From the Microsoft Office to the Microcontent Office
"But each site is still in many ways like a standalone application. Data inside of one site is contained within a silo. Sure, we can cut and paste text string fragments from here to there, but the excitement on the web these days is all about “structured data” such as Contacts and Profiles, Events and Calendars, and Shopping Carts and Receipts, etc. And in most cases, the structured form of this data, which could be externalized as an XML item or a microformat, generally isn’t. It’s trapped inside the page, relegated to a pretty rendering. So, where’s the clipboard of the web ..."
Ray Ozzie (Microsoft) on Live Clipboard in 2006, reminded via preoccupations-blog
Ray Ozzie (Microsoft) on Live Clipboard in 2006, reminded via preoccupations-blog
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