2009-01-18T18:36:00.003+02:00
This is past event that was held in Waterloo almost two years ago and dealt with "quilt hanging".
One of the interpretations of the term "event" in The Webster dictionary online interpretation) is : something that happens. This one has been used by the EPTS glossary editors. But there are also some other interpretations, one of them is: social occasion or activity
Today in a meeting with some students they have attracted my attention to an interesting set of products that are processing events, however, the event they process are of the second type and not the first type. There are several companies that have products in this area, and the one name I remember is Eventful.
I Mention it just as an example, as I have not investigated this area, I understand that there are some others as well.
As a food for thought -- what is the difference between the two types of "event processing" ?
First Try:
Products in the first interpretation are typically geared towards the enterprise market, an event typically is assumed to occur within a single time-point (actually an interval reduced to a time-point), and the reason for doing it is typically one of the list that I have mentioned in a previous posting.
Products in the second interpretation are typically geared towards the consumer market through the Web, thus the business model is totally different; an event typically occurs in an interval, the participants in the events are often at the center, and the processing related to them. The motivations related to person's free time, and sometimes to social or other collaboration.
An interesting question is whether from technology point of view these two interpretations are totally distinct or have some commonality (e.g. both have producers, consumers, processing, events, subscription etc..), is this commonality interesting enough to try and generalize them, and whether there is any good reason to inter operate and mix event of the two types...
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01-18-2009
This is past event that was held in Waterloo almost two years ago and dealt with "quilt hanging".