MarkLogic User Group London: Jem Rayfield

The July MUGL meeting on July 10 will feature Jem Rayfield (http://uk.linkedin.com/pub/jem-rayfield/27/b19/757) (@jemrayfield), Lead Technical Architect of Future Media and Technology at the BBC (http://bbc.co.uk/). The BBC has been building a major new system based on MarkLogic to handle the flood of data from the upcoming 2012 Olympic Games in London (http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/olympics/2012/). Jem has agreed to take a breather before the deluge to stop by and have a beer and tell us about the project.

Synopsis

In this talk, Jem describes the latest developments in the transformational technology strategy the BBC Future Media & Technology department is using to evolve from a relational content model and static publishing framework to a fully Dynamic Semantic Publishing (DSP) architecture. This approach uses XML/XQuery and linked data technology to automate the aggregation, publishing and re-purposing of interrelated content objects according to an ontological domain-modelled information architecture, providing a greatly improved user experience and high levels of user engagement. The BBC's World Cup (http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/world_cup_2010/default.stm) web site was the first showcase of DSP, and probably the first major implementation of semantic web technologies on a commercial media site. In 2012, the BBC will launch two new sites based on DSP: The 2012 Olympics (http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/olympics/2012/) and a completely redesigned BBC Sports (http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/) site.

For more information on Jem's background, visit the front page of the MUGL (http://mugl.org/) site.

Participate

If you would like to make a short presentation at this meeting, or make any announcements, please let me know. News and updates from the community are always welcome and encouraged.

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This looks to be another great MUGL meeting. This summer when you settle in to watch the London Olympics on the BBC you'll have a better appreciation of the hard work that went into providing all that information to you.

We are returning to the Theodore BullFrog Pub (http://www.theodore-bullfrog.co.uk/) again this time, just a few steps from Charing Cross station. As usual, there will be free food and drink. We have a private upstairs room with our own bar, which means we can relax in comfort afterword for as long as we like.