#21044
At the recent XML conference, Norm Walsh hosted a nocturne on Practical RDF, the highlight of which was his tour through thenorman.walsh.name setup. From the outside you may think this is a mere blog, but it’s actually a side-effect of a frighteningly gnarly confluence of metadata streams which are shaken and stirred to produce a sprawling network of resources a small part of which you might want to peruse for Norm’s news & views. I have a picture that made the audience at the session gasp in disbelief.
Bray, Tim. Deep XML (2003). Articles>Information Design>Web Design>XML
#32381
Some general notes on RDF, its history and prospects, and a Grand Challenge to the RDF community.
Bray, Tim. Aaron Swartz Weblog (2008). Articles>Information Design>XML>RSS
#33831
During the past twenty years, a huge number of custom languages - at least hundreds, perhaps a couple of thousand - have been attempted. Almost all have been miserable failures. That is to say, the vast majority have failed to achieve wide adoption, and those that were adopted have often failed to achieve their goals, whether of reducing costs, enriching applications, or both.
Bray, Tim. IDEAlliance (2005). Articles>Information Design>XML>Standards
