July 23, 2009 6:00 PM - 14 attended
What the heck is semantic web?
Food and Refreshments: beer, pizza and non-alcoholic options. We are collecting a $5 donation to cover these costs.
Once upon a time, the term "internet" meant that you could send a plain text file from Stanford to UCLA. Now the internet means everything from Facebook to filesharing to "social bookmarking" to Google Wave.
How is the structure of the internet changing, and what impact will it have on our ideas of "knowledge"? How can we change our thinking to stay ahead of the curve? And just what the heck is this "semantic web" thing anyway?
We'll have a moderator to give a quick introduction of the subject, and then kick the topic out to the floor for a friendly, laid-back discussion.
If you have any comments, or want to take a more active role planning this discussion, please contact Cristos.
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Lisa
PS. I just wanted to add that although I missed the beginning, I loved the discussion, it was very lively, energetic and informative, and Cristos did a great job of bringing understanding to the more hard to grasp aspects of this complex topic.
Posted July 24, 2009 at 4:07 PM -
Cristos L-C
Presentation slides now available at http://blog.cristoslc.com/?p=84
Posted August 3, 2009 at 11:22 AM
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Peter ChiltonDesignerGreat discussion. It boggles the mind how complicated it is to make life more simple and meaningful.
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LisaDesignerI thought this was a fantastic meetup. I think we should follow up with at least one more semantic web meetup. I think it would be great to go over some of the sites we discussed in more detail, like opencalais, wolfram/alpha, twine, alitora. I would be willing to put in some research on those things.
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Val NelsonConsultantChristos did an awesome job of getting us going and answering questions. Complicated topic and he managed it very well. I enjoyed how everyone collaborated to define semantic web, which is perfect since it's all about collaboration!
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Some cool semantic web sites to check out:
http://www.twine.com
http://www.opencalais.com/
http://alitora.com/