From xod@sixgirls.org Fri Jan 25 06:23:23 2002 Return-Path: X-Sender: xod@reva.sixgirls.org X-Apparently-To: lojban@yahoogroups.com Received: (EGP: mail-8_0_1_3); 25 Jan 2002 14:23:23 -0000 Received: (qmail 63988 invoked from network); 25 Jan 2002 14:23:22 -0000 Received: from unknown (216.115.97.171) by m5.grp.snv.yahoo.com with QMQP; 25 Jan 2002 14:23:22 -0000 Received: from unknown (HELO reva.sixgirls.org) (216.27.131.50) by mta3.grp.snv.yahoo.com with SMTP; 25 Jan 2002 14:23:22 -0000 Received: from localhost (localhost [[UNIX: localhost]]) by reva.sixgirls.org (8.11.6+3.4W/8.11.6) with ESMTP id g0PENL426811 for ; Fri, 25 Jan 2002 09:23:21 -0500 (EST) Date: Fri, 25 Jan 2002 09:23:19 -0500 (EST) To: lojban@yahoogroups.com Subject: Re: [lojban] Lojban as a prolog interface ? (was: Re: lojban as a programming language) In-Reply-To: <7EE8AF8A-1195-11D6-937C-000393074A5A@urbanium.tv> Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII From: Invent Yourself X-Yahoo-Group-Post: member; u=1138703 X-Yahoo-Profile: throwing_back_the_apple X-Yahoo-Message-Num: 13043 On Fri, 25 Jan 2002, Candide Kemmler wrote: > Well, the subject says it all... > > I don't know much about prolog, but I think it'd be usefull to have > prolog parse sentences and store them in a facts database possibly using > RDBMS persistence. The stored facts could then be used to infer answers > to specific questions. This is a good direction to think in. But relational databases are suited for big tables of accounting data; what we need is at least an object database, with classes of real things that have states and inheritance relationships between them, or even better, build upon one of the existing such formats, such as KIF, or something based on RDF. Where do you want the arbitrariness? You can have it in the data structure or the algorithms, and wherever it goes it adds friction should you want to modify and grow the system. This is not so different from the Lojban Shell idea, briefly discussed on the Wiki. I think the size of such a project is scaring people from even starting anything. -- The tao that can be tar(1)ed is not the entire Tao. The path that can be specified is not the Full Path.