Re: <nettime> Critique of the "Semantic Web"

[t byfield <tbyfield@panix.com>]

reto@gmuer.ch (Wed 12/19/07 at 10:40 AM +0100):

> This is the wrong assumption that makes the further critique of the
> Semantic Web missing the point. The semantic web is not about building
> one big upper-ontology but about supporting many (usually very small)
> ontologies. The domains of those ontologies may overlap or not. A user
 <...>

Web 2.0 is a massive expropriation of the integuments of subjectivity, so 
you and your "social networks" can be sold^W I mean *licensed* back to you. 
And The semantic web is a cottage industry for people to explain what it 
"really" means. From 2003:

     http://www.nettime.org/Lists-Archives/nettime-l-0312/msg00072.html

     Subject: <nettime> the semantic web for beginners
     From: t byfield <tbyfield {AT} panix.com>
     Date: Sat, 27 Dec 2003 12:53:47 -0500

     or: M*ke M*ney F*st as a part-time ontological envelope-stuffer!

Cheers,
T


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