The experiential attributes of an event are fundamentally different from informational attributes. Each experiential attribute represents a data (stream) that is experienced using a specific natural human sensor. Thus we may have visual data, audio, tactile, olfactory, and taste related…
EventWeb3: Defining ‘event’
Objects in common language remain vague and are understood more clearly and precisely in a specific context. For computers, objects must be defined more precisely. In computer science one defines objects as having two important components: data associated with the…
From Documents to Experiences
Mike Elgan interviewed me for their Great Mind series on DevSource. You can visit this site to see the interview. Mike is right in expressing my views: We’re all slaves to the keyword, Jain says. “This is a very primitive…
Media Gap
There is a big cultural gap between Internet, particularly search engines that rely on text, and video communities. There is an article (Thanks, Rajesh) in Advertising Age that talks about Comcast having ambitions to become another Yahoo, or better, in…
EventWeb: What is an event?
What is an Event? The term ‘event’ means different events to different people. The meaning of event depends on the context and the granularity used in that context. There is inherent ambiguity associated with the term event as seen from…