Hmmm. Well, there's a lot of this kind of stuff out there (witness http://simile.mit.edu/) , yea, even from MIT. However, it does not seem to me that it gets wide use, and as an early enthusiast about the semantic web I have often wondered why. I start from the assumption that it is *not* because folks are especially lazy or ignorant of the tools or because they haven't looked into the semantic web. There is instead something where people look at it and say to themselves, 'um, doesn't fit into my research program' or 'concepts behind it are flawed' or 'no projects on my stack that could use it', or something like that.
I'm interested in what other folks on the list think about why there hasn't been more/deeper use of semantic webbiness than what we commonly see. Carl Owen Densmore wrote: > Wow! Interesting resource. > > It seems to me that the "semantic web" has been pretty slow in > coming, especially seeing its champion is Tim Berners-Lee, the > "inventor" of the web! Instead we've got simpler inroads like > tagging that offer some sort of increased meaning, but nothing like > what I understood the semantic web to be all about. > > BTW: TBL wrote this last year: > A Framework for Web Science > http://tinyurl.com/38btvv > .. which fortunately is available as a pdf: > http://www.nowpublishers.com/getpdf.aspx?doi=1800000001&product=WEB > > -- Owen [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Beer is proof that God loves us, and wants us to be happy. > > On Oct 12, 2007, at 9:46 PM, Tom Johnson wrote: > > >> fyi. >> >> ---------- Forwarded message ---------- >> From: Jean Graef <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >> Date: Oct 12, 2007 9:50 AM >> Subject: Roundtable: Resolving semantic differences >> >> The Montague Institute will hold a teleconference roundtable >> discussion on >> November 28, 2007 from 11:00 am to 2:00 pm Eastern time. >> >> David Huynh of MIT will demonstrate Potluck, an open source tool >> that has an >> innovative user interface for reconciling semantic differences. With >> Potluck, an end user can resolve differences between two datasets >> using the >> Firefox Web browser. Potluck is noteworthy as a learning tool to >> illustrate >> the practical issues in resolving data from multiple sources and as an >> example of an innovative user interface for resolving semantic >> differences. >> >> After David's presentation and demo, Montague Institute founder >> Jean Graef >> will lead participants in a discussion of the use of Potluck and >> similar >> tools in large organizations. >> >> A basic primer, "Ontologies and the Semantic Web," is also being >> offered >> November 6. See http://www.montague.com/primer5.htm >> >> Space is limited, so you should reserve your spot early. >> >> Other upcoming events include: >> >> Pre-roundtable primer: Folksonomies & taxonomies - October 16, 2007 >> via >> teleconference (http://www.montague.com/primer6.htm) >> >> Integrating folksonomies with Google - October 17, 2007 via >> teleconference ( >> http://www.montague.com/roundtable38.html) >> >> Six weeks to the Semantic Web - November 7, 2007 via teleconference ( >> http://www.montague.com/roundtable39.html) >> >> Pre-roundtable primer: Sharepoint search - December 11, 2007 via >> teleconference (http://www.montague.com/primer.htm) >> >> Benchmarking Sharepoint for Knowledge Management - December 12, >> 2007 via >> teleconference (http://www.montague.com/roundtable40.html) >> >> >> ========================================== >> J. T. Johnson >> Institute for Analytic Journalism -- Santa Fe, NM USA >> www.analyticjournalism.com >> 505.577.6482(c) 505.473.9646(h) >> http://www.jtjohnson.com [EMAIL PROTECTED] >> >> "You never change things by fighting the existing reality. >> To change something, build a new model that makes the >> existing model obsolete." >> -- Buckminster >> Fuller >> ========================================== >> ============================================================ >> FRIAM Applied Complexity Group listserv >> Meets Fridays 9a-11:30 at cafe at St. John's College >> lectures, archives, unsubscribe, maps at http://www.friam.org >> > > > ============================================================ > FRIAM Applied Complexity Group listserv > Meets Fridays 9a-11:30 at cafe at St. John's College > lectures, archives, unsubscribe, maps at http://www.friam.org > > > > ============================================================ FRIAM Applied Complexity Group listserv Meets Fridays 9a-11:30 at cafe at St. John's College lectures, archives, unsubscribe, maps at http://www.friam.org
