IMHO more important than working towards contributing clean code would be to *publish the (required) interfaces for the modules as well as give standards for/details on the knowledge representation format*. I am sure that you have those spread over various internal and published documents (indeed, developing a system like Novamente or proposing a framework is impossible without those) but a cut-and-paste of the relevant sections are essential documentation for the framework. Also a concrete example of how a third-party module would slot into this framework would be mightily useful.
I am raising this because many would-be AGI developers have to decide on an interface and KR standard even if they develop their own proprietory system - lots of mileage would be gotten from not having to reinvent the wheel. =Jean-Paul -- Research Associate: CITANDA Post-Graduate Section Head Department of Information Systems Phone: (+27)-(0)21-6504256 Fax: (+27)-(0)21-6502280 Office: Leslie Commerce 4.21 >>> On 2007/12/28 at 14:59, in message <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, "Benjamin Goertzel" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Dec 28, 2007 5:59 AM, YKY (Yan King Yin) > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> >> OpenCog is definitely a positive thing to happen in the AGI scene. It's >> been all vaporware so far. > > Yes, it's all vaporware so far ;-) > > On the other hand, the code we hope to release as part of OpenCog actually > exists, but it's not yet ready for opening-up as some of it needs to > be extracted from > the overall Novamente code base, and other parts of it need to be cleaned-up > in various ways... > > Much of the reason for yakking about it months in advance of releasing it, > was a > desire to assess the level of enthusiasm for it. There are a number > of enthusiastic > potential OpenCog developers on the OpenCog mail list, so in that regard, I > feel > the response has been enough to merit proceeding with the project... > > >> I wonder what would be the level of participation? > > Time will tell! > > -- Ben > > ----- > This list is sponsored by AGIRI: http://www.agiri.org/email > To unsubscribe or change your options, please go to: > http://v2.listbox.com/member/?&; ----- This list is sponsored by AGIRI: http://www.agiri.org/email To unsubscribe or change your options, please go to: http://v2.listbox.com/member/?member_id=8660244&id_secret=79895084-0bd555
