[news.eclipse.technology.eilf] Re: SMILLA ?!

[Igor Novakovic <igor.novakovic@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

Hi Ian,

nice to see you in our newsgroup, welcome!

> I am glad you are considering a new name.  If you don't mind me adding a few 
> comments:
Thank you for your interest. We kindly invite you to give us some more 
feedback.


> - I like the shorten form  'Semantic Information Logistics Architecture' or 
> SMILA?  As a reminder you sometimes have to write out an acroynm, so keeping 
> it short it useful.
Good point.


> - I don't have a lot of background on this project but I am curious about 
> why the word 'Logistics' is used.  Logistics is often used in the context of 
> distribution systems.
I think you're right on this. We are probably too empolis-minded on this 
matter.
Here is the short citation of our website (www.empolis.com):
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"The key to long-term success for companies lies in the intelligent 
creation, management, distribution and utilization of information. What 
makes this possible is information logistics, which follows the motto 
"the right information at the right time to the right person" in 
applying the just-in-time philosophy of material logistics to the 
increasingly complex world of information and communication management."
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So, as you can see, we tried to broaden the meaning of the word 
"logistics" to a non-material information world. Although this is 
company-wide well accepted, it seems that this interpretation of the 
term "logistics" is not spread that much outside Germany.

BTW: I've just found a small article about information logistics in 
Wikipedia: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Information_logistics. 
Unfortunately there are no references on that page.


Best regards
Igor