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:After I get done with you, you're gonna be the smartest semantic wiki dude around. [[User:Snerfling|Snerfling]] 13:03, 4 February 2007 (PST)
:After I get done with you, you're gonna be the smartest semantic wiki dude around. [[User:Snerfling|Snerfling]] 13:03, 4 February 2007 (PST)
==Business Directory==
Garrett, I went ahead and deleted the directory entries you had made for the various [[Directory:Houston|Houston]] related businesses. The reasons are two-fold:
* Everything you were trying to do can be accomplished using [[Centiare:ASK|ASK]] queries that address both industry ([[NAICS]]) and location (city/state/region). Centiare has attributes & relations that record & track this relevant information, so all one has to do is run a search using those criteria to get the respective results they're seeking.
* Directory listings need to be actual business names e.g., "''Garrett's Business Directory''". To generate results within this listing, all you'd have to do is run a query to assemble the respective businesses by type/city.
I think I know what you're trying to do & I think it's very clever. Here's a suggestion of what you might wish to focus on: be the guy who knows how Centiare & the semantic web works, and leverage your efforts by managing others in a scaled up operation.
There's probably hundreds (thousands?) of like-minded, ambitious kids out there who you could help you pull together a pretty cool business directory. No need to limit yourself to Houston - it could be the entire US. All you'd need to do is get businesses to list, track their tags, and assemble the listings within your Directory.
Really, this is no different than what [[Directory:KJ Kitchens]] is doing with their cookbooks - just replace recipes with businesses. Note that other business listings shouldn't be [[Centiare:Subpage|Subpage]]s under your directory entry - they are not your property. However, the beauty of tags is that it doesn't matter where they are located to run a summary report.
Please touch base with either me or Greg so that we can provide you some pointers. [[User:Snerfling|Snerfling]] 08:59, 5 February 2007 (PST)