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Semantic Web Semanticator
2008-05-17 02:31:00 The scuttle on the net is the Semantic Web, the semantic web is increasing the relevance of websites without visitor effort. The Internet Marketers create Semantic Marketing personas which can be detected moments before arrival. Semantic Personas or profiles are based on attribute types like geographic location, operating system, day of the week, search keywords, targeted websites visited. This is the up and coming Search for all the search engines.To give ia test go to Semanticator.The net will never be same.Cheers
Semantic Web or Web 3.0
2008-05-13 22:12:00 One of the newest kids in internet search is Semantic Search. Semantic is understanding the context of a word or concept to offer relevant resources making it easier for you to find what you seek.Semantic search attempts to augment and improve traditional research searches by leveraging XML and RDF data from semantic networks to disambiguate semantic search queries and web text. This will increase relevancy of your search results. Two major forms of semantic search: Navigational and Research. In semantic Navigational search, you will use the search engine as a navigation tool to navigate to a particular intended document. Semantic Search is not applicable to navigational searches. In Research Search, semantic search will provide the search engines with a phrase which is intended to denote an object about what information that you are trying to gather. There is no particular document which the user knows about that you are trying to get to. You can locate a number of docu...
Powerset brings the Semantic Web to Wikipedia
2008-05-12 06:40:00 Powerset brings the Semantic Web to WikipediaAmid speculation that Microsoft is looking to make an acquisition, Powerset is launching a public beta of its semantically rich Wikipedia search engine. http://www.ne-ws.com/8301-13953_3-9938959-8..-.
POWERSET BRINGS THE SEMANTIC WEB TO WIKIPEDIA
2008-05-12 06:25:00 Amid speculation that Microsoft is looking to make an acquisition, Powerset launched a public beta of its Wikipedia search engine. It brings a new, rich semantic dimension via natural language query processing to Wikipedia that greatly improves the search and reading experience. The company calls it a first step in changing the way users search and consume Web content. "It's a complete shift. You see this and you want to experience all content in this way," Barney Pell, co-founder and CTO of Powerset, told me. "And, as an introduction, it will drive huge investment in semantic and linguistic technology, just as investments were made in information retrieval and scalable databases in the past. People working in this space will be very marketable." Users can enter keywords, phrases, or simple questions in Powerset's search box. Like many Web startups, Powerset is currently free of advertising. Powerset's natural language search technology is based on patents licensed exclus...
Time to Wake up
2008-04-29 22:00:00 Thank you Don from REALonomics, ( I WOULD POST A LINK, BUT THE SITE IS DOWN) a world where people are still thinking that a good web site will save them and risking their business success on a spam email...
Recap of Web 2.0 Expo - What is Web 3.0 and Semantic Web?
2008-04-25 23:59:00 Here’s a recap of great stuff I learned through attending the Web 2.0 Expo 2008 in San Francisco this week. All these companies are building new mass collaboration “online” web apps that are basically easy to use and built on wiki platforms. Semantic Web is an idea that’s often talked by Web 2.0 junkies. It’s basically ...
Mark Eibner, BrokerIPTV And Real Estate Radio USA Interview
2008-04-22 03:01:00 Listen Now Mark Eibner and Broker IPTV on Real Estate Radio USA. Mark Eibner, BrokerIPTV And Real Estate Radio USA Interview about video and blogs and IPTV channels Barry1: Hello everybody and welcome back to Real Estate Radio USA. Thanks...
The Semantic Web goes thin - ZDNet
2008-04-12 01:32:00 The Semantic Web goes thinZDNet - Mar 31, 2008Increasingly, it looks like Weight Watchers has gotten hold of the Semantic Web. Fat is out. Thin is in. And while no one?s counting points, it certainly … SHARETHIS.addEntry({ title: "The Semantic Web goes thin - ZDNet", url: "http://kameir.com/the-semantic--web-goes-thin-zdnet.html" });
Semantic Web Gang forms, debates Semantic Web ?readiness? - ZDNet
2008-04-12 01:28:00 Semantic Web Gang forms, debates Semantic Web ?readiness?ZDNet - Mar 25, 2008As part of our contribution to bringing some clarity to the proceedings, I am delighted to announce the first (virtual) meeting of the new Semantic Web Gang … SHARETHIS.addEntry({ title: "Semantic Web Gang forms, debates Semantic Web ?readiness? - ZDNet", url: "http://kameir.com/semantic-web--gang-forms-debates-semantic-we-b-%e2%80%98readiness%e2%80%99-z-dnet.html" });
Jim Hendler shares AI?s lessons for the Semantic Web - ZDNet
2008-04-12 01:25:00 Jim Hendler shares AI?s lessons for the Semantic WebZDNet - Mar 20, 2008Asked about the 2001 Semantic Web vision paper that Hendler wrote for Scientific American with Tim Berners-Lee and Ora Lassila, he agreed that reality had … SHARETHIS.addEntry({ title: "Jim Hendler shares AI?s lessons for the Semantic Web - ZDNet", url: "http://kameir.com/jim-hendler--shares-ai%e2%80%99s-lessons-for--the-semantic-web-zdnet.html" });
Looking for a dominant Semantic Web search engine - ZDNet
2008-04-12 01:20:00 Looking for a dominant Semantic Web search engineZDNet - Mar 17, 2008In the Semantic Web space, search is far less established and a number of much smaller sites offer their own solutions to the problem of locating … SHARETHIS.addEntry({ title: "Looking for a dominant Semantic Web search engine - ZDNet", url: "http://kameir.com/looking-for--a-dominant-semantic-web-search--engine-zdnet.html" });
Yahoo turns to semantic web for improving search engine - Economic Times
2008-04-12 01:20:00 Yahoo turns to semantic web for improving search engineEconomic Times, India - Mar 15, 2008LONDON: Global internet services company Yahoo has announced that it will adopt some of the key standards of the "semantic web" to improve its search engine … SHARETHIS.addEntry({ title: "Yahoo turns to semantic web for improving search engine - Economic Times", url: "http://kameir.com/yahoo-turns--to-semantic-web-for-improving-s-earch-engine-economic-times.htm-l" });
Yahoo Search and the Semantic Web
2008-03-14 07:21:00 Yahoo has announced a concerted effort around their upcoming open search platform to push open web standards including microformats and semantic web 1 Vote(s)
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The Semantic Web and the Future of the Internet [Digg]
2008-03-12 16:52:00 Mr Berners-Lee said that in the same way, the "current craze" for social networking sites like Facebook and MySpace would eventually be superseded by networks that connected all types of things ? not just people ? thanks to a ground-breaking technology known as the "semantic web".
Browse Smarter with BlueOrganizer Semantic Web Plugin
2008-03-07 13:29:00 Copyright Feed Content - OnlineTechTips - Aseem Kishore 18254532AKMK The World Wide Web is not really as smart as you think. Many times it simply does not really know what you are actually looking for. That is one of the reasons why “semantic web” is the next big thing in the future. According to Wikipedia, a semantic web is “an evolving extension of the World Wide Web in which the meaning of information and services on the web is defined, making it possible for the web to understand and satisfy the requests of people and machines to use the web content“. Basically, a semantic web aims to provide better and smarter web browsing experience. One way to experience this is to try AdaptiveBlue’s BlueOrganizer, a Firefox add-on that aims to provide better and personalized web browsing experience for end users. What BlueOrganizer Does BlueOrganizer is a Firefox plugin that adds semantics and personalization to Mozilla Firefox. BlueOrganizer developer’s i...
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Semantic Web Search Engine Roundup
2008-02-27 15:17:00 Semantic Focus – Unlike traditional search engines, which crawl the Web gathering Web pages, Semantic Web search engines index RDF data stored on the Web and provide an interface to search through the crawled data ... read more
Semantic Web Search Engine Roundup
2008-02-27 11:18:00 Unlike traditional search engines, which crawl the Web gathering Web pages, Semantic Web search engines index RDF data stored on the Web and provide an interface to search through the crawled data. Below is a list of Semantic Web search engines that are currently under development. Semantic Web Search Engine (SWSE) SWSE is a search engine for the RDF Web on the Web, and provides the equivalent services a search engine currently provides for the HTML Web. The system explores and indexes the Semantic Web and provides an easy-to-use interface through which users can find the information they are looking for. Because of the inherent semantics of RDF and other Semantic Web languages, the search and information retrieval capabilities of SWSE are potentially much more powerful than those of current search engines. SWSE indexes RDF data from many sources, including OWL, RDF and RSS files. RSS2 is converted to RDF and they will be adding GRDDL sources soon. Developed by DERI Irel...
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302 Semantic Web Videos and Podcasts!
2008-02-21 18:02:00 A lot of you emailed me asking where to find more videos, so I'm delivering the goods. I've expanded the previous list from a paltry 17 to a remarkable 302, and I've included podcasts this time! There were so many videos I had to break them up into different categories for easier skimming. There are no duplicates, however I did place some videos into more than one category when I felt it was appropriate. This list is monstrous, enjoy. Introductions (videos) Semantic Web - A Concise Introduction (Rudi Studer) - 23:33 Intro to the Semantic Web - 6:06 The Semantic Web - 6:49 Introduction and Overview to the Semantic Web / ISWC07 (James A. Hendler) - 44:39 Introduction to the Semantic Web - 33:44 An Introduction to OWL / ISWC07 (Sean Bechhofer) - 43:04 An Introduction to the Semantic Web / ISWC07 (Fabio Ciravegna) - 2:40:34 RDF (videos) RDF - Connecting Software and People - 30:27 RDFa Basics - 9:29 A Relaxed Approach to RDF Querying / ISWC06 (Peter Wood) - ...
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17 Semantic Web, RDF, and OWL Videos
2008-02-18 14:05:00 Semantic Focus – I’ve compiled a list of videos about the Semantic Web, RDF, and OWL for your viewing pleasure Most of these videos are short, ranging from about 6 to 10 minutes ... read more
17 Semantic Web, RDF, and OWL Videos
2008-02-18 11:56:00 I've compiled a list of videos about the Semantic Web, RDF, and OWL for your viewing pleasure! Most of these videos are short, ranging from about 6 to 10 minutes while others are long (45+ minutes). Included are a few introductions, a few interviews, and a few that get into the gritty details. The Semantic Web & Social Software 4:13, In this short interview, Dr John Breslin, subcluster leader of the Social Software group at DERI, Galway gives his view on what the Semantic Web is. He introduces what DERI is about and discusses the projects he is working on, in particular the SIOC project and explains what Social Software is. Intro to the Semantic Web 6:06, A short introduction to the semantic web. This video uses simple, yet entertaining drawings to get its points across. RDFa Basics 9:29, This is the follow-up to the video above and covers the basics of RDFa. Tim Berners Lee on the Semantic Web 8:23, Tim Berners Lee talks about the Semantic Web, ...
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The Fault-Tolerant Semantic Web
2008-02-15 21:53:00 The Web as we know it today is an ecosystem of people, documents, machines, and an exponentially increasing amount of unstructured information. Everyone is free to change the landscape of the Web, and millions of us (people, that is) have taken our crack at it, shaping it how we see fit. This generally entails creating our own Web sites, but anyone contributing in any way is actively changing the way the Web is structured. Changes to the Web's structure will only become more obvious and pervasive as we approach the full-scale vision of the Semantic Web. The Web has survived (perhaps even thrived) because of the simple fact that it is the most fault-tolerant public information system on the planet. We can remove a Web site - a node in the global Web graph - but its removal is unlikely to affect the overall structure of the Web in such a way as to cause damage to its usefulness or availability. In the Semantic Web, making a small change to a single RDF document can have cascad...
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Is Reuters Unleashing the Semantic Web?
2008-02-15 05:00:00 Open Calais - a new and smart API from Reuters - finally does what critics say to be the greatest obstacle to the Semantic Web: Taking the metadata burden from the end-user by providing an automatic meta-tagging tool. The principle behind Open Calais is easy: Put in some unstructured text and get in return nicely structured RDF-data. Backed by powerful Text Mining and machine learning techniques the API automatically detects entities like persons, events, countries and other facts. Open Calais takes account of the fact that the added value of content is hidden in its structure. Uncovering that structure and representing it in a interoperable format makes existing resources more programmable and reusable. But what is in for Reuters? Nothing less than the biggest structured content repository on the web. Should not we talk about this little fact as well?Got something to say? Leave a comment!
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Introduction to Semantic Web Vision and Technologies - Part 5 - Building OW
2008-02-11 13:15:00 We're still using Protege, but this time working with the new ALPHA version and getting deeper into concepts. Did you enjoy this post? Join the discussion!
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EntreTech Forum: Spinning the Semantic Web - Xconomy
2008-02-04 03:27:00 EntreTech Forum: Spinning the Semantic WebXconomy, MA - Feb 1, 2008… like Ken Baclawski of Northeastern University, are well along on pushing the next phase of the revolution: the Semantic Web. It?s deep stuff, … SHARETHIS.addEntry({ title: "EntreTech Forum: Spinning the Semantic Web - Xconomy", url: "http://kameir.com/entretech-fo-rum-spinning-the-semantic-web-x-conomy-2.html" });
Will your Company ?Sparkle? in 2008? The State of Semantic Web - CIO
2008-02-04 03:26:00 CIO Will your Company ?Sparkle? in 2008? The State of Semantic WebCIO, MA - Jan 28, 2008The World Wide Web Consortium (W3C) has kicked off 2008 with publishing two significant Semantic Web specifications in the month of January. … SHARETHIS.addEntry({ title: "Will your Company ?Sparkle? in 2008? The State of Semantic Web - CIO", url: "http://kameir.com/will-your-co-mpany-%e2%80%9csparkle%e2%80%9d--in-2008-the-state-of-semantic--web-cio-2.html" });
Demonstrating the value of SPARQL to the Semantic Web - ZDNet Blogs
2008-02-04 03:22:00 Demonstrating the value of SPARQL to the Semantic WebZDNet Blogs - Jan 24, 2008Indeed, Tim Berners-Lee went so far as to suggest that; ?Trying to use the Semantic Web without SPARQL is like trying to use a relational database without … SHARETHIS.addEntry({ title: "Demonstrating the value of SPARQL to the Semantic Web - ZDNet Blogs", url: "http://kameir.com/demonstratin-g-the-value-of-sparql-to-the-se-mantic-web-zdnet-blogs-2.html"- });
WC3 Gives the Semantic Web SPARQL and Shine - CMSWire
2008-02-04 03:22:00 WC3 Gives the Semantic Web SPARQL and ShineCMSWire, CA - Jan 23, 2008By Marisa Peacock Oh the semantic web. Such romantic and lofty notions are conjured up at even its mere mention. And now, how it sparkles so. … SHARETHIS.addEntry({ title: "WC3 Gives the Semantic Web SPARQL and Shine - CMSWire", url: "http://kameir.com/wc3-gives-th-e-semantic-web-sparql-and-shine--cmswire-2.html" });
EntreTech Forum: Spinning the Semantic Web - Xconomy
2008-02-04 03:17:00 EntreTech Forum: Spinning the Semantic WebXconomy, MA - Feb 1, 2008… like Ken Baclawski of Northeastern University, are well along on pushing the next phase of the revolution: the Semantic Web. It?s deep stuff, … SHARETHIS.addEntry({ title: "EntreTech Forum: Spinning the Semantic Web - Xconomy", url: "http://kameir.com/entretech-fo-rum-spinning-the-semantic-web-x-conomy.html" });
Can IBM Bring the Semantic Web to Notes and Outlook?
2007-12-28 02:49:00 Can IBM Bring the Semantic Web to Notes and Outlook? OmniFind Personal Email Search tries to extract useful information like addresses or phone numbers from inboxes, and lets organizations customize semantic tagging to avoid irrelevant results...
SWSE - Semantic Web Search Engine
2007-12-23 17:38:00 This particular crawler is being deployed from the Semantic Web Search Engine (SWSE) project, which is attempting to crawl the nascent Semantic Web, including RSS and FOAF data. This is yet another reason why deploying RSS is a good idea for any Web presence. Here’s a link to the SWSE search demo. Host: 140.203.154.196 /wp-rdf.php Http Code: ...
Freebase.com is the Semantic Web
2007-11-23 16:58:00 Pito’s Technology Blog – I am not an expert in the semantic web but Freebase looks like it to me. I am surprised more hasn?t been written about it. It is absolutely amazing and head-spinning. I will have a hard time describing accurately, hence the headline. For me, it seems like Freebase does what the Semantic Web guys have been ... read more
The Curse of Knowledge and the Semantic Web
2007-11-16 00:27:00 The Curse of Knowledge: the more you know, the more difficult it is for you to communicate knowledge. When we know something, we can hardly imagine not knowing it. The more we learn about something, the more it becomes even harder for us to think of not knowing it. It is generally difficult for experts (who know much) to explain their expertise to laymen (who know little) because experts have to try hard to imagine the scenario when they were not experts. This is the Curse of Knowledge. There are many examples of the Curse of Knowledge in the book Made to Stick: Why Some Ideas Survive and Others Die, written by Chip and Dan Heath. One famous example is the experiment of "tappers" and "listeners." A tapper heard a well-known song, such as "Happy Birthday to You" or "The Star-Spangled Banner," and then he tapped out the rhythm to a listener by knocking on a table. After hearing the rhythm being tapped, a listener was then asked to tell the name of the song. According to the book, a...
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ESWC 2008: 5th European Semantic Web Conference
2007-11-14 20:53:00 The 5th European Semantic Web Conference (ESWC 2008) is being held in Tenerife, Spain from June 1 to June 5, 2008. The conference is still in its early organizational stage so a list of speakers has not yet been included, nor has a schedule been set for the presentations. ESWC 2008 will feature a tutorial program, system descriptions and demos, a posters track, a Ph.D. symposium and a number of collocated workshops. They welcome application papers which clearly show the benefits of Semantic Web technologies in practical settings, but hurry, the deadline for full paper submission is December 14, 2007! Topics of interest to the conference include, but are not limited to: Ontology Management (creation, evolution, evaluation, etc.) Ontology Alignment (mapping, matching, merging, mediation and reconciliation) Ontology Learning and Metadata Generation (e.g. HLT and ML approaches) Multimedia and Semantic Web Semantic Annotation of Data Semantic Web Trust, Privacy, Security and I...
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Web 3.0: New Opportunities on the Semantic Web (Event)
2007-11-14 18:15:00 Web 3.0: New Opportunities on the Semantic Web is an event being held at the Stanford Graduate School of Business to allow everyone to get together and talk about the exciting issues that lay before us with respect to the future of the Web. The event is being held by the MIT/Stanford Venture Lab (VLAB) will take place Tuesday, November 20 from 6:00pm to 8:30pm and will be a panel session where emerging companies in the Semantic Web space present their different approaches to realizing the vision of the Semantic Web. Cost of registration will be $35.00 and last minute tickets will be made available on the 19th of November. Event Panelists: Robert Cook Co-founder and Executive VP of Product Development, Metaweb Nova Spivack CEO and Founder, Radar Networks Alex Iskold CEO and Founder, Adaptive Blue Paul Kedrosky Venture Partner, Ventures West The panel will be moderated by Paul Saffo, Technology Forecaster and Consulting Professor, Stanford University. About MIT/Stanfor...
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International Semantic Web Conference 2008 and 2009 Updates
2007-11-13 23:35:00 ISWC 2008 will take place at the Kongresszentrum (Congress Center) in Karlsruhe, Germany from October 26th to the 30th. Information on invited speakers is not yet available. Details surrounding ISWC 2009 have not yet been finalized, however Rudi Studer of the Semantic Web Science Association announced that it will be held in the Washington DC area. The conference is slated to be held at the end of October or the beginning of November.Did you enjoy this post? Join the discussion!
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Semantic Web Solutions
2007-11-05 10:42:00 Semantic Web is gift of Tim Berners-Lee, internet pioneer. It is at an infantry stage and will very soon capture road to web success. Semantic web is collaborative effort of expert and skilled professionals to bring and link together information at all levels and make this information available for all for further expansion of knowledge and database. The task and goal to be achieved is still in progress and until accomplished difficult to make a virtual success story. Web is an open space to share and exchange information for all (man and machine), but the information on WWW are meant basically for man and they are not machine readable. The architecture is modified to provide robust services and information, knowledge to man and machine both. Artificial intelligence (AI) and other languages that could be well understood by machine are used on the web. Internet devastation has begun with semantic web new web architecture. Channels of data and information flow in this websphere but ar...
Semantic Web Solutions
2007-11-05 10:42:00 Semantic Web is gift of Tim Berners-Lee, internet pioneer. It is at an infantry stage and will very soon capture road to web success. Semantic web is collaborative effort of expert and skilled professionals to bring and link together information at all levels and make this information available for all for further expansion of knowledge and database. The task and goal to be achieved is still in progress and until accomplished difficult to make a virtual success story. Web is an open space to share and exchange information for all (man and machine), but the information on WWW are meant basically for man and they are not machine readable. The architecture is modified to provide robust services and information, knowledge to man and machine both. Artificial intelligence (AI) and other languages that could be well understood by machine are used on the web. Internet devastation has begun with semantic web new web architecture. Channels of data and information flow in this websphere but ar...
Technology Review: The Semantic Web Goes Mainstream
2007-11-03 13:16:00 Technology Review: The Semantic Web Goes Mainstream
Introduction to Semantic Web Vision and Technologies - Part 4 - Protege 101
2007-10-29 10:03:00 Today we reach an important milestone in this series. We are crossing a great divide between familiar technologies such as XML, Unicode, URI, and RDF to the Web Ontology Language (OWL). This, my friends, is where things really start to get interesting because this is the point where the Semantic Web vision really starts to take form. Today, we present a screencast exhibiting Protégé — a free, open source ontology editor and knowledge-base framework developed by Stanford Center for Biomedical Informatics Research at the Stanford University School of Medicine. In this screencast, we show you how to develop a useful Semantic Web-ready application in just minutes. You will learn how to model a very simple ontology in OWL (the Web Ontology Language). You will see how the tool empowers you to create a data entry system for ontology individuals. You will also see how to query the data in your ontology very easily with one of Protégé's built-in query to...
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Semantic Web Technology, Twine
2007-10-20 19:53:00 By John MarkoffOne great way to start a fight in a crowded Silicon Valley cocktail party (and there are a lot of them these days) is to mention Web 3.0.There is no easy consensus about how to define what is meant by Web 3.0, but it is generally seen as a reference to the semantic Web. While it is not that much more precise a phrase, the semantic Web refers to technology to make using the Internet better by understanding the meaning of what people are doing, not just the way pages link to each other.Amid the new Silicon Valley gold rush under way, a lot of entrepreneurs seem to believe that to define something is to own it. And Web 3.0 seems like a great thing to own. So companies are bubbling up all over the place that claim to be building part of the semantic Web. Some are building voice recognition systems to use while browsing the Internet on a cell phone. Some want to challenge Google head on with a better search engine.The leading players include Danny Hillis, the founder of Me...
Microformats vs. RDF: How Microformats Relate to the Semantic Web
2007-10-18 02:28:00 Semantic Focus – Microformats are a wildly popular set of formats for embedding metadata within normal XHTML. The primary advantage Microformats offer over RDF (including its embedded serializations) is that you can embed metadata directly in the XHTML, reducing the amount of markup ... read more
Microformats vs. RDF: How Microformats Relate to the Semantic Web
2007-10-17 23:04:00 Update: Joe from the Squio blog has posted a response to this entry. Microformats are a wildly popular set of formats for embedding metadata within normal XHTML. The primary advantage Microformats offer over RDF (including its embedded serializations) is that you can embed metadata directly in the XHTML, reducing the amount of markup you need to write (e.g. you don't have to write XHTML and additional RDF). Many people have contended that Microformats are a possible replacement for RDF, however Microformats were not designed to cover the same scope as RDF was. While both Microformats and RDF make it possible to store data about data, they simply do not work to solve the same set of problems. A quick comparison I don't blame the Microformats people for this confusion over what Microformats are or are not. Rather, I blame the sensationalists and know-nots that tend to jump on any new standard, format, or design pattern. Directly on the Microformats about page you are told what ...
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Introduction to the Semantic Web Vision and Technologies - Part 3 - The Res
2007-10-13 03:54:00 In Part 2 of this series we reviewed Unicode, URI, and XML - three foundational technologies that permeate the existing Web and that are especially relevant to the emerging Semantic Web. We will put all three to use as we take our next step up the Semantic Web layer cake in a review of the Resource Description Framework (RDF). At the same time, we will be taking the visual RDF/OWL editor, Altova SemanticWorks, for a test drive. Since I will be using this tool for the very first time, you can expect an honest review that is rich with screenshots. If you do not already have the software, you may wish to download the trial version now so you can follow along. RDF is a common framework for describing resources. It is primarily intended to represent metadata that can be parsed and processed by machines rather than just displayed to people. While the resources it describes may be content or services that exist on the Web, they don't have to be; they can be real-world objects like you...
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W3C Unveils New Semantic Web Logo
2007-10-11 21:13:00 Open your data! That's the theme behind the new Semantic Web logo created by the W3C. The three sides of the tri-color cube are meant to represent the RDF triple model, and the peeled back lid is suggestive of the main theme of opening your data for everyone to access. For now they ask that you use the images that include the W3C logo, at least until the new Semantic Web logo becomes more widely recognized on its own. They've also created 80x15 sized buttons for RDF, OWL, SPARQL, and GRDDL! I'm not too wild about those kinds of buttons, but I'm sure we'll see them springing up everywhere in no time. The buttons come in blue, green, orange, gray, and purple.Did you enjoy this post? Join the discussion!
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Planet Semantic Focus: Aggregating Semantic Web Buzz
2007-10-10 00:27:00 Over the weekend I opened the doors to Planet Semantic Focus, our Semantic Web buzz aggregator! In a nutshell, PSF makes it easy for you to keep tabs on what's going within the Semantic Web community. In its current version (beta) the system is tracking blog posts from various sources and bloggers. Here are a few features to expect in the near future as PSF continues to aggregate from its sources: Community members will be able to mark a story as off-topic, non-English, and possibly several other actions, with an "Action button" for each item. Items will be place into a categorization structure, making it possible to browse items based on topic The current site search will be extended to allow searching through items on Planet Semantic Focus Tags and categories will be scraped from blog entries, feeds, and other sources to assist with categorization Community members will be able to choose tags for items to help increase their findability Each item will have a place for ...
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Abandon Babel, Welcome Society: The Philosophy Behind Semantic Web Approach
2007-10-06 00:03:00 We want everybody to communicate freely by crossing the barriers of language differences and cultural variety. This is the commonly agreed upon ultimate goal of the Semantic Web. How we are to realize the Semantic Web in particular is, however, another story. Typically, there are two thoughts on how to achieve this common goal. One thought is to build a web of data; the other is to build a web of agents. Nevertheless, these two thoughts approach the same goal and represent two different philosophies. This philosophical difference may eventually determine the fate of these two approaches. Same Target, Different Thoughts A Web of Data "A web of data" is a well conducted explanation of the Semantic Web. From the beginning, Tim Berners-Lee and the W3C expected the Web to become a place that allows humans and machines "to start off in one database, and then move through an unending set of databases which are connected not by wires but by being about the same thing." In the Semantic ...
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Introduction to the Semantic Web Vision and Technologies - Part 2 - Foundat
2007-10-04 09:12:00 In Part 1 of this series, we introduced the Semantic Web vision set forth by Tim Berners-Lee. We also took a look at the famous layer cake diagram illustrating key technologies that make it possible. This week, we'll be munching around the bottom of the layer cake with a few important points about Unicode, URI, and XML. Below, you may notice that we are presenting a slightly different illustration of the layer cake than last week. The intent is not to confuse you, but rather to point out that there are a variety of interpretations floating around the Web. Some versions of the cake combine layers into broad concepts for simplicity while others present more detail or include terminology that is less known to the average Joe (no offense, Joe - we know, you're fantastic). They all express the same general model of the core standards and technologies that can be used to develop Semantic Web systems. If you think the ontology layer looks especially delicious, you are not alone. In...
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Possibilities for Video Games and the Semantic Web
2007-10-03 10:31:00 Before I started researching the Semantic Web I spent a few years as a hobbyist game developer. In fact, if you'd asked me 4 years ago what I'd be doing today I would have said "working on a game engine." I still enjoy game development and (naturally) playing video games as well. I often wonder how the Semantic Web will affect game development, and how games may take advantage of Semantic Web technologies. I've searched high and low (on Google) and haven't found a single written piece on people's ideas of the Semantic Web and video games so I will describe my own, as well as provide some visuals to give you a clear picture. Opening up the virtual social graph Many of you are probably already familiar with the concept of social graphs. Essentially a social graph is a representation of the relationships between people and what types of relationships those are. The idea is to create a global social graph that connects everyone and allows us to explore everyone's public ...
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Semantic Web Podcasts at Talking with Talis
2007-10-02 19:20:00 Update: Paul Miller from Talis updated me with some new information. I just recently stumbled upon Talking with Talis, a blog by Talis that hosts podcasts they've created from interviews with various people in the Semantic Web community. In their archives you can find nearly 60 podcasts, and this number is growing. The podcasts are fairly lengthy too, with most ranging between a half-hour to an hour long. For convenience and reference, each podcast entry lists the sites they talk about during the conversation, which makes following along easier. Paul from Talis pointed me in the direction of this page that lists all the Semantic Web-only podcasts. Here are few conversations that stood out to me: Paul Gearon Talks with Talis about RDF databases, OWL and more Mills Davis talks with Talis about multi-billion dollar markets and the Semantic Wave Jamie Taylor Talks with Talis about Metaweb and Freebase Did you enjoy this post? Join the discussion!
By: Semantic Focus
30+ Semantic Web Introductions, References, Guides, and Tutorials
2007-10-02 01:02:00 Hey everyone, I've gathered some good reading material for your enjoyment! If you're new to the Semantic Web or just want to brush up on your knowledge then take a look at the following articles. Listed below are over thirty introductions, primers, references, guides, and tutorials on the Semantic Web, RDF, OWL, SPARQL, and GRDDL. If you know of other articles that would fit well here leave me a comment and I'll be happy to add them to the list. Enjoy! Semantic Web Introduction to the Semantic Web Vision and Technologies - Part 1 - Overview The Semantic Web: An Introduction Tutorial on Semantic Web Technologies Semantic Web: A Quick But Detailed Introduction The Semantic Web: A Primer The Semantic Web Semantic Web Introduction Introduction to Semantic Web Technologies The Semantic Web: 1-2-3 The Semantic Web - Introduction and Overview RDF Dave Beckett's RDF Resource Guide RDF: References RDF Tutorial - Part I: basic syntax and containers RDF Tutorial An In...
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