>> Nicola Larosa wrote: >>> The next step is doing away with a predefined model altogether. >>> Semantic web CMS, anyone? ;-)
> Jeremy Dunck wrote: >> Have you looked at trunk/django/contrib/databrowse yet? :) Tim Chase wrote: > This was the contrib that Adrian unveiled at PyCon2007 that had a > room full of applause. I beleve he referred to it as giving "the > treatment" or "the works" to your data. It allows easy > exploration of a data-set, as it will create views wherein your > data gets automatically linked and displayed saving tons of work. > I have a feeling this is going to become a killer-app for Django. It may be. It surely is a very useful addition. It is not what I was trying to suggest, though. Imagine, if you will, data that are not uniform. Data whose model is not predetermined. Data whose attributes change from record to record. This is the dream of the Semantic Web: a way of mixing data and metadata so that you have an array of relations (like those in Dublin Core) that relate subject and object (the RDF triple). And every object is defined by a set of relations connecting it to other objects, in different ways for each instance. What for, you say? Well, I didn't know squat about the Semantic Web until a few weeks ago, but often had the need for such flexibility in data representation, that is, not having to know every possible domain change and need in advance. Then one day I stumbled upon Haystack, and what were just glimpses became alive. http://haystack.lcs.mit.edu/ But just for a little while: Haystack is (was) a monolithic Java desktop app, and its development stopped. The Simile project is trying to carry its concepts on to the web world. http://simile.mit.edu/ It looks like they are working mostly on the client side, but something tells me that the need for a server side will arise, sooner or later. It would be great exploring that side with Django. Here, I've just handed you one of my deepest, secretest dreams: please treat it gently. ;-) -- Nicola Larosa - [EMAIL PROTECTED] There are encouraging signs that more and more of us are choosing to wean ourselves off our addiction to consumption, debt, and being too busy and too tired for our own good. Out at the Edge, it's getting more comfortable, more fun, and even a bit more crowded all the time. -- Dave Pollard, September 2006 --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Django users" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/django-users?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
