Re: SUO: Category Theory
Robert,
I haven't read all of your papers, but I have read or skimmed enough
of them to realize that you are doing some very important work,
which I strongly urge you to continue.
> In the meantime I have started an FAQ located at
> http://suo.ieee.org/IFF/FAQ.html and linked off the SUO
> IFF main page http://suo.ieee.org/IFF/
This is very good, and it should be very much appreciated by
everybody who wants to know what is happening with the project.
What you are doing is entirely appropriate for cutting-edge research,
and I believe that you are on the right track. However, a good
standard is never based on cutting-edge research. The purpose of
a standard is to codify and systematize the best engineering practices.
The most important task right now is to begin developing some
engineering experience in applying the theory to real-world problems.
That work would require an implementation that is sufficient to
support the engineering efforts.
Right now, the most important task is to begin the development
of an implementation. That first implementation will almost certainly
be a prototype that is intended to be thrown away or totally rewritten
before the standard is finished. But without it, it is impossible
to finish the standard.
John Sowa