On 9 Feb 2007, at 12:32, Anne Thomas Manes wrote: > Yes -- open content model, automatic detection of relationships, > hyperlinks, REST architecture, excellent search. This is what > differentiates Systinet's repository from the other players. It > doesn't have a built-in wiki capability, although it does have a > free-form description field for all artifacts. And the content > model is extensible, so you could add/extend the description or > comments field to allow folks to add more information.
I periodically get to attend meetings where someone has a vision which involves a single registry/repository to rule them all. There follows a list of all the great metadata which this single truth will "own". Usually a can't hear what they're saying due to the sound of "Darth Vader's Theme" trumpeting in my lugholes. Empire building.. Empire building .. Beyond the obvious political motivations for a central registry, I just don't like the outcome. Flickr, Google, Amazon, etc all put more love into their developer web pages. It's no coincidence they're adopted more widely by developers that services shoved into a UDDI at the edge of the known universe. Web sites rock. Spreadsheets suck. Paul -- http://blog.whatfettle.com
