Re: Semantic Web using Magritte

Agreed, you are definitely correct. I think depending on implementation it would be specific to what you are doing. For instance if we're visiting different domain objects and their descriptions to create the PDF, we might have certain kinds of objects to represent the output we want. Additionally, you are mentioning one use for Magritte. Lukas mentioned some others in one of his posts. Magritte to me is simply a good implementation of meta-programming constructs I have used in other languages such as .NET, Java, Lisp, Ruby, C++, etc. For instance, .NET has reflection and attributes which allows for some similar constructs as Magritte, but definitely not as flexible. Previously, I used .NET attributes to create a simple Object to RDF converter. Obviously though I'd rather work with Smalltalk :) Output formats is just one goal for me, another one is searching my object graph, for example as done in Pier. Ramon's implementation of Magritte to generate Glorp descriptions is another. I'd be happy to share anything that I produce regarding conversions. I brought some of this up because after exploring what I could find in Squeak for RDF in particular, it was frustrating. I did not want have to do things like create anything cased out or with specialized extra objects. I wanted to just use my existing objects and extend them in a way that didn't interfere with what I was already doing. Since my Magritte descriptions are already there and exist on the meta level, it's a good choice I think. Quoting Jason Johnson <jason.johnson.081(a)gmail.com>om>: