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© Copyright 2008 Dow Jones and Company, Inc.

The Semantic Web: Discover

Christine ConnorsGlobal Director, Semantic Technology Solutions

February 12, 2009

Daniela BarbosaBusiness Development Manager, Synaptica and Taxonomy Services

Proprietary and Confidential |© Copyright 2008 Dow Jones and Company, Inc.

Welcome!

Blogging? Twittering?#djsemweb

What are we talking about today?What is the semantic web?So what? Who cares? Why do I need to know this?Where can I learn more?Where can I see it in action?


Survey Question #1

1) When you think about Semantic web, what is the first thought that pops into your head?a. I am new to the Semantic web and interested in learning moreb. I am currently knowledgeable on the Semantic web and would like to expand this knowledgec. I am currently involved in a Semantics-related project in my company


CategoriesCategories


Two views of the Semantic Web

Machine learning, natural language processing, artificial intelligence

Linked Data, ontologies

Subject ObjectPredicate

Text


Web 1.0? 2.0? 3.0?Web 1.0? 2.0? 3.0?


A network of machines


File sharing


Email


The world wide web


The world wide web, then and now


On the web, documents


Blogs


Images and photos


Music


Videos


Applications


Social networks


POINTING!


Telling


Communicating

<name>John Doe</name><nickname>Jack</nickname><profession>CPA</profession><relationship>friend</relationship><metAt>college</metAt><relationship>tax advisor</relationship><period>last 10 years</period>


Communicating with Clarity


Addressing & DefiningAddressing & Defining


Raw Data, Linked Data


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RDF/XML



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Survey Question #2

2) If approaches to Semantic web are being discussed in your enterprise who are they being driven by? a. Executives (top down)b. Technologyc. Usersd. Other (free form field)


OK, so how do I get started?OK, so how do I get started?


You’re Already at the Starting Line and Have Been

in Training for Years!


•Metadata’s Evolutionary Path

Dictionaries& Flat Lists

HierarchicalTaxonomies

ControlledVocabularyThesauri

Ontologies

StructuredAuthority Files

Metadata evolves organically – the less

complex metadata elements form the building blocks for creating the more complex

structures

User Tags


Maybe you have aTaxonomy…

groups things orconcepts into

families

UP

DOWN

TelephonesIs a broader term than

Mobile Phones


SIDEWAYS

Or a thesaurus…that captures the different

names of the family members and explores some

more distant associations

Mobile PhonesAKA as

Cell Phones & Hand SetsAnd Similar to

Hand Held Devices & PDAs


Multi-

Directional

Work towards an Ontology…shows a network of

multi-dimensional relationships and properties both within and

outside the family groups

Mobile PhonesAre made by

Phone ManufacturersAnd use the networks of

Telecoms Service Providers


And Why is this Important?

Well you are a HUMAN….so based on day to day knowledge you have acquired you know a ‘cell phone’IS a ‘Telephone’


And Why is this Important?

And since you are a HUMAN….you can probably make the simple leap that ‘Telephones’ ARE made by ‘Phone Manufactures'’ that USE the networks ‘Telecoms Service Providers’ deliver.


http://flickr.com/photos/davesag/18735941/


So If Semantics Equals ‘Meaning’

Computers mimics human ‘talk’ so they need to be taught what that ‘talk’ means-The Semantic Web is about things (concepts) (people, places, events) and how they are related


Taxonomies, Ontologies ,

Folksonomies Oh my!

And of course there is much more you can get started with!


http://flickr.com/photos/8012268@N07/3257112247/


STOP! Take BabySTOP! Take Baby--steps.steps.


Best practices for starting out

FindBegin with existing schema, vocabularies and datasets.

Re-UseUse or transform an existing taxonomy or thesaurus. Use, add or remove elements from an existing schema for local use.Linked Data

Open DataLicensed Data

PublishPublicly or privately, make your work available to your intended community or you won’t get to linked data.

Engage subject matter expertsEditorial, Technical and Knowledge Domain


Survey Question #3

3) Are the biggest challenges to starting to use the Semantic Web / Semantic Technologies in your enterprise, technology based or business value/opportunity based?a. Technology-basedb. Business value/opportunity-basedc. Other (free form field)


Get started!

ReadRDFa Primer

http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml-rdfa-primer/Build

Your own FOAF file via FOAF-a-Matichttp://www.ldodds.com/foaf/foaf-a-matic

UseDublin Core Metadata

http://www.dublincore.org/Check out

Revyuhttp://revyu.com/

Powerhouse Museumhttp://www.dublincore.org/

Best Buy Remixhttp://remix.bestbuy.com/


Contact Us

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http://www.taxonomywarehouse.com/

http://www.factiva.com/infopro/


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