Most Web users will not write code

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Most Web users will not write code

by adriandwalker :: Rate this Message:

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Hi All --

Pat Hayes wrote, in connection with .htaccess problems

     ....Most Web users do not, and will not, write code...

So, now we are putting all this great linked data out there, so that it could be used in an astonishing variety of new and amazing ways, if only nontechnical users would learn to code?  Which they will not do.

Fortunately, projects such as the Tabulator and the system online at the site below [1] are starting to point the way towards higher level platforms on which non-programmers can put linked data to their own uses.

Perhaps a useful extension to TIMBL's recent paper [2] might be a list of such platforms, and other design approaches?  (Tim does mention the Tabulator in passing).

                                                       Cheers,  -- Adrian

[1] Internet Business Logic
A Wiki and SOA Endpoint for Executable Open Vocabulary English over SQL and RDF
Online at www.reengineeringllc.com    Shared use is free

[2] http://www.w3.org/DesignIssues/GovData.html

Adrian Walker
Reengineering



Re: Most Web users will not write code

by Karl Dubost-2 :: Rate this Message:

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Le 25 juin 2009 à 17:37, Adrian Walker a écrit :
> Pat Hayes wrote, in connection with .htaccess problems
>
>     ....Most Web users do not, and will not, write code...

which is right and not right depending on the context, the motivation,  
etc, but we understand the essence of it.

> Perhaps a useful extension to TIMBL's recent paper [2] might be a  
> list of such platforms, and other design approaches?  (Tim does  
> mention the Tabulator in passing).

There are two folds:

The technology itself as expressed in the workshop article [Digital Me  
Management][1] which is an attempt at drafting what is wrong, weak,  
not very helpful for managing one's own data.

And the policy itself as expressed in the document about [Data  
Independence][2]. I started by creating a small framework to really  
think about your data independence.

For example, there are Web services such as [Tumblr][3], which  
proposes people to have their content public but not indexed in search  
engines (adding a layer opacity to slow down the process of discovery,  
long possible on that. I use the same policy for 3 years for my own  
web site.)

So indeed tools can help you to define the granularity of sharing, but  
it's just the beginning.


[1]: http://www.la-grange.net/2009/02/01/digital-me-management
[2]: http://bit.ly/freedata
[3]: http://tumblr.com/

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Karl Dubost
Montréal, QC, Canada