[Sigia-l] Keeping pages current on an intranet / Best Practic es

[Fiorito, David]

So long as people use computers/PDAs/wired phones/coffee makers/ATMs/etc.
there will be front ends.  Actually as long as we have eyes there will be
front ends.  

Timeliness is relative.  Some data never needs to change, some changes over
centuries, or decades, and other data changes constantly.  The only thing
that matters is relevance.

What you're talking about is not a revolutionary concept.  Libraries and
publishers have been dealing with it as long as there have been libraries
and publishers.  The fact that the query comes from a computer is
unimportant.  The fact that the presentation is personalized by a computer
is unimportant.

Cheers,

Dave

-----Original Message-----
From: Ziya Oz [mailto:ZiyaOz at earthlink.net]
Sent: Wednesday, April 10, 2002 2:56 PM
To: sigia-l at asis.org
Subject: Re: [Sigia-l] Keeping pages current on an intranet / Best
Practic es


"Fiorito, David" wrote:

> Yeah but that's all back end stuff.  No need to bring it to the front.

I'm not sure what that means. Data is data. Its 'timeliness' is separate
from its presentation. What I'm saying is that for a lot of stuff that
'front-end' will disappear, as we know it. You won't need, say, three pages
and four clicks just to get to specific weather info. Data won't
unnecessarily be schlepped across the network if mod_date/time is not
'fresh', whether queried by humans or machines.

Ziya
 

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