http://otcc.disqus.com/enSun, 11 May 2008 00:46:32 -0000http://www.overthecounterculture.com/2008/the-semantic-elephant-in-the-room-google-will-settle-the-top-down-vs-bottom-up-debate-for-us/#comment-444384Sharp point about Google's competitive advantage.<br><br>Top-down and bottom-up can work together in clever ways. By inserting non-disruptive prompts when content is being generated (e.g. "Wordpress thinks this is an event. Yes/No?") we can create microformatted content for the basics and leave the heavy lifting such as the "Gash" problem to to the AI geniuses.qdubSun, 11 May 2008 00:46:32 -0000http://www.overthecounterculture.com/2008/the-semantic-elephant-in-the-room-google-will-settle-the-top-down-vs-bottom-up-debate-for-us/#comment-395795ah, I understand now, thanks Pete.phbradleyWed, 30 Apr 2008 03:45:11 -0000http://www.overthecounterculture.com/2008/the-semantic-elephant-in-the-room-google-will-settle-the-top-down-vs-bottom-up-debate-for-us/#comment-395748Maybe precision is a better word. An example should suffice:<br><br>If someone is looking for rugby teams in Melbourne a search of Petes semantic store would probably return the website of the Old Xavs rugby team here:<br><br><a href="http://shawcup.localhero.biz/">http://shawcup.localhero.biz/</a><br><br>This is 100% precise in that I do assert that the old xavs are a rugby team in Melbourne. Its probably not relevant to most people nor is my assertion neccessarily trustworthy (I could be lying). A perfect search mechanism would nail all three aspects.PeteWed, 30 Apr 2008 03:32:07 -0000http://www.overthecounterculture.com/2008/the-semantic-elephant-in-the-room-google-will-settle-the-top-down-vs-bottom-up-debate-for-us/#comment-392005what do you class as being different between accuracy and relevance?phbradleyTue, 29 Apr 2008 14:52:07 -0000http://www.overthecounterculture.com/2008/the-semantic-elephant-in-the-room-google-will-settle-the-top-down-vs-bottom-up-debate-for-us/#comment-367551Philippe<br><br>Most of the development on the web is bootom up and will be regardless of google or even the money involved. There are over a billion people on the we and even if a small percentage of hobbyists are working on bottom up semantic search this dwarfs google. I am currently adding a sparql to my own project that has yet to turn a dime:<br><br><a href="http://localhero.biz/">http://localhero.biz/</a><br><br>Semantic search kills one of google advantages (accuracy) but it doesn't really have trust or relevance built in so time will tell......PeteWed, 23 Apr 2008 01:26:37 -0000