[XML-DEV Mailing List Archive Home] [By Thread] [By Date] [Recent Entries] [Reply To This Message] RE: interoperability (was Re: Obfuscating XML with namespaces)
Defining interoperability as distinct from portability is great mind teaser. I've watched some excellent efforts bog down in not making these distinctions: 1 Data is portable (XML) Note, I did not say, information is portable. Teasing namespace apart from semantic is tough. 2 Systems interoperate (APIs) Can you encapsulate a system definition in terms other than interfaces without an implementation? 3 Vocabularies enscribe domains (Languages). Can you say a language is portable or interoperable without 1 and 2? In fact, is a language ever portable or interoperable? Is the InfoSet the commmon definitional framework to enable all three of these? XML can't fix the nattering need of developers and designers to keep pushing the edge of any definition into its neighbor's yard, so I never expect the semantic web to be more than a noisy neighborhood. On the other hand, arc systems have been around for years and in neighborhoods with high fences or lots of empty lots, they work. Consider density and overlaps as quality properties of the semantic neighborhood. Len Bullard Intergraph Public Safety clbullar@i... http://www.mp3.com/LenBullard Ekam sat.h, Vipraah bahudhaa vadanti. Daamyata. Datta. Dayadhvam.h -----Original Message----- From: Simon St.Laurent [mailto:simonstl@s...] I'm not sure interoperability as commonly understood is really a priority at the W3C. It's no wonder that developers are confused about which tools to use and how to integrate them, even without the additional possibilities of JDOM, RELAX, and others.
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