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From: Eastgate@world.std.com (Mark Bernstein)
Subject: Re: Hypertext and "Static AI"
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Date: Sat, 6 May 1995 19:24:27 GMT
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Jorn Barger takes me to task for mispelling his name, for which I 
apologize, and also for providing pointers to the literature rather than 
fuller summaries:

> (Notice again, Mork, that you haven't offered much beyond pointers--
> though these pointers are certainly topnotch-- and nothing specific
> at all of use to a WWWeb-site designer...)

My hope is that these pointers can lend clarity and insight into this 
discussion by introducing common terminology and by focusing on real 
research rather than the disparaged "academic hypertext theorists".

For example, the Barger's use of the term "static AI" appears to overlap 
with more the more conventional term "knowledge representation", and also 
recalls the famous "procedural/declarative" controvery in early AI 
research. The conventional terms might not be quite what Barger has in 
mind, but their use helps to clarify what is meant. Similarly, comparison 
of Barger's proposed course of research to other well-known work might 
help to situate it and to clarify the role of the web within it.

I'm puzzled by the reference to a "restraining order" elsewhere in this 
thread; is this meant metaphorically or literally? 
-- 
Mark Bernstein
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