>> >> This is not right. A scripting language (well, nay suitably expressive >> >> syntax for that matter) can express metadata structures, but thats only a >> >> partial solution. >> > >> >What's missing ? >> >> fons, do you know what steve actually gets paid for? :)) > >No, and whatever it is does not IMHO imply that no questions >can be asked.
i certainly never intended it that way. i just think its interesting that we have a person in our midst, so to speak, who works on metadata professionally, has read the many copious documents associated with the field and is presumably acquainted with the opinions of others who work on the same problem. i don't think steve's infallible on such things, because nobody is, but i think its worthwhile giving particular credence to his thoughts on metadata given his background. he's not a random hacker who prefers tuples over Lisp because he never learnt lisp in school, etc. definitely keep asking questions! :) --p
