[dba-Tech] The Semantic Web

Hi Stuart

Yes. The art of retrieving the "correct" adds for you at a given context requires exactly the same. That's what Apple and Google try to do ...

/gustav


>>> stuart at lexacorp.com.pg 03-10-2011 10:55 >>>
The only way it can work is if the system knows a lot more about you than you would want it 
to.  You give up a lot of privacy in return for convenience.  :-(

-- 
Stuart

On 3 Oct 2011 at 3:34, Arthur Fuller wrote:

> I get your point. Could be "Little Red Riding Hood" not "Linux". But
> that is precisely the conundrum, the meaning of "meaning". That is one
> tough nut to crack, and I do not pretend to have any solutions; I'm
> still working on it! And I thought databases were tough. This is a
> much more difficult problem LOL.
> 
> A.
> 
> On Mon, Oct 3, 2011 at 3:28 AM, Gustav Brock <Gustav at cactus.dk> wrote:
> 
> > Hi Arthur
> >
> > I can help you.
> >
> > Regarding searching for information, for something to have a Meaning
> > means that it is relevant to the context - as defined by the user.
> > If a child searches for "red hat" it is probably not related to
> > Linux. But it could be, thus initially the user must be granted a
> > method to define the context. The machine cannot make that decision
> > for the user.
> >
> > /gustav