by Dave McComb | Mar 1, 2016 | The Whiteboard
We have been portraying the move to a Data-Centric paradigm as a “Revolution” because of the major mental and cultural shifts that are prerequisites to making this shift. In another sense, the shift is the result of a long, gradual process; one which would have to be...
by Dave McComb | Dec 1, 2015 | Semantics and Ontology
Of all the dangers that befall those on the journey to data centrism, by far the greatest danger is Appliosclerosis. Appliosclerosis, or as lay people know it- hardening of the silos, can strike any one at any time, but some are more prone to it than others. By the...
by Dave McComb | Oct 27, 2015 | The Whiteboard
An exciting new standard is under development at the W3C to add some much needed functionality to OWL. The main goals are to provide a concise, uniform syntax (presently called SHACL for Shapes Constraint Language) for both describing and constraining the contents of...
by Dave McComb | Sep 1, 2015 | Semantics and Ontology
This is the first of a regular series of columns from Dave McComb. Dave’s column, The Data-Centric Revolution, will appear every quarter. Please join TDAN.com in welcoming Dave to these pages and stop by often to see what he has to say. We are in the early stages of...
