the previous post had the wrong subject header. sorry for any confusion. -gurcharan
gurcharan khanna wrote: > hi, > > can anybody confirm if this event tomorrow is on and what venue it's in? > (i can't find ATLAS listed anywhere). i can't seem to get any reponse > from the owner of the site. > > thanks, > > -gurcharan > > Details > > ESNW and MRCCS SEMINAR: Walking in a Semantic Wonderland > > (Wed Dec 21 2005) > > Speaker: Sean Bechhofer, University of Manchester > > Date / Time: 21st December 2005, 14:00 > > Venue: Atlas 1 > > ABSTRACT: > > Put a little SPARQL into your Christmas celebrations! > > The W3C´s Semantic Web Activity statement [1] states: > > The goal of the Semantic Web initiative is as broad as that of the > Web: to create a universal medium for the exchange of data. It is > envisaged to smoothly interconnect personal information management, > enterprise application integration, and the global sharing of > commercial, scientific and cultural data. Facilities to put > machine-understandable data on the Web are quickly becoming a high > priority for many organizations, individuals and communities. > > The Web can reach its full potential only if it becomes a place where > data can be shared and processed by automated tools as well as by > people. For the Web to scale, tomorrow´s programs must be able to share > and process data even when these programs have been designed totally > independently. The Semantic Web Activity [...] develops open > specifications for those technologies that are ready for large scale > deployment, and identifies, through open source advanced development, > the infrastructure components that will be necessary to scale in the Web > in the future. > > > So what does this all actually mean? This seminar will cover some > introductory material relating to the Semantic Web. We will address > questions such as: > > o What is the Semantic Web? > o What is an ontology? > o What is RDF/OWL/SPARQL/SWRL? > o What are the outstanding issues? > o What will the Semantic Web do for *me*? > o What can *I* do for the Semantic Web? > > The seminar will be informal, hopefully including an element of audience > participation! It *is* panto season after all.... > > [1] http://www.w3.org/2001/sw/Activity > > > > Owned By: Constantinos Astreos > [Source: E-Science North West] > [Inform the owner if there is a problem with this resource] > > -- --- Gurcharan S. Khanna, Ph.D. Director of Academic Research Computing Rochester Institute of Technology 1 Lomb Memorial Drive Rochester, New York 14623-5603 Phone: 585-475-7504 ~ Fax: 585-475-6886 Email: gurcharan.kha...@rit.edu Http: www.rit.edu/~gskpop
