It's probably just me, but it sounds like you're getting more than just your feet wet with your resume. I've found crafting semantic XHTML to be nothing more complex than using tags for their intended purposes & writing valid code.
Cheers! Pat On Aug 12, 2009, at 3:38 PM, Steven Harms wrote: > > Hi, > > I've been trying to get my feet wet in the semantic web world for > about 6 months now but have always hit one of a few snags: > > - Pedantry: Within minutes people who do understand it are quoting > RFC's and W3C's and IOCC's at each other and make me feel like a > moron. I then space out and check out twitter or facebook > > - Boredom: The examples on the web all center on licensing (as a > Creative Commons product), uh, well, cool and all, but what does that > mean to me? > > - Confusion: There are few good books on the matter > > - Repetition: Everyone winds up modeling the stupid license example > or the "Dublin core created by" example. Without some alternative > examples to show the flexibility of the form how am I going to get a > hang of this? > > With all these virtues, what could possibly be holding back the > semantic web's rise? > > To mitigate this I created my resume (a practical example) in RDFa > (that is, XHTML + semantic web markup hints, a practical format). My > document both validates at the W3C, distills to RDF (the base language > of the semantic web) and makes a really cool chart > (http://stevengharms.com/resume.html > , at the bottom, unless I broke it last night ;) ). > > Juan Sequeda, the leader of the Semantic Web Austin group and I were > talking about covering this topic in the Semantic Web Austin group. > We thought it might be cool if SemWebAustin and RefreshAustin (and any > other *Austins) could get together and help advance the dream of > Austin as a place where the Web community is sharper than the average > town re: semantic technology. > > Would a group meeting like this work well with Refresh's charter? > Would it be of interest? I would call the presentation "Creating web > data that advances the Semantic Web: A guide for normal people who > know (X)HTML minus academic tangents" . If it's not a good fit, I'll > limit the audience to SemWebAustin, but thought hey, why not, more the > merrier. > > > > Steven > > > -- Pat Ramsey Web Design and Accessibility Specialist [email protected] @pat_ramsey Code that works,… beautifully http://slash25.com --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ Our Web site: http://www.RefreshAustin.org/ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Refresh Austin" group. [ Posting ] To post to this group, send email to [email protected] Job-related postings should follow http://tr.im/refreshaustinjobspolicy We do not accept job posts from recruiters. [ Unsubscribe ] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] [ More Info ] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/Refresh-Austin -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
