26-02-2013, 03:54 PM
Extrapolating Trends for Information Technology
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Problems for search engines and progress
Unsuitable source representations
part classification: HTML --- XML
print formats: postscript, adobe PDF
non-text: images, sound, video
hidden in databases behind CGI scripts
Inconsistent semantics
context distinct / scope / view
Naïve modeling of customers
roles & growth
Search engines cannot solve all problems
Abstraction layers differ:
Example in medical research
Individual patient records
Family based genetic traces
Disease-based summaries
Genetically-linked disease data
Ligand-based genomic segments
Aggregated gene sequences
3-D configurations of segments
Drug-gene interactions
All have their own hierarchies, roots
Understanding the other parties
Motivation is profit and loss avoidance of
Industry: investment --
payoff to stockholders / retain value / stable
Academia: prestige -- (leads to continuing funding)
visibility, not stability or reliability
Innovative businesses: leverage -- not sustainable
low downside cost, high upside risk,
change expected and needed
Government research:
technology dissemination & shelving service ?
Paying
Free goods (as information), supported by advertisers
The referred service pays for references made
After contact and selection direct by credit card
at some processing overhead and delay
Customer trust for tolerable losses
Audited ba mediator, violators are blacklisted only
Escrow for substantial value: more delay
Very small transactions use wallets
a. Risk is assumed by the vendor:
b. Risk is assumed by the customer:
Subscriptions for long-term interactions