I've tended to view the web as about links, hence lots of web of data stuff. But it's a surprisingly contentious point.
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Replying to @tomcoates
I find that definitions that stretch beyond utility as UI (first and foremost) generally end up in the weeds; data is a good example.
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Replying to @slightlylate
As I get older, the more I think definitions only have value within a particular frame of reference or interest community
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Replying to @tomcoates @slightlylate
"This is a useful definition for this thing to be used as a shorthand within this particular community but has only overlaps with others"
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Replying to @tomcoates
If the argument is that some small communities use language in ways that others don't understand or recognize...sure?
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Replying to @slightlylate
I'm more saying that a detailed ur-definition to rule them all often doesn't work because the semantics are more cloud like than point like
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Replying to @tomcoates @slightlylate
There's an impressionistic nature to most words in tech that conveys a lot of meanings with clear and significant overlaps.
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The extreme example is something like Web 2.0 which signified a whole range of things to different people.
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There was still a "web 2.0"-ness that people would recognize but in the weeds, there would be massive disagreements.
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Replying to @tomcoates @slightlylate
I feel like many of these terms - machine learning/intelligence, web, social software, big data - can't be usefully said to have one meaning
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This is basis of much wolly marketing; I recall XAML being pitched as the "web". It's hard to pin down but distinction has value.
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