Object might not be trivial in some cases. I've read some articles on it sometime back. But what about inherent programmatic support for semantic discovery/integration of Objects ? Is there an existing infrastructure that allows Objects to seamlessly discover/interact based on their semantic annotations, in a synchronous /asynchronous environment, without needing to make them web service enabled?. For instance, while designing a WSDL, the Modeler can annotate the Port types and Operations for usage by Service Requestors or Agents. Similarly, in the Programming Model, a Class/Interface, methods and even critical fields can be annotated through some existing mechanism and expose them for usage by the consumer objects. This looks similar to a Javadoc that describes what a class can do, what operations it supports, and what are its fields. What I am asking for something more than a documentation, but a more formal definition. It will help understand what a class is, and what it can do, and have common agreement between all objects on the usage of a particular object. I am not sure if this has just some theoretical relevance, or if this is just trash - I am just feeling too enthu about this thought - wanted your thoughts and light on this. -Gar
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