Britain looks to take Data.gov concept to the next level Nov 21, 2009
Site under development will apply Semantic Web technology ... The Semantic Web would link data in machine-readable formats, essentially creating a worldwide database ... The Semantic Web is a nascent concept, and the U.K. site is members-only developers have to apply to access the site. (FCW.com)
It's All Semantics: Searching for an Intuitive Internet That Knows What Is Said--And Meant Nov 10, 2009
1 million to Rensselaer Polytech researchers to stimulate the Semantic Web ... I KNOW WHAT YOU MEAN: Rensselaer Polytech Tetherless World Constellation researchers are working on a software development tool kit they hope will help usher in the Semantic Web, an approach proposes to create a more intelligent Internet infrastructure that can assign meaning to the concepts being searched and, to some degree, have an understanding of the researcher's intent ... A Semantic Web setup would enable... (Scientific American)
2 examples of how government data linking can work Nov 10, 2009
Although proposals for linking Semantic Web data are all well and good, what can be done with linked data. At the International Semantic Web Conference 2009 in Chantilly, Va ... More on Semantic Web. (FCW.com)
The Web's next act: A worldwide database Nov 10, 2009
More on Semantic Web. The Web's next act: A worldwide database. (FCW.com)
Tim Berners-Lee: Machine-readable Web is still a pipe dream Oct 31, 2009
Neither are there enough commercial products available to make Web site transitions to the new semantic Web formats easy ... This week's conference of semantic Web enthusiasts, however, offered him the chance to discuss in-depth the challenges of getting the rest of the Web world to start using the technologies and approaches he advocates ... He implored the semantic Web community in the audience to educate and inspire their peers. (FCW.com)
White House shift to open-source Web system draws mostly praise Oct 30, 2009
The White House's recent deployment of the open-source content management system has created a stir among industry observers, who speculate that the move may portend a shift towards more government use of open-source, social media and emerging semantic Web technologies. WhiteHouse. (FCW.com)
Government opens data to public Oct 22, 2009
gov is built with semantic web technology, which will enable the data it offers to be drawn together into links and threads as the user searches. "During a typhoid outbreak in the nineteenth century a doctor plotted where outbreaks occurred and traced the disease back to one well," explained Professor Shadbolt. (BBC News -- Technology)
'Triple Space' Offers Web For Web Services Oct 20, 2009
19, 2009) What the World Wide Web is to humans, the Triple Space could become for machines, say European researchers who have helped lay the foundations for this innovative integration of web services, semantic web and tuple space technologies ... By using semantic web technology to make information understandable by computers and expressing that knowledge as basic atomic units called tuples, the Triple Space enables web services to make use of true web communication instead of the email-like... (Science Daily)
The eScience revolution Oct 2, 2009
Rensselaer researchers to create semantic Web platforms for massive scientific collaboration. The Semantic Web technology being creating in the Tetherless World Research Constellation will allow scientists, educators, and people around the world to access data on a variety of topics all ... The new toolkit will have a foundation in Semantic Web technology. (EurekAlert! -- Business News)
First Intelligent Financial Search Engine Developed Oct 1, 2009
The first prototype works by making use of semantic web elements. Basically, the system collects data from both public information sources (Internet) and private, corporate ones (Intranet), adds them to a repository of semantically recorded data (labelled and structured) and allows intelligent access to this data. (Science Daily)
Smart tech reconnects Colombians Sep 10, 2009
"Semantic web technology" is being used to reconnect Colombians displaced in the country's civil conflict. The international team aim to use smart technology to allow people to search currently incompatible databases of missing persons. (BBC News -- Technology)
Semantics-based Software Boosts Company Performance Aug 19, 2009
The EU-funded SUPER project applied semantics and semantic web technology to the problem ... These groups comprise people working in the semantic web, BPM and information systems ... Finally, there were information systems people who wanted to see how to automate processes using the SOA approach and semantic web services. (Science Daily)
Q & A with Open Calais Guru Tom Tague Jul 21, 2009
The Voice of Semantic Web Business ology. lect. (IntranetJournal)
Learning Online Jul 21, 2009
Featured classes include Intro to Electronic Government and Ontology, Semantic Web and Electronic Government. 10. (Suite101.com)
Open government looks for next-generation technologies Jul 21, 2009
Many tech experts say the solution lies in the Semantic Web, a slowly emerging set of technologies that aim to improve access to and the usability of information and software services on the Internet, ushering in a new era of Internet applications that some are already calling Web 3 ... The Semantic Web is something that has a lot of potential and people are asking about it. (FCW.com)
Anticipated Web 3.0 jibes with open-government goals Jul 18, 2009
Many tech experts say the solution lies in the Semantic Web, a slowly emerging set of technologies that aim to improve access to and the usability of information and software services on the Internet, ushering in a new era of Internet applications that some are already calling Web 3 ... The Semantic Web is something that has a lot of potential and people are asking about it ... But that isnt stopping a number of government Semantic Web efforts from taking some baby steps now. (FCW.com)
Info science revisited Jul 18, 2009
Welcome to the world of the 'Semantic Web ... Welcome to the world of the Semantic Web ... 0 is not here yet; even as Semantic Web software applications step out of the shadows and into the light of day, a more sophisticated browser infrastructure must be built and installed to make it work. (FCW.com)
Recommended Reading Jul 17, 2009
Resources on the Semantic Web, technology design, mobile technology and collaboration tools ... The World Wide Web Consortium, an international group that works on Web standards and guidelines, offers a good starting point for anyone looking to brush up on Semantic Web technology ... If you want to delve even deeper, visit W3Cs library of case studies or follow a link to one of seven other groups that focus on Semantic Web developments. (FCW.com)
Working our way to Web 3.0 Jul 14, 2009
The semantic Web of 3. 0 will also be composed of nearly complete indexes to the Web as well as the deep Web, information hidden away in databases. (Missoulian, MT)
Intranet Journal Jul 5, 2009
The semantic web app is designed to help users find contextual relationships of the disparate data that resides on the web and provide a real-time connection to the information youre viewing on a particular site ... In this edition of the Semantic Web Gang, regular members are joined by three guests to discuss the investment potential of the Semantic Web and semantic technologies. (IntranetJournal)
Semantic Web Jul 5, 2009
July 05, 2009 Hot Topics. Most Popular Stories. (IntranetJournal)
IT Management Blog Jul 5, 2009
Or is it a huge leap forward into the semantic web and/or Web 3 ... The Semantic Web, Web 3 ... We're talking SearchMonkey, Yahoo's groundbreaking, semantic web-focused, open-developer application platform that launched in May 2008. (IntranetJournal)
How RDF Can Use MARC in the Semanti... Jun 5, 2009
How RDF Can Use MARC in the Semantic Web World. How RDF Can Use MARC in the Semantic Web World ... RDF and XML In Solving the Semantic Web. (Suite101.com)
Ontologies and Taxonomies In the Se... Jun 2, 2009
Ontologies and Taxonomies In the Semantic Web. Ontologies and Taxonomies In the Semantic Web ... The current web is a mess that the Semantic Web promises to untangle. (Suite101.com)
Nova Spivack's Twine Is Red-Hot Jun 2, 2009
0, a "semantic Web" where sites can understand the quirks and relationships in the data they mine, much in the way that humans differentiate between cheesy nachos and cheesy pickup lines. Web 3. (FastCompany)
* Military steps up friending operations to locate recruits xnzLuvs May 6, 2009
Some analysts believe that we are now entering a third stage of the Web, known as the semantic Web. In the semantic web, your computer will build a profile of your personality and return search results based on your location, search history, social connections and even your bank balance. (Taipei Times, Taiwan -- Sports)
Facebook fears May 6, 2009
Perhaps we will have to wait for the semantic web and intelligent search, so that anyone calling up a dodgy article about the dangers of social networking is forced to review the latest academic research before they proceed. Bill Thompson is an independent journalist and regular commentator on the BBC World Service programme Digital Planet. (BBC News -- Technology)
The Future of the Semantic Web Apr 17, 2009
The Semantic Web consists ontologies, taxonomies, metadata, and resource standards ... Integrated RFID data, consumer personal and context information and semantic web data can be used to provide comparative deals ... Once an RFID tag contains an embedded semantic web resource URI of the item, the customer will have additional advantages as having the ability to connect to the URI and find the standard information related to the object. (Suite101.com)
Working On The Future Internet: Linking People, Devices, Telecoms And Data Networks Into One, Vast Network Of Networks Apr 16, 2009
0, the so-called semantic web. Add to this the future internet and the proposed internet of things linking people, devices, telecoms and data networks into one, vast network of networks. (Science Daily)
Robot Scientist: First Machine To Make Discovery Apr 3, 2009
Prof Douglas Kell, BBSRC Chief Executive, said: "Computers play a fundamental role in the scientific process, which is becoming increasingly automated, for instance in drug design and DNA sequencing. This has led to more scientific data, increasingly available on the web, which in turn requires an increased use of computers to analyse these data. Robot scientists could provide a useful tool for managing such data and knowledge, making scientific procedures easier and more efficient. This kind of... (Science Daily)
M.I.T. Lists Intelligent Virtual Agents, a Semantic Web Application by Botégo, one of the Emerging Technologies of 2009 Mar 22, 2009
M.I.T. Lists Intelligent Virtual Agents, a Semantic Web Application by Bot ... M.I.T. Lists Intelligent Virtual Agents, a Semantic Web Application by Bot. (Yahoo News -- Press Releases)
Web founder warns against website snooping... Mar 14, 2009
The sum of human knowledge would then grow exponentially in what Berners-Lee calls the Semantic Web. Examples would be students accessing data from research institutes, or ordinary people getting hold of government data -- paid for by taxes -- to improve websites. (The Drudge Report)
How to Save the Newspaper Industry Mar 9, 2009
Develop an open source alternative to Reuters Calais project and move news content toward a more semantic web. This could help make original content more valuable than some tenth-generation derivative blogger s comments. (Newsmax)
Intranet Journal Announces Product of the Year Winners Feb 26, 2009
Semantic Web Application. The tightest race this year was in this category. (IntranetJournal)
Link philosophy Feb 19, 2009
As time has gone by, we have seen that this simple-minded approach is not enough, and the work currently going on to define and implement the 'semantic web' is to a great extent about providing mechanisms for assigning values to links, so that I can find links that 'approve' of the item linked to, links that 'deprecate' it and perhaps even links that 'deny' what is being said at the other end. As things stand, a link from one page to another is simply a connection, and does not imply any... (BBC News -- Technology)
Semantic Web Promises A Smarter Electricity Grid Feb 18, 2009
A new semantic web technology promises a solution ... Working in the EU-funded S-TEN project, the team developed a generic framework for novel ICT architectures and applied semantic web technologies to make networks self-describing so that each component be it a volt meter on a wind turbine or a thermometer on a weather station autonomously publishes information about what it is, where it is, and what it does ... The semantic web interface is built around the OWL (Ontology Web Language) W3C... (Science Daily)
SemantiNet's Firefox Plug-in Headup Ready for Download Feb 8, 2009
The Voice of Semantic Web Technology ... From time to time, I like to track the growth (or decline, or stagnation) of the "web 3.0", "semantic web", or whatever other memes we like to call our "next generation Internet", to check its vitals ... The semantic web plug-in for the Firefox browser is designed to help users find contextual relationships of the disparate data that resides out there on the web, and provide a real-time connection to the information you re viewing on a particular web... (IntranetJournal)
Jupitermedia Announces Conference Program and Keynoters for New Web 3.0 Conference & Expo Focused on Semantic Web and Linked Data Business Strategies Feb 7, 2009
0 Conference Focused on Semantic Web and Linked Data Business Strategies ... 0 Conference Focused on Semantic Web and Linked Data Business Strategies ... 0 Conference covering Semantic Web and Linked Data business applications. (Internet News Bureau)
