Home - Common Tag Semantic Web Patterns: A Guide to Semantic Technologies In this article, we'll analyze the trends and technologies that power the Semantic Web. We'll identify patterns that are beginning to emerge, classify the different trends, and peak into what the future holds. In a recent interview Tim Berners-Lee pointed out that the infrastructure to power the Semantic Web is already here. The Semantic Web means many things to different people, because there are a lot of pieces to it. The disagreement is not accidental, because the technology and concepts are broad. 1. We have written a lot about the different approaches to the Semantic Web - the classic bottom-up approach and the new top-down one. A big win for the bottom-up approach was recent announcement from Yahoo! Another recent win for the bottom-up approach was the announcement of the Semantify web service from Dapper (previous coverage). But even if the tools and incentive exists, to make the bottom-up approach widespread is difficult. 2. At present, most use of RDF is for interoperability.
Snippets: Synchronous AJAX Filed: Wed, Mar 28 2007 under Programming|| Tags: ajax synchronous javascript post get For almost every situation under the sun, moon, and stars above you will want to use Asynchronous Ajax -- that is just a given. There are, however, some situations where Synchronous Ajax is mandatory, so it can be worthwhile getting a basic handle on how this technology works. Asynchronous AJAX Asynchronous AJAX will initiate a request for a file and then return control to the browser until, at some undetermined point in the future, the server finishes transmitting the request to the browser. If anything goes wrong in the request and/or transfer of the file, your program still has the ability to recognize the problem and recover from it. Synchronous AJAX (SJAX) Synchronous AJAX (Really SJAX -- Synchronous Javascript and XML) is modal which means that javascript will stop processing your program until a result has been obtained from the server. How to code a Synchronous AJAX function Conclusion
Web 3.0+: The Hyperconnected Global Internet « Nothing Ventured… The title of this blog comes from a presentation I did at last year’s Web 2.0 conference in NYC, in September 2010. I overviewed the growth of the global internet and penetration, noting that the future of the Web was going to be driven by emerging countries, as mobile connectivity continues to be more ubiquitous and the West is largely penetrated. The slides are here. While I haven’t updated the numbers, if anything, the pace of adoption has accelerated. That presentation marked the beginning of a year of travel for me. Last week I attended a NYC screening of Tiffany Shlein‘s fantastic new documentary Connected which discusses a “new declaration of interdependence” created by technology. The importance of this connectivity applies to cities, individuals, companies, as well as nations and global causes. We have moved from a siloed, individualistic world to one that is hyperconnected and there is no return. Like this: Like Loading...
Tools This page gives an overview of software tools related to the Semantic Web or to semantic technologies in general. Due to the large amount of tools being created in the community, this site is always somewhat outdated. Contributions and updates are welcomed. See also: Tool Chains Adding your own Adding your own tool is as easy as creating a page. Do not forget to use a suitable category to classify the tool, otherwise it will not appear below. If your tool is an OWL 2 implementation or a RIF implementation not yet listed here, please consider to add it. Current tools on semanticweb.org.edu The following tools are currently recorded in this wiki. RDF2Go (Version 4.8.3, 4 June 2013) Bigdata (Version 1.2.3, 31 May 2013) Semantic Measures Library (Version 0.0.5, 4 April 2013) HermiT (Version 1.3.7, 25 March 2013) Fluent Editor (Version 2.2.2, 20 March 2013) The following is a list of all tools currently known (use the icons in the table header to sort by any particular column)
Learning 2.0 - The Things The Next Big Thing is Web 3.0. Catch It If You Can Semantify - Automate Your Semantic Web SEO in Five Minutes The timing couldn't be better for the release of Semantify, a new service from Israel/San Francisco's Dapper.net. One week after Yahoo! announced that it will begin indexing the semantic markup and meaning of content on the web, Semantify offers a remarkably simple way to get your website marked up semantically. Once you learn how to use Dapper's basic interface, it can take less than five minutes to set up the Semantify service. Just a Few Steps Here's what it takes: 1. 2. 3. 4. And then you're done. Dapper GUI + Semantic Web vocab list + PHP embed code = automated Semantic Web markup for your site. It's The Early Days It's as simple as that, or at least it will be once all the little kinks are worked out. You can go through those steps above today, I have, and whenever the Yahoo! Historical Context Many people have questioned the viability of the Semantic Web vision, asking who will do the markup. The Semantic Web could change the world.
Home | Talis Consulting | World leading expertise in Linked Data and the Semantic Web Enhancing documents with annotations and machine-readable structured information using Notate Summary Textensor Limited is developing tools for improving the communication and exploitation of text based information. Our main product, Notate, is a web based system that enables authors and readers to layer structured annotations on top of documents so that the resulting combination can be reliably processed automatically while maintaining the integrity of the original source and the provenance of all annotations. The system has a wide variety of applications including attaching sticky notes and discussions to web pages, sharing documents and notes within a small group, on-line document review and sophisticated data curation tasks. This white paper describes the origin of the underlying ideas for Notate in hypertext and web research communities, and places our work in the context of other recent advances in web technologies such as semantic wikis and 'Web 2.0'. Notate starts with documents. Origins This concern is not, however, only a recent developmment. and continued: Structured Data
Forecast 2020: Web 3.0+ and Collective Intelligence « simple processes “We know what we are, but we know not what we may become” – Shakespeare The ancient Chinese curse or saying — “May you live in interesting times.” — is upon us. We are in the midst of a new revolution fueled by advancements in the Internet and technology. Currently, there is an abundance of information and the size of social interaction has reached a colossal scale. Within a span of just one generation, the availability of information and our access to them has changed dramatically from scarcity to surplus. Past and Present (Web 1.0 and Web 2.0) The best way to explain what Web 2.0 is to compare it to Web 1.0, its earlier version. Afterwards, there was a sudden shift to Web 2.0. Fast Forward to 10 Years from Now (Web 3.0 and beyond) In 10 years, humans and computers will join forces to create “collective intelligence”. Let’s focus on the resulting element — the “collective intelligence”. Obviously this is part thought-experiment and part prophesy. Like this: Like Loading...
Facebook Open Graph: The Definitive Guide For Publishers, Users and Competitors Facebook just shook the tech world by announcing several major initiatives that collectively constitute an aggressive move to weave the social net on top of the existing Web.The rumors were that the leading social network would launch a "Like" button for the entire Web. Instead, Zuckerberg & Co. unveiled a bold and visionary new platform that cannot be ignored. The bits of this platform bring together the visions of a social, personalized and semantic Web that have been discussed since del.icio.us pioneered Web 2.0 back in 2004. Facebook's vision is both minimalistic and encompassing - but its ambition is to kill off its competition and use 500 million users to take over entire Web. Whether we like it (pun intended) or not, we have to understand what this move means. Facebook Open Graph: Publisher Plugins The Open Graph is a set combination of publisher plugins, semantic markup and a developer API. "This new API turns Facebook into a read/write storage of user's tastes." Checkmate?
3.0 Semantic Web The Semantic Web is a collaborative movement led by international standards body the World Wide Web Consortium (W3C).[1] The standard promotes common data formats on the World Wide Web. By encouraging the inclusion of semantic content in web pages, the Semantic Web aims at converting the current web, dominated by unstructured and semi-structured documents into a "web of data". The Semantic Web stack builds on the W3C's Resource Description Framework (RDF).[2] According to the W3C, "The Semantic Web provides a common framework that allows data to be shared and reused across application, enterprise, and community boundaries".[2] The term was coined by Tim Berners-Lee for a web of data that can be processed by machines.[3] While its critics have questioned its feasibility, proponents argue that applications in industry, biology and human sciences research have already proven the validity of the original concept. History[edit] Purpose[edit] Limitations of HTML[edit] Semantic Web solutions[edit]