Return-Path: Delivered-To: apmail-incubator-general-archive@www.apache.org Received: (qmail 44216 invoked from network); 8 Nov 2010 23:19:08 -0000 Received: from unknown (HELO mail.apache.org) (140.211.11.3) by 140.211.11.9 with SMTP; 8 Nov 2010 23:19:08 -0000 Received: (qmail 5219 invoked by uid 500); 8 Nov 2010 23:19:39 -0000 Delivered-To: apmail-incubator-general-archive@incubator.apache.org Received: (qmail 5082 invoked by uid 500); 8 Nov 2010 23:19:39 -0000 Mailing-List: contact general-help@incubator.apache.org; run by ezmlm Precedence: bulk List-Help: List-Unsubscribe: List-Post: List-Id: Reply-To: general@incubator.apache.org Delivered-To: mailing list general@incubator.apache.org Received: (qmail 5074 invoked by uid 99); 8 Nov 2010 23:19:39 -0000 Received: from athena.apache.org (HELO athena.apache.org) (140.211.11.136) by apache.org (qpsmtpd/0.29) with ESMTP; Mon, 08 Nov 2010 23:19:39 +0000 X-ASF-Spam-Status: No, hits=-0.0 required=10.0 tests=SPF_PASS X-Spam-Check-By: apache.org Received-SPF: pass (athena.apache.org: local policy) Received: from [83.222.232.116] (HELO charlie.justhostme.co.uk) (83.222.232.116) by apache.org (qpsmtpd/0.29) with ESMTP; Mon, 08 Nov 2010 23:19:31 +0000 Received: from cpc2-aztw23-2-0-cust840.aztw.cable.virginmedia.com ([94.171.235.73] helo=[192.168.1.10]) by charlie.justhostme.co.uk with esmtpsa (TLSv1:AES256-SHA:256) (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1PFazU-0001EV-Nj for general@incubator.apache.org; Mon, 08 Nov 2010 23:19:09 +0000 Message-ID: <4CD88569.1010503@epimorphics.com> Date: Mon, 08 Nov 2010 23:19:05 +0000 From: Andy Seaborne User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; U; Linux x86_64; en-US; rv:1.9.2.12) Gecko/20101027 Thunderbird/3.1.6 MIME-Version: 1.0 To: general@incubator.apache.org Subject: Re: Clerezza, Stanbol, Jena, Semantic Commons, WDYT? References: <4CD815A7.8070909@epimorphics.com> <4CD833D3.8080304@epimorphics.com> In-Reply-To: <4CD833D3.8080304@epimorphics.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-AntiAbuse: This header was added to track abuse, please include it with any abuse report X-AntiAbuse: Primary Hostname - charlie.justhostme.co.uk X-AntiAbuse: Original Domain - incubator.apache.org X-AntiAbuse: Originator/Caller UID/GID - [47 12] / [47 12] X-AntiAbuse: Sender Address Domain - epimorphics.com On 08/11/10 17:30, Ian Dickinson wrote: > Hi Donald, > > On 08/11/10 17:01, Donald Whytock wrote: >> Perhaps db.apache.org would be a better example? Should there be a >> semantic.apache.org? > I looked around in db.apache.org and I couldn't see anything that said > what the goals of that project are, separate from the goals of the > individual sub-projects. Where should I be looking? > > As others have noted, the three semantic web-related projects currently > being proposed have rather different objectives and provide different > capabilities. I personally don't object in principle to factoring out > common code or needs where that's useful, but +1 to Olivier: let's wait > until a clear requirement is identified. I agree. I don't think that a "semantic" XYZ is useful if that makes "semantic" some sort of different software. Semantic web technology is getting used more widely and a semantic commons or formal grouping of projects risks creating the idea that it's all or nothing, which isn't the case, hopefully. Andy --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: general-unsubscribe@incubator.apache.org For additional commands, e-mail: general-help@incubator.apache.org