SEMTECH 2012SAN FRANCISCOA Brief Synopsis

What was new at SemTech 2012?• Big Data• Enterprise Data• Government Data / Open Data• Linked Data• Business Intelligence• Content/Context Management• Semantic Web Used in Real Environments• Data Visualization

Semantic Web for Real• DoD was one of the first users of Semantic Web

• Other video by Dennis Wisnosky

Big Data, Enterprise Data• Oracle 11g R2

• Completely embedded in Oracle Database• Combines SQL and SPARQL. Sometimes in the same query

• Oracle R Enterprise with Semantic Data• Data mining and Data visualization with semantic data

• High Performance and High Availability• (they all say the same, is up to you to confirm)

Big Data, Enterprise Data• Allegrograph from Franz Inc.

• One of the best on the market• Integration, SOLR/Lucene Indexing• MongoGraph – MongoDB integration in Allegrograph• SPIN support• Some of the SPARQL 1.1 is implemented• Petru Maior University will become part of the Allegrograph

University Network

• Other new players in the Semantic Big Data:• Revelytix (data integration)• Sindice (DERI)• LexisNexis (HPCC - their own Big Data implementation)• LinkedIn

Linked Data

Linked Data• BestBuy

• scoolKID (Belgian non-profit Org)

• Government, Science, Media … etc• Google, Microsoft, Yahoo! (big users on LOD)

• Specialized search and results

Content Management• Drupal 7 (CMS with Semantic Web in the bones)• TopQuadrant (Vocabulary Management)• PoolParty (Vocabulary and Thesaurus management)• BBC World Cup 2010, BBC Sport + Olympics

• Instance Data Management and Ontology Aware NLP

• SmartLogic• Content Management, Document Indexing (SharePoint Integrated)

Text Analysis• Expert System

• Probably the best and all rounded Text Analysis system

• Open Calais• Entity Extraction, Content Annotation and Categorization

• SAS, IBM, FAST

Revelytix

Revelytix

rNewsStory components that are obvious for a person…

rNews… are not so obvious for a machine

rNews

rNews Implementers• The New York Times• Associated Press• BBC• Thomson Reuters• Dow Jones• gettyImages

Data Visualization• Tom Sawyer – a greate Semantic data visualization

Semantic Web and Linked Data in Real Life?

Amsterdam Fire Department Runs on Semantics• Starts with the initial message… now converted in RDF

• Next Step: Relevant data are pulled and presented• Road Constructions• Structural Hazards• Fire Investigation Results