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Epigrams On Programming
On structuring data
Functions delay binding: data structures induce binding. Moral: Structure data late in the programming process.
Rdf Primer
RDF describes containers, it doesn't build them
When using RDF containers, it is important to understand that the statements are not constructing containers, as in a programming language data structure. Instead, the statements are describing containers (groups of things) that presumably exist. [...] Saying that the resource…
The Cidoc Conceptual Reference Module: An Ontological Approach To Semantic Interoperability Of Metadata
Necessity of data structure diversity
Let us regard here data structures for long-term storing of data, as database schemata, but also tagging schemes like SGML/XML DTD, RDF Schema, and data structures designed as fill-in forms guiding users to a complete and consistent documentation [...] These structures are…
Model for data capture vs data interpretation
We make the hypothesis that much of the diversity of data and metadata structures is due to the fact, that they are designed for data capturing – as guide for good practice of what should be documented, and to optimise coding and storage costs for a specific application, by far…