The Semantic Puzzle | Reasonable Minutes from ISWC2010. I find it quite clearly noticeable that ontology, an ontology is a formal representation of knowledge as a set of concepts within a domain, and the relationships between those concepts. It is used to reason about the entities within that domain, and may be used to describe the domain. In theory, an ontology is a "formal, explicit ... reasoning is slowly making its way into mainstream. I begin seeing more and more applications – and industry investigations – picking up ontology reasoning in a matter-of-fact way. It seems that the bickering between scientists whether ontology reasoning is needed and/or useful is simply ignored when it’s about applications.
And I very much welcome this. The “why” question is no longer important. I’m not talking about the fact that 2 out of 3 shortlisted papers for the best paper award at ISWC2010 are reasoning papers (which continues an established trend) – the winner has not been announced yet, there’s one day of the conference still ahead. What else? The Semantic Web: Impossible In Theory, Impractical in Reality | Bex Huff. I'm a power hater. I don't hate often, but when I do, I do it with gusto. So I have to say, this pile of vaporware called "The Semantic Web" is really starting to tick me off... I'm not sure why, but recently it seems to be rearing its ugly head again in the information management industry, and wooing new potential victims (like Yahoo). I think its trying to ride the coattails of Web 2.0 -- particularly folksonomies and microformats. Nevertheless, I feel the need to expose it as the massive waste of time, energy, and brainpower that it is.
People should stay focused on the very solvable problem of context, and thoroughly avoid the pipe dreams about semantics. Keep it simple, and you'll be much happier. First, let's review what the "Semantic Web" is supposed to be... "I have a dream for the Web [in which computers] become capable of analyzing all the data on the Web – the content, links, and transactions between people and computers. Gee. First, notice that this quote was from 1999. Young Lives Linked Data Demonstrator : Tim's Blog. [Summary: showcasing linked data for development project] Over the past month or so I’ve been working for IKM Emergent on a demonstrator project to explore the potential implications of linked data for information management in the development sector – seeking put a small sub-section of the survey micro-data from the Young Lives longitudinal study online in order to explore the process and potential of generating linked data in development-focussed settings.
The results of that project are now live and online for the time being, and accessible here. The most visually interesting part of the demonstrator (thanks to the work or Rupert Redington at NeonTribe) is the Comparator tool which does some pretty clever things to identify ‘Data Cubes’ in the Young Lives linked data dataset we’ve published, and to offer (in the case of the smoking prevalence data) comparisons between the Young Lives dataset, and another comparable dataset we’ve also loaded into our Young Lives datastore. Social Actions API, Semantic Web, and Linked Open Data: An Interview with Peter Deitz. I’ve followed and supported the work of Peter Deitz and Social Actions ever since hearing about his passion and ideas a few years ago. There’s a lot happening with Social Actions right now but one bit of news is really exciting, and needs to be highlighted: some incredibly important technical enhancements have recently been made to the Social Actions API.
Earlier this week, I got ahold of Peter to get the full scoop! Let’s start at the beginning: What is Social Actions and where does the API come in? I describe Social Actions as an aggregation of actions people can take on any issue that’s built to be highly distributable across the social web. The Social Actions project began in 2006. In 2007, I realized that a much more effective way to aggregate interesting actions would be to subscribe to RSS feeds from trusted sources. Around the time of the Nonprofit Technology Network’s 2008 NTC conference, an even brighter light bulb went on. And what does “Linked Open Data” refer to? Home | Semantic Web Dog Food. Benjamin nowack's blog. A DSP proof of concept using ReadWriteWeb.com data.
The previous post described a generic approach to BBC-style "Dynamic Semantic Publishing", where I wondered if it could be applied to basically any weblog. During the last days I spent some time on a test evaluation and demo system using data from the popular ReadWriteWeb tech blog. The application is not public (I don't want to upset the content owners and don't have any spare server anyway), but you can watch a screencast (embedded below).
The application I created is a semantic dashboard which generates dynamic entity hubs and allows you to explore RWW data via multiple dimensions. To be honest, I was pretty surprised myself by the dynamics of the data. In case you are interested in the technical details, fasten your data seatbelt and read on. Behind the scenes As mentioned, the framework is supposed to make it easy for site maintainers and should work with plain HTML as input. Archives indexer and monitor Post loader and parser. Welcome - semsol - connected information. Semantic & web 3.0. 60+ Semantic Web Blogs (List) I've rounded up over 60 Semantic Web blogs for your reading and subscribing pleasure! These blogs are just a portion of the sources being indexed regularly by the soon-to-be-launched Planet Semantic Focus. Enjoy! Primarily about the Semantic Web The Semantic Web and related topics is the primary subject matter of these blogs.
These are the best to subsribe to if all you're interested in is Semantic Web information. Mostly about the Semantic Web These blogs mostly talk about the Semantic Web. Occasionally about the Semantic Web These blogs occasionally post about the Semantic Web. Tag pages about Semantic Web topics with feeds These are essentially browse or search pages for Semantic Web-related tags and content. Non-English Semantic Web blogs These are non-English speaking blogs which I cannot personally read myself, but look like they are of good quality.