RE: HM.interactions: initial questions

[Manos Batsis <m.batsis@bsnet.gr>]

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Mark Brownell [mailto:gizmotron@earthlink.net]

[...] 
> So would the semantic web function as a portal to a contextual data
resource,
> or would
> this SOAP/HumanML data function as a portal to a selected part of the
semantic
> web?

Both, depending on your scope. Without the SW framework, this knowledge
interchange would be custom-made and extremely difficult to establish.
But at the same time, this "service" will operate as a portal to this
specific piece of information.

[...]
> So at this point
> I find myself desiring to gain a greater understanding of XML/SOAP.

Although SOAP and/or XML-RPC are very handy as "semi-protocols", I don't
really find a reason to focus on them while building our framework; They
are just a distributed computing "API". Essentially, it's just a way of
messaging. Shouldn't we be neutral towards these?

Kindest regards,

Manos