Hi everybody, I've came to MetaModel a while ago and now, when I started development for a Business Intelligence (BI) solution for which I'll use semantic web technology I've realized there could be benefits of having my meta model exposed like a provider for a framework like yours.
Semantics offer lots of advantages modeling data and my solution in particular tries to overcome the limitation of having huge amounts of data coming from any data source and in any format Then a meta model is populated with all the meta data that can be extracted, for example type information from schema less data sources. The meta model resulting from meta data extraction is maybe flexible enough to transform to other models and this development (currently ongoing at http://cognescent.googlecode.com) which I'm fully refactoring, could add the layer of indirection needed between the semantic layer (RDF/OWL) world and traditional application schemes built upon a relational model (kind of Semantic - ORM). I don't know if this whole idea is worth thinking about or if it is feasible. However I'll try to review MetaModel sources to see if all this fit. I love the way MetaModel proposes integration and the way the API is formed. I also love semantic web and the promising it is so, I would be glad if I could work in this kind of stuff. Best Regards, Sebastian.
