Re: [vos-d] semantics

2007-02-01 Thread Peter Amstutz
On Wed, Jan 31, 2007 at 11:29:37AM +0100, Karsten Otto wrote: > The problem here is the clash of two different mindsets, computer > graphics people versus knowledge engineering people. The first prefer > scene graphs, which are well understood as Braden pointed out, and > are good for renderi

Re: [vos-d] semantics

2007-01-31 Thread Karsten Otto
The problem here is the clash of two different mindsets, computer graphics people versus knowledge engineering people. The first prefer scene graphs, which are well understood as Braden pointed out, and are good for rendering. The second prefer semantic descriptions of objects and their rel

[vos-d] semantics

2007-01-30 Thread Peter Amstutz
I've been following the thread on semantics with great interest, but it's gone long enough and in enough different directions I'm going to start a new thread for my thoughts. It's important to note that my background is in agent-based simulation (and, to a lesser extent, search engines), so inc