Comments on: Lots and lots of data http://www.brambletye-publishing.co.uk/2009/06/lots-and-lots-of-data/ Tue, 07 Sep 2010 09:55:51 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.7.1 hourly 1 By: Dominic Mitchell http://www.brambletye-publishing.co.uk/2009/06/lots-and-lots-of-data/comment-page-1/#comment-6 Dominic Mitchell Thu, 11 Jun 2009 13:43:11 +0000 http://www.brambletye-publishing.co.uk/?p=162#comment-6 As you know, I've been far more concerned with the physical side of the data rather than the semantic. And you're spot on with your comment about "the equivalent of a shoe box". I think that part of the problem is that most existing CMS type systems aren't geared around 1) XML 2) large volumes of data. Tools like MarkLogic and eXist can really help, but they're just a platform to build on, not an end product. As a programmer, one of the questions I always ask is "what did this look like a month ago? And a year?" It seems like this isn't easily answerable for a lot of people. I think that many people who <em>think</em> they have control of their data don't really have as much of a grasp on it as they'd like. And this is before we start getting to the hard questions. :-) As you know, I’ve been far more concerned with the physical side of the data rather than the semantic. And you’re spot on with your comment about “the equivalent of a shoe box”. I think that part of the problem is that most existing CMS type systems aren’t geared around 1) XML 2) large volumes of data. Tools like MarkLogic and eXist can really help, but they’re just a platform to build on, not an end product.

As a programmer, one of the questions I always ask is “what did this look like a month ago? And a year?” It seems like this isn’t easily answerable for a lot of people. I think that many people who think they have control of their data don’t really have as much of a grasp on it as they’d like.

And this is before we start getting to the hard questions. :-)

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