Re: Next Generation UI [was:] Re: [K3d-development] A Good Project for Someone!

[Daniel M. <da...@3-...>]

On Fri, 9 Apr 2004 07:56 am, Timothy M. Shead wrote:
> We should not stretch the "taxonomy" metaphor too far

:) I didn't think the DTD was what K3D requires, it is just an example of a 
classification system using XML. 

The biology and medical fields seem to be more advanced in the area of 
ontologies. I did see some business application related stuff at www.omg.org 
but I have not yet found even a generic system for classifying the 
functionality that a software application presents via it's UI. 

That is why I made a start on one. However, I don't like reinventing the wheel 
if there is already a sophisticated solution available.

I can't believe that this is a unique and original task, surely we are not 
really pushing the envelope? I will have a look on siteseer for related 
papers.