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I could be totally missing what you are trying to talk about but... I hear you possibly talking about publishing->storage->delivery and the variations on those. Publishing modes could be: - push documents onto web server - edit web content using a web interface Storage modes could be: - store as documents - store as database records Retrieval modes could be: - retrive as document - retrieve as service Or am I totally off track with what you are asking? In the list you started to make, you listed RSS, wiki, and web services/content. I see RSS and wiki as both being under the umbrella of web services/content. If you want to talk about the web as being information that's available in a variety of modes, a list might look like: - web page content - RSS feeds - annotations/shared bookmarks - tag collections like http://www.technorati.com/search/semantic+web - derived meta information (link graph analyses like google, content re-interpretations like flikr spell: http://metaatem.net/words/xml+rocks ) - trust/association webs (I don't think this exists yet) Actually you could build a much bigger list if you don't limit yourself to what currently exists. Ironically that seems to characterize the semantic web to date. ----->Nathan .:||:._.:||:._.:||:._.:||:._.:||:._.:||:._.:||:._.:||:._.:||:._.:||:._.: ||:. Nathan Young CDC Site Dev->Interface Development Team A: ncy1717 E: natyoung@c... > -----Original Message----- > From: Costello, Roger L. [mailto:costello@m...] > Sent: Friday, January 20, 2006 5:05 AM > To: XML Developers List > Subject: Utilizing the Web's Whole Information > Space, i.e., Mechanisms/Patterns of Information Usage and Formation? > > Hi Folks, > > My objective is: > - to understand the Web as a "space" of information > - to learn to take effective advantage of the whole space > of information > > In other words, to effectively utilize the Web I must be able > to exploit all the information, not just information from, > say, web services. > > I am seeking your thoughts on this topic. > > The above is pretty abstract, so let me make it more concrete. > > Let me start by giving my definition of the Web, and then a > concrete statement of my objective: > > Definition: The Web is a network of information, that can be > traversed and assembled in user-specified ways. > > Problem: If the Web is all about creating and exploiting > networks of information, then it makes sense to understand > the Web's fundamental mechanisms/patterns of information > formation and usage. So, the problem is to identify the > mechanisms/patterns of information usage and formation on the > Web today. > > Here is the list that I have compiled thus far: > > 1. RSS/Atom: information is syndicated. That is, consumers > pull the information. The information contains links which > enable the consumer to traverse to information that is of > interest or value. > > 2. Wiki: information is collaboratively grown. The > information is massively connected to other information, thus > reflecting the many ways that knowledge intertwines. > > 3. Traditional Web Sites and Web Services: information is > exposed (made available). If a consumer wants it, he must go > and get it. Information is exchanged. The information is > linked to other related information. > > These mechanisms/patterns all contribute to the Web's > information space. Effective use of the Web requires me to > understand and utilize the whole information space, i.e., all > of these mechanisms/patterns. > > What other fundamental mechanisms/patterns are there on the > Web today, that contribute to the whole information space? /Roger > >
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