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Semantic web

• 03.05.09
  The meaning of it all, in XML Semantic web | (2)

  Here's a relatively new web service for publishers and developers that's a different spin on the semantic web. Amplify is mostly a semantic web service, although it tries to differentiate itself from other semantic services by saying it focuses on understanding content rather than classifying content -- which is what the semantic web has been all about up until now. It's an interesting spin on things. As an aside, perhaps you could argue they're indulging in some semantic footwork of their own, because in a sense they're really just classifying content too. It's fascinating stuff -- and the real power of ...
• 11.09.08
  How to approach content in the digital age Semantic web, Social media, online media business, web 2.0, web strategy | (2)

  The phrase "User Generated Content" (UGC) has always been a troubled notion. At its heart it emphasises a divide between the user and the professional, with the implication that users have their place, and the professionals have theirs. Perhaps the aversion to this phrase stems from the fact that it is so simplistic. It doesn't really capture the diversity of a site's readership or community. The simple fact is: Not all readers are equal. Not all readers want to write or contribute, some are quite happy to lurk behind the scenes. There also may be expert contributors in your site's community ...
• 07.27.08
  The semantic web for publishers and bloggers Semantic web, Social media, web 2.0, web strategy | (16)

  The semantic web is often referred to as the "next phase" of the world wide web. It's also sometimes referred to -- perhaps pretentiously -- as "Web 3.0". Wrapped up in this semantic web is an appearance of artificial intelligence as it involves computers "understanding" content (eg: teaching a machine that "Africa" is a continent and that "Barack Obama" is person and politician). Semantic tagging for dummies Adding semantic power to your website content essentially involves adding machine-readable metadata to your articles or posts that denote relationships and meaning. This could involve tagging your content according to various categories, such as certain ...
• 06.15.08
  M&G ONLINE LAUNCH DIARY: Thou shalt semantically tag with Open Calais Semantic web, Social media, web 2.0 | (3)

  Open Calais is a Thomson Reuters initiative that automatically generates rich semantic metadata from the content you submit to it. For the relaunch of the Mail & Guardian Online, Africa's oldest news site, my colleague Vincent Maher ran our site's historic database, dating back to 1994, through the service. What happened next was amazing. We were returned a set of tags for each article in our database, identifying people, city, country and company names. It's allowed us to group stories by country or city, as well as by people or company names, and serve related data -- all automatically. We can also ...
• 09.14.07
  10 Future Web Trends to watch Future Trends, Mobile Web, Semantic web | (5)

  It's a web 2.0 world these days. I never thought I'd use the term so frequently and freely, but it does encapsulate a new culture and way of doing things on the web. Read/Write Web -- now my favourite website -- has an excellent analysis of what it considers to be the Top 10 Web Trends of the future. Here is the list: 1. Semantic Web 2. Artificial Intelligence 3. Virtual Worlds 4. Mobile 5. Attention Economy 6. Web Sites as Web Services 7. Online Video / Internet TV 8. Rich Internet Apps 9. International Web 10. Personalization
• 07.31.07
  Wikipedia: It's impossible, but works Interviews & press, Semantic web, Social media, other, print & web | (1)

  Did this interview with Intelligence Magazine on Wikipedia... If you want to see the full interview buy the magazine... Intelligence Mag: How valuable do you consider Wikipedia as a reference source? Me: I think Wikipedia is a valuable reference source, but that readers should be on guard when they use Wikipedia material. I would use Wikipedia as a starting point for gathering information on topics, and then move on to other reference sources. I would always use wikipedia in tandem with more traditional encyclopedias such as Britannica. - Do you use Wikipedia? Yes, I use Wikipedia as an occasional reference ...