Re: ANN: Sparallax! - Browse sets of things together (now those on your SPARQL endpoint)

2011-08-18 Thread Andy Seaborne
On 18/08/11 00:03, Danny Ayers wrote: Which aggregate functions are needed? ARQ has some support (very possibly more than) listed here: http://jena.sourceforge.net/ARQ/group-by.html [Andy, are there any more query examples around? I can't seem to get count(*) working here] ARQ runs in

Re: Vote for my Semantic Web presentation at SXSW

2011-08-18 Thread Kingsley Idehen
On 8/17/11 9:30 PM, Sampo Syreeni wrote: On 2011-08-17, ProjectParadigm-ICT-Program wrote: Google just bought Motorola Mobility and Microsoft is rumored to buy Nokia. The killer apps for the semantic web will be apps for mobile devices. But once again, is that because you cheer for SemWeb,

Re: Vote for my Semantic Web presentation at SXSW

2011-08-18 Thread Kingsley Idehen
On 8/17/11 10:20 PM, Alexander Johannesen wrote: As for the mobile space, absolutely! I personally don't think the mobile space is any more or less interesting in the SemWeb debacle at all, or gives any special weight to it. Here's why I give it special weight: 1. Form factor of phones and

Re: Vote for my Semantic Web presentation at SXSW

2011-08-18 Thread adasal
Increadably interesting exchange. 4) We're about semantics, so why do we not preferentially target the problem areas where semantics are and have been a problem in the past? One simple problem I've bumped into in my daily database work is that it's amazingly difficult and

Re: Vote for my Semantic Web presentation at SXSW

2011-08-18 Thread Kingsley Idehen
On 8/18/11 9:44 AM, adasal wrote: Increadably interesting exchange. 4) We're about semantics, so why do we not preferentially target the problem areas where semantics are and have been a problem in the past? One simple problem I've bumped into in my daily database work

Re: Vote for my Semantic Web presentation at SXSW

2011-08-18 Thread adasal
Thanks. Yes this is the way that solutions might be developed. Finding the parameters for how it might be done, the proper constraints on what is ultimately behaviour, will be another matter. Best, Adam On 18 August 2011 15:05, Kingsley Idehen kide...@openlinksw.com wrote: ** On 8/18/11 9:44

Cost/Benefit Anyone? Re: Vote for my Semantic Web presentation at SXSW

2011-08-18 Thread Patrick Durusau
Kingsley, Your characterization of problems is spot on: On 8/18/2011 9:01 AM, Kingsley Idehen wrote: snip Linked Data addresses many real world problems. The trouble is that problems are subjective. If you have experienced a problem it doesn't exist. If you don't understand a problem it

Re: Vote for my Semantic Web presentation at SXSW

2011-08-18 Thread Carl Wimmer
Sampo: I disagree that no such applications exist. Below is our standard collateral, which if you read it, will show just such a commercial application. As a demo corpus, we use Wikipedia, which to the Correlation Technology Platform (and a user posing an N-Dimensional Query) is not 3.5

Re: Cost/Benefit Anyone? Re: Vote for my Semantic Web presentation at SXSW

2011-08-18 Thread Kingsley Idehen
On 8/18/11 10:25 AM, Patrick Durusau wrote: Kingsley, Your characterization of problems is spot on: On 8/18/2011 9:01 AM, Kingsley Idehen wrote: snip Linked Data addresses many real world problems. The trouble is that problems are subjective. If you have experienced a problem it doesn't

Re: Vote for my Semantic Web presentation at SXSW

2011-08-18 Thread Hugh Glaser
If you want a multi-million business based entirely on SemWeb Technology, try http://www.garlik.com/ (Nothing to do with me, by the way.) I agree with others that looking for the Killer App is strange. It's the Killer Edge (business-wise), and possibly the Killer Business that matter. I know

Re: Cost/Benefit Anyone? Re: Vote for my Semantic Web presentation at SXSW

2011-08-18 Thread Patrick Durusau
Kingsley, From below: This critical value only materializes via appropriate context lenses. For decision makers it is always via opportunity costs. If someone else is eating you lunch by disrupting your market you simply have to respond. Thus, on this side of the fence its better to focus

Re: Cost/Benefit Anyone? Re: Vote for my Semantic Web presentation at SXSW

2011-08-18 Thread Kingsley Idehen
On 8/18/11 1:40 PM, Patrick Durusau wrote: Kingsley, From below: This critical value only materializes via appropriate context lenses. For decision makers it is always via opportunity costs. If someone else is eating you lunch by disrupting your market you simply have to respond. Thus, on

Re: Cost/Benefit Anyone? Re: Vote for my Semantic Web presentation at SXSW

2011-08-18 Thread Patrick Durusau
Kingsley, Here are some hard numbers on integration of data benefits: Future Integration Needs: Emerging Complex Data - http://www.informatica.com/news_events/press_releases/Pages/08182011_aberdeen_b2b.aspx */Integration costs are rising/* -- As integration of external data rises, it

Re: Cost/Benefit Anyone? Re: Vote for my Semantic Web presentation at SXSW

2011-08-18 Thread Kingsley Idehen
On 8/18/11 2:03 PM, Patrick Durusau wrote: Kingsley, Here are some hard numbers on integration of data benefits: Future Integration Needs: Emerging Complex Data - http://www.informatica.com/news_events/press_releases/Pages/08182011_aberdeen_b2b.aspx */Integration costs are rising/* -- As

Re: Cost/Benefit Anyone? Re: Vote for my Semantic Web presentation at SXSW

2011-08-18 Thread Patrick Durusau
Kingsley, On 8/18/2011 1:52 PM, Kingsley Idehen wrote: On 8/18/11 1:40 PM, Patrick Durusau wrote: Kingsley, From below: This critical value only materializes via appropriate context lenses. For decision makers it is always via opportunity costs. If someone else is eating you lunch by

Re: Cost/Benefit Anyone? Re: Vote for my Semantic Web presentation at SXSW

2011-08-18 Thread Patrick Durusau
Kingsley, On 8/18/2011 2:25 PM, Kingsley Idehen wrote: On 8/18/11 2:03 PM, Patrick Durusau wrote: Kingsley, Here are some hard numbers on integration of data benefits: Future Integration Needs: Emerging Complex Data -

Re: Cost/Benefit Anyone? Re: Vote for my Semantic Web presentation at SXSW

2011-08-18 Thread Bob Ferris
Just an example from practise: http://blog.seevl.net/2011/08/18/about-json-ld-and-content-negotiation/ near the end of this blog post: ... Then, we save costs. - that's it! ;) Cheers, Bo

Re: Cost/Benefit Anyone? Re: Vote for my Semantic Web presentation at SXSW

2011-08-18 Thread Patrick Durusau
Kingsley, Citing your own bookmark file hardly qualifies as market numbers. People promoting technologies make up all sorts of numbers about what use of X will save. Reminds me of the music or software theft numbers. They have no relationship to any reality that I share. It's been enjoyable

Call for Participation: ISWC 2011 - 10th International Semantic Web Conference - Oct 23 - 27 - Bonn, Germany

2011-08-18 Thread Juan Sequeda
Call for Participation ISWC 2011 - 10th International Semantic Web Conference October 23-27, 2011 Bonn Germany EARLY REGISTRATION DEADLINE: September 10 http://iswc2011.semanticweb.org/attending/registration/