On Sat, Dec 4, 2010 at 11:25 AM, Kurt Cagle <> wrote:
> I'd argue the same issues are
> occurring in the Semantic Web world, where XML/RDF has been increasingly
> relegated to an unwieldy alternative format.
> In a way its a lot like the unification of forces in physics - you can't realize
> that electricity and magnetism are manifestations of the same force until
> you have several years of empirical data and a large enough base, you
> can't realize that electro-magnetism and the weak force are themselves
> unified at higher levels and that the weak force and the strong force are
> simply different symmetry breakings of a unified model.
Kurt, gotta say, it's pretty rare to see an analogy that is chosen
from a field even more complex than the area you are trying to
elucidate....
--
Peter Hunsberger
