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I'm preparing to give a lecture about the Semantic Web next week, and to put some things in context, I'm talking about how the Semantic Web has gotten to where it is today. Could you help me identify significant milestones in the growth and adoption of Semantic Web? I'm making this a community wiki, as I hope people will contribute to help build a good summary. Consuming SW data on the Web:
Producing SW data on the Web:
SW major vendor support:
SW uses inside enterprises: (Some documented at http://www.w3.org/2001/sw/sweo/public/UseCases/, but not sure which, if any, are widely-enough known or publicized to be considered a significant milestone.) (Thanks for any help. I will gladly share the slides that I'm putting together for this lecture so that others may benefit as well.) --
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I think you've caught most, but... SW within enterprises
Producing SW data on the Web:
...I'll be disappointed if the Pokédex doesn't make it into your slides (after all, success on the Web is measured by the length of its tail). |
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My trigger finger is itching to give you SPARQL Endpoint for Volkswagen UK to add to your list of 'Producing SW Data on the Web'. We are only a few days away from this (although that is never a guarantee). In the meantime, you are welcome to add us to the list of RDFa publishers (if there is one): http://www.volkswagen.co.uk/new/polo-v/which-model/compare/overview?noflash (along with urls for entire model range. Try to ignore the fact that we invalidated our strict HTML in doing so;). Someone needs to bridge that gap ASAP) We also published an Ontology for all car manufacturers to describe their Models, Trims and Derivatives along with the available configuration/component options and compatability, along with the effects on pricing: Nice showcase, @William. Nevertheless, I'm curious what makes the Volkswagen Vehicles Ontology to a Volkswagen vehicles ontology? At a first glance it looks like a cars ontology mixed with a financing ontology (even the individuals aren't VW specific, from my POV). The idea was that the ontologies were not meant to be too VW specific. The VVO has quite a few industry standard terms, the VSO is about vehicles in general and the COO is about compatability of Car Components. Hopefully, any manufacturer can use these terms Yes, that is what I tried to suggest: rename and split the Volkswagen Vehicles Ontology into two separate ontologies, e.g., cars ontology and financing ontology, and the proposed set of ontologies seems fine and usable by every car manufacturer ;) |
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VIVO (www.vivoweb.org) (2009 limited release of core instutions with general release of VIVO 2010)
I'm sorry, Erich. I don't think I understand how your link relates to my question? Thanks. VIVO is a web database of researchers that is built upon a semantic triple store, in this case, Jena SDB. Aside from HTML pages, research data is also exposed as RDF. See near the center of http://richard.cyganiak.de/2007/10/lod/. VIVO is being expanded through a $12.2m stimulus grant from the National Center for Research Resources (NCRR) of the National Institutes of Health (NIH). VIVO produces RDF. |
