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Tuesday, July 12, 2005
Ontologystream home page (Taos Discussion)
E-commerce
uses both virtual and traditional “bricks and mortar” facilities to support the
distribution of goods and services. The
Virtual Museum System is an early adopter of underlying
e-commerce technology developed by OntologyStream Inc. The technology balances what cannot be
obtained in the virtual environment with new benefits. The benefits include rapid delivery,
convenience in not having to travel, information aggregation, and reduced costs
related to the bricks and mortar store.
a)
One
of the challenges we face is to increase the comfort level by making the on
line shopping experience a better experience.
b) The average consumer will be
shown consistent positive experience within the Virtual Museum System
Issues that we are working on:
1) The Foundation
for Creative Extension and Acquisition is being established based on
concepts that change the way in which an economic transaction may occur.
a)
The
production process involved in the creative arts is not a sterile assemble
process. Art can be over
commercialized, and this will lead to increasing criticism from some
influential people.
b)
In
many creations, the artist’s work is designed to cause a creative perception
when viewed by the audience. Minimalism
and impressionistic schools celibate this creative extension. An analogy/contrast is created – between
creativity and ownership.
c)
A
painting, when appreciated, becomes at least partially owned. Ownership, in our opinion, is often shared
in ways that cannot be accounted for in banking accounts. Pride of citizenship, for example.
2) Copyright
and trademark law must be understood and used as part of the development of the
Foundation’s branding language. This language
describes what might be expected from the Foundation and those companies and
corporations that do business with the Foundation. For example, illegal copies of images should be discouraged, but
when someone is creating these images we should look carefully into the
circumstances. We should make decisions
about what is appropriate for the Foundation to do.
3) The
relationships between the Internet technology company, Ontologystream Inc, and
the Foundation has to be made clear.
The Virtual Museum System Inc has patented and protected
technology that is owned by OntologyStream Inc. Three Rivers Trading Company is the sole
proprietary company, to be registered in
4) Legal work
and management of governance structures has to be addressed in a staged
process, so that early under-funded activities do not put potential activities
at risk.
5) We plan to
find and acquire those oil paintings that are under valued by the current
owners.
These challenges place us into a context.