Ok, I looked a bit closer at Faviki, and the way they use the categorization and classification data is brilliant. Still wondering whether/how this will actually help me in daily use, but I'm very excited!!!
> -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:dbpedia- > [EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Georgi Kobilarov > Sent: Tuesday, May 27, 2008 12:42 PM > To: Bernard Vatant > Cc: dbpedia-discussion@lists.sourceforge.net > Subject: Re: [Dbpedia-discussion] Semantic Bookmarking Service: Faviki > > Hi Bernard, > > Faviki is a service that I have waited for a long time. I used > del.icio.us in the past, but its social component was mostly irrelevant > to me. I want to use a bookmarking service for my own personal benefit > of storing and remembering websites. > > This social stuff is great if it makes it easier for me to reach my > goal, and the delicious tag recommendation is a good example. People > tag > their stuff, and by doing so they help other users. But I would never > contribute to delicious *just* to help other users (and to train the > recommendation algorithm). > > Here's a fantastic blog post about that relation of personal benefit > and > social systems: > http://bokardo.com/archives/the-delicious-lesson/ > > Faviki has great potential, but IMHO they have to find a way to use > DBpedia's semantic graph to provide additional *personal* value to > their > users. The potential feature of contributing to Wikipedia you've > mentioned is indeed very interesting, but the system has to be built in > a way that these social contributions happen as a side effect of people > using the system because they love it for the personal problems it > solves. > > Cheers, > Georgi > > -- > Georgi Kobilarov > Freie Universität Berlin > www.georgikobilarov.com > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: Bernard Vatant [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Sent: Tuesday, May 27, 2008 10:55 AM > > To: Georgi Kobilarov > > Cc: dbpedia-discussion@lists.sourceforge.net > > Subject: Re: [Dbpedia-discussion] Semantic Bookmarking Service: > Faviki > > > > Hi Georgi > > > > Thanks for the pointer. > > > > Faviki is indeed great. I'd never be convinced by any social > > bookmarking > > so far, because I found tags so messy, but I've adopted Faviki right > > away (http://www.faviki.com/?s=172) and I don't seem to be alone : > the > > adoption curve seems to be steep since yesterday. > > One interesting potential feature is the feedback towards Wikipedia > > editors themselves. They can tap in the resources indexed on their > > favourite articles to improve the article content. > > So this is a good example to monitor of social semantic feedback. > > > > Bernard > > > > > > Georgi Kobilarov a écrit : > > > Hi all, > > > > > > just found a new semantic bookmarking service called Faviki [1] > which > > > uses DBpedia for tagging content. > > > > > > Great stuff :) > > > > > > But I'm wondering if these guy can show some more value from using > > > "semantic" tags. > > > And I hope they will start publishing their data as Linked Data... > > > > > > Cheers, > > > Georgi > > > > > > > > > [1] http://faviki.com/ > > > > > > > > > -- > > > Georgi Kobilarov > > > Freie Universität Berlin > > > www.georgikobilarov.com > > > > > > > > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > > ---- > > > This SF.net email is sponsored by: Microsoft > > > Defy all challenges. Microsoft(R) Visual Studio 2008. > > > http://clk.atdmt.com/MRT/go/vse0120000070mrt/direct/01/ > > > _______________________________________________ > > > Dbpedia-discussion mailing list > > > Dbpedia-discussion@lists.sourceforge.net > > > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/dbpedia-discussion > > > > > > > > > > > > > -- > > > > *Bernard Vatant > > *Knowledge Engineering > > ---------------------------------------------------- > > *Mondeca** > > *3, cité Nollez 75018 Paris France > > Web: www.mondeca.com <http://www.mondeca.com> > > ---------------------------------------------------- > > Tel: +33 (0) 971 488 459 > > Mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > Blog: Leçons de Choses <http://mondeca.wordpress.com/> > > > ----------------------------------------------------------------------- > -- > This SF.net email is sponsored by: Microsoft > Defy all challenges. Microsoft(R) Visual Studio 2008. > http://clk.atdmt.com/MRT/go/vse0120000070mrt/direct/01/ > _______________________________________________ > Dbpedia-discussion mailing list > Dbpedia-discussion@lists.sourceforge.net > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/dbpedia-discussion ------------------------------------------------------------------------- This SF.net email is sponsored by: Microsoft Defy all challenges. Microsoft(R) Visual Studio 2008. http://clk.atdmt.com/MRT/go/vse0120000070mrt/direct/01/ _______________________________________________ Dbpedia-discussion mailing list Dbpedia-discussion@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/dbpedia-discussion
