RE: A web-based SUO Glossary -- RE: SUO: More Documentation, Please
Dear Matthew,
I think we may be able to give read access open to anyone on the internet,
and limit write access to SUO members -- I'm not certain about this, but can
look into it.
Regards,
Phil
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> [mailto:owner-standard-upper-ontology@ieee.org]On Behalf Of West,
> Matthew MR SSI-GREA-UK
> Sent: Thursday, February 15, 2001 4:17 AM
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> Subject: RE: A web-based SUO Glossary -- RE: SUO: More Documentation,
> Please
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> Dear Phil,
>
> Is there any option for small number write, large number (unrestricted)
> read?
>
>
> Regards
> Matthew
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: Philip Jackson [mailto:phil.jackson@computer.org]
> Sent: 12 February 2001 13:10
> To: Tim King; standard-upper-ontology@majordomo.ieee.org
> Subject: RE: A web-based SUO Glossary -- RE: SUO: More
> Documentation, Please
>
>
> Tim,
>
> Thanks very much for your reply. You have raised a good question regarding
> the security of a Quickbase glossary, if it is made available to "everyone
> on the Internet". I was probably too trusting in not thinking that others
> outside the SUO mailing list might intrude on the editing of a web-based
> glossary. Yet if people wind up putting a lot of time and effort into the
> creation of definitions, then we should try to ensure the
> glossary is safe.
>
> We can set up a quickbase database so that it is only visible and editable
> by SUO members -- they could be invited via direct email to gain access to
> the database -- I think they would then need to register for individual
> quickbase user accounts to enable access, which is easy and free. This
> should be a good approach for security, if we decide to proceed with using
> quickbase for creation of a glossary---
>
> Cheers,
>
> Phil
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: owner-standard-upper-ontology@ieee.org
> [mailto:owner-standard-upper-ontology@ieee.org]On Behalf Of Tim King
> Sent: Monday, February 12, 2001 3:37 AM
> To: standard-upper-ontology@majordomo.ieee.org
> Subject: RE: A web-based SUO Glossary -- RE: SUO: More
> Documentation, Please
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>
>
> I disagree with John Sowa that "Excel is a dead-end technology"
> without more
> explicit context. I would suggest that the context "for collaborative
> working" is appropriate but that this negates the benefits of his
> alternative technologies because individuals should not have to
> be "down in
> the weeds" worrying about processing HTML or the like. Phil
> Jackson, on the
> other hand, has alerted us to a far more exciting prospect
> (thanks Phil for
> an excellent suggestion). However, I am concerned that, just as we have
> begun to receive junk e-mail because I suppose that someone has
> trawled the
> web pages for addresses, surely the address for the database is now in the
> public domain. Arguably, this puts any effort in building up the database
> at risk of attack (I have not checked what backup tools are available for
> use within Quickbase). The only way that I can see round this is if we
> agree to use Quickbase in the long-term for us to start again and
> someone to
> issue the address directly to bona fide SUO participants (assuming that we
> consider e-mail to be sufficiently secure).
>
> Cheers,
> Tim.
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> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Philip Jackson [ mailto:phil.jackson@computer.org
> <mailto:phil.jackson@computer.org> ]
> > Sent: 11 February 2001 19:10
> > To: standard-upper-ontology@majordomo.ieee.org; James R CECOM DCSC4I
> > Schoening
> > Subject: RE: A web-based SUO Glossary -- RE: SUO: More Documentation,
> > Please
> >
> >
> >
> > Jim, and all,
> >
> > On further thought I recommend and request that people
> experiment with the
>
> > Glossary at https://www.quickbase.com/db/6urbwpxk
> <https://www.quickbase.com/db/6urbwpxk> to see the mechanics of
> > editing and viewing information, and to develop feedback about the value
> of
> > this approach, but that people not invest too much time putting
> information
> > into the database until we are sure we want to go with this approach.
>
> <snip>
>