semantic weltbild 2.0 (Building the Semantic Web is easier together)Building the Semantic Web is easier togetherTranslations for semweb cool uris available - more needed- April 23, 2008 Jean-Jacques Solari provided a French translation and Yakura Masataka a Japanese translation of the Cool URIs for the Semantic Web note. http:www.w3.org200511TranslationsQuerytitleMatch=Cool+URI&lang=any&search1=Submit Excellent! do you miss the document in your language Create a translation (and get in touch with W3C, I am not responsible for putting the translations on the site)http://leobard.twoday.net/stories/4882288/ What are the Benefits of the Semantic Web A list based on Case Studies- April 23, 2008 We need some facts about what the Semantic Web can be used for. The SWEO case studies provide a great start, listing deployed corporate Semantic Web applications. I added them up, identifying some key benefits: profit, data integration, querying, and taxonomies. Read my notes. At ISWC2005, one talk presented a slide about "what are the key reasons to use Semantic Web". Sadly, I lost the reference and the paper did not list them (do you know which paper this was It was presented in the...http://leobard.twoday.net/stories/4882047/ POSCCaesar Semantic Days 2008 Stavanger- April 23, 2008 Du er n p Internett. I am currently attending the Semantic Days 2008 in Stavanger. From the speakers, you recognize it's a melting pot of Defence (Rear Admiral Morten Jacobsen and Major General Arnvid Lvbukten), Oil&Gas (StatoilHydro, DNV, NOV, Epsis) and Semantic Web. For the last subject, amongst others, Ora Lassila and Ian Horrocks presented. I also fall in the last subject. The conference is located at Clarion Hotel Stavanger, in the city center. From my room I have a great view of the..http://leobard.twoday.net/stories/4882026/ Photos from CHI 2008- April 16, 2008 I visited CHI2008 last week, and finally found time to upload the pictures and videos. The sleeping phone: Naturalinteraction.org table: my pictures from the set: http:www.flickr.comphotosleobardsets72157604570968864http://leobard.twoday.net/stories/4867706/ Join us at the Semantic Web Days 2008 in Stavanger- April 16, 2008 The Semantic Days 2008 Conference will be next week, Stavanger, 21-23 April 2008. From Monday 21 to Wednesday 23 April 2008 at the Clarion Hotel, Stavanger. Official website In the words of the organizers: Semantic Days is an annual conference that has become a meeting place for industrial use of Semantic Web technologies with significant contribution also from research institutions and universities. My talk will be on Semantic Web in use on the first day.http://leobard.twoday.net/stories/4867312/ Some Social Math Numbers- April 14, 2008 For the interested social researcher: I let xing.com check if people from my desktop address book are on xing, and if I am connected with them (a feature that linkedin had before them, I think). 623 contacts in my address book have email addresses and can be compared 105 (17%) of them are Xing members I am already connected with 52 (8%) of them Does this say anything scientifically Hm.... and, you 53 people, expect to get mass-mailed soon...http://leobard.twoday.net/stories/4863337/ |