RE: [syndication] Sneak Preview: my.info

[Leigh Dodds <ldodds@ingenta.com>]

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Aaron Swartz [mailto:aswartz@swartzfam.com]
> Sent: 17 July 2000 16:39
> To: syndication@egroups.com
> Subject: Re: [syndication] Sneak Preview: my.info
>
> The New York Times is just an entity that places a
> "stamp" on the work of its writers (yes, they do do editing and such, but
> let's leave that aside for now). That stamp has particular value
> to you, but what's important is the stamp -- not that you're receiving
your
> news from a specific newspaper or website.

...

> The key is that we agree on a format -- we all speak the same language --
then, the source
> doesn't matter.

Perhaps we should differentiate between the author (or authority) behind
some information and the source (the information provider) from which you
retrieve it.

In most cases you care about who (or what) wrote the information not
from where it came from (i.e. who sent it, or how you got it).

However I can imagine applications in which both the trustworthiness of
the authority, and the information provider are important.

And in the case of RDF, the trustworthiness of the person/thing making
a particular assertion.

Think historical research, chinese whispers, and the reliability of
witnesses...

<digression-over />

Cheers,

L.

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