Re: Bestbuy.com goes Semantic Web the GoodRelations Way

2009-06-09 Thread Bill Roberts
Yeah, I too think this is a big deal. Semantic web in the commercial world obviously suffers the same chicken and egg problem as elsewhere, but if a big company like BestBuy just does it anyway, then services that consume and aggregate this kind of data are likely to spring up. Semantic

Re: Bestbuy.com goes Semantic Web the GoodRelations Way

2009-06-09 Thread Kingsley Idehen
Bill Roberts wrote: Yeah, I too think this is a big deal. Semantic web in the commercial world obviously suffers the same chicken and egg problem as elsewhere, but if a big company like BestBuy just does it anyway, then services that consume and aggregate this kind of data are likely to

Re: Bestbuy.com goes Semantic Web the GoodRelations Way

2009-06-09 Thread Aldo Bucchi
Guys, Let me add: Having real world use cases validate the cause in many levels. In practice, this will generate a second sell, and a third, etc. Domino effect. Or rather, the CYA effect: Until someone else has taken the risk, why put your A on the line? So, I would call this a nice escape goat

Re: Bestbuy.com goes Semantic Web the GoodRelations Way

2009-06-09 Thread Martin Hepp (UniBW)
PS. In some cases, its a good idea to stop at the first kiss... but I think that the prospect of permeating the e-commerce dinosaur is sexy as hell ;) Yes, that is what drives me ;-) Martin PS: Think of the many novel e-business scenarios in affiliate marketing etc. when you can have web-wide

Re: Bestbuy.com goes Semantic Web the GoodRelations Way

2009-06-09 Thread Bill Roberts
Martin Thanks for that very interesting presentation. Sorry I can't come along next week to hear it live. Bill On 9 Jun 2009, at 13:32, Martin Hepp (UniBW) wrote: PS. In some cases, its a good idea to stop at the first kiss... but I think that the prospect of permeating the e-commerce

Re: Bestbuy.com goes Semantic Web the GoodRelations Way

2009-06-09 Thread Kingsley Idehen
Aldo Bucchi wrote: Clarification, On Tue, Jun 9, 2009 at 7:57 AM, Aldo Bucchialdo.buc...@gmail.com wrote: Guys, Let me add: Having real world use cases validate the cause in many levels. In practice, this will generate a second sell, and a third, etc. Domino effect. Or rather, the CYA

Re: Bestbuy.com goes Semantic Web the GoodRelations Way

2009-06-09 Thread Martin Hepp (UniBW)
Hi Aldo: Kingsley: Does any of the upper level ontologies or LOD datasets provide industry sectors with a useful level of granularity? Note that GoodRelations provides the gr:hasISICv4 and the gr:hasNAICS properties for linking a gr:BusinessEntity to the proper ISIC/NAICS category code

Re: Bestbuy.com goes Semantic Web the GoodRelations Way

2009-06-08 Thread Danny Ayers
I heard about this elsewhere (?) - I personally think it's hugely significant. Commerce means a lot to a lot of people, this is mainstreaming. Bravo! 2009/6/8 Martin Hepp (UniBW) h...@ebusiness-unibw.org: Hi all: Good news: Bestbuy.com goes Semantic Web the GoodRelations Way http