[ABE.pm] recap
Ruth A. Kramer
rhkramer at fast.net
Tue Apr 13 23:40:11 CDT 2004
Phil R Lawrence wrote:
> Not too much happened last night... But the discussion was quite
> interesting for at least 50% of the attendees! :-)
Thanks for the synopsis! It's nice to know what was discussed and thus
what I might be interested in digging into (or coming to the next
meeting).
---<snipped, except for the things that sound particularly interesting
(to me)>---
> - validation of data
> - object oriented validation of data
> - what can we validate anyway
> - ref type
> - number
> - string
> - isa
> - blah, blah, etc.
> - breakdown of the "tree" method of organization
> - you've gotta make a web of related things
> - commenting on things
> - commenting on comments
> - comments on things no longer existing due to version control
> - searching through commented, web-organized, semantic data
>
> rjbs has a killer name for a pet project of his: Acropolis. Acropolis
> is a (proposed) system of books, articles, and comments that are
> revision controlled and all linked together. I'm sure rjbs could give a
> better synopsis.
Who is rjbs, and where can I find out more? I'd like to find a tool
that is a sort of combination of AskSam (free form database, Windows
only (but for several years now available as a "web server", but, IIRC,
no "explicit" revision control), a wiki (TWiki is my current favorite,
it can be used as a free form database, and does have revision control),
and a large text file with "custom" delimiters (actually, TWiki ML, but
much faster for data entry than calling up a web page over a dialup
line).
> Today I saw that Neal Stephenson has a wiki he calls "metaweb." It just
> looks like a wiki to me... Maybe someone else can see what
> differentiates it from other wikis.
After I finish my taxes, I'll try to take a look.
Randy Kramer
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