Semantic Web

This needed to be said, but that doesn't necessarily mean I agree with all of it. HTML5 is a step over pure tag soup because even though it doesn't have the syntactical clarity of XML by default, it does have a consistent serialization to an internal model, which e.g. can be used as XHTML5. I think the W3C did too much to turn XHTML into an ivory tower exercise, and this was all inevitable. - Uche Ogbuji from Bookmarklet

"I am starting to see how data portability is one of the great problems this technology can solve." - good overview from a relationship db knowledgeable attendee... - mike "glemak" dunn from Bookmarklet

Algorithms of the Intelligent Web is an example-driven blueprint for creating applications that collect, analyze, and act on the massive quantities of data users leave in their wake as they use the web. Readers learn to build Netflix-style recommendation engines, and how to apply the same techniques to social-networking sites. See how click-trace analysis can result in smarter ad rotations. All the examples are designed both to be reused and to illustrate a general technique- an algorithm-that applies to a broad range of scenarios. As they work through the book's many examples, readers learn about recommendation systems, search and ranking, automatic grouping of similar objects, classification of objects, forecasting models, and autonomous agents. They also become familiar with a large number of open-source libraries and SDKs, and freely available APIs from the hottest sites on the internet, such as Facebook, Google, eBay, and Yahoo. - New Tech Books

"This is a web service for converting semantic web data from one format to another. RDF/XML, Turtle and RDF/JSON can all be converted into one another, converted to TriX, Exhibit/JSON, or RSS 1.0, or rendered as HTML. SPARQL Results XML, and Facets XML, can be rendered as HTML, or converted to JSON." - Mike Chelen from Bookmarklet

had dinner w/ richard last night - good to finally meet him in person - this post is a good overview of tom tague's keynote, almost a call-to-action for those interested in semtech... - mike "glemak" dunn from Bookmarklet

"So what do the VCs want to see in the business plans for semantic start-ups now? Are there still plenty of good opportunities out there for entrepreneurs or have the best ideas already claimed their share of available capital?" - mike "glemak" dunn from Bookmarklet

Semantic technology will be the enabler for new business models. when you say semantic startups looks like their business model is the technology itself. we don't call any of the current startups as "relational database" startups, do we? When semantic tech moves beyond that point is when things will be really interesting. - Alberto Escarlate

agreed alberto - that actually is one of the points i hope to make on this panel, right now semtech is overly complex due to its lexicon & the high percentage of folks from theoretical and research focused agendas (not a bad thing and where most nascent capabilities start) but it create barriers in understand and adoption which of course correlates to challenges when seeking funding sources - also, i know you're just making a point but semtech is very different than relational db :-p - mike "glemak" dunn

i'll be there - ping me if you will be too... - mike "glemak" dunn from Bookmarklet

I shared this to the http://friendfeed.com/stc09 group. I'll be there too. A tutorial and a couple of panels. - Uche Ogbuji

They interviewed me, and also scattered quotes by me throughout the issue. They also mentioned my company, Zepheira quite a few times. Nice. Tomorrow I lead a webcast for some key PWC customers. - Uche Ogbuji from Bookmarklet

More on Posterous tomorrow, when I'm less tired - Uche Ogbuji

found via http://friendfeed.com/semanti... - mike "glemak" dunn

This is a clear statement of what I've believed for almost 5 years now. Back around '02 and '03 I was pretty frustrated that the Sem Web community seemed more interested a Semantic Web of planet Vulcan than of planet Earth. Humans are not creatures of cold logic. We're creatures of warm, messy self-expression, and unless Sem Webbers learn to take our best guess from the tiny cues in large amounts of experience with that messy self-expression (which is what humans actually do in life, BTW), they'll never be satisfied with what they have, which is growing richer every day. I've always believed that Google is the Sem Web's best friend. I've always believed that the push for XML is Sem Web's best friend. I've always believed that "Web 2.0" is Sem Web's best friend. I hope more Sem Webbers come to appreciate that, otherwise they might be lost in misery regardless of all their success. - Uche Ogbuji

Right. Linked data is Sem Web done *right*. I have an article about that, too :) . "Much better to stick to real things that have urls that resolve to actual documents". Amen! That's what I've been preaching since 2000. Who cares if it's in XML or microformats? We're smart enough to work the data the way we like. Scott, If you happen to be atSTC09, please look out for me and say "hi". [1] http://www.ibm.com/develop... - Uche Ogbuji

I know it's a partial list, but I'm surprised they omitted Zepheira, considering we're a sponsor of the conference. - Uche Ogbuji

Ah, I was just told that the list was based on registrations, and we're a bunch of slow-pokes so no one from Zepheira has registered yet :) I should have known it was something like that. - Uche Ogbuji

The idea that we will soon be able to take data from all over web and pull it into a form that’s useful to us is highly seductive. However, there’s a dark side to semantic search that leads me to hesitate in welcoming our new Web 3.0 overlords. While this new era will allow you to easily generate data about anything you care to research, someone else could just as easily be researching you. - Martin Bryant from Bookmarklet

I suppose this is the natural corollary to us posting personal photos all over the place. - Silner from twhirl

I've actually been pretty paranoid about this myself. None of my public (read: completely viewable by anyone) accounts say where I actually am, mention my name or any of those of my friends or the places I go to. Not that it's impossible to discover those, but I'd rather not make it super easy for anyone to do so. But that's just me, not advocating anyone else do the same. - LANjackal

Personal CPM- to link to APML - duprat julien from Bookmarklet

http://semanticweb.org/wiki... would this help ? - Ozgur Cem Sen

There is a list of sites and feeds over here as well; http://semantic.brilaps.com/index... - Ozgur Cem Sen

How can we help ? - Pierre

@Danica try irc://irc.freenode.net/#swig also - dulanov

do they have an API yet? - Dragos Ilinca