Semantic Web 1: Semantics – what is an ontology?
To a computer, the Web is a flat, boring world, devoid of meaning. This is a pity, as in fact documents on the Web describe real objects and imaginary concepts, and give particular relationships between them. For example, a document might describe a person. The title document to a house describes a house and also [...]
Ontologies and the challenge to IT leaders
The recent Technology Forecast publication from PwC focused on semantic web and linked data. Interesting series of articles – and I like the concept of dealing with ‘messy data’. CEOs and other managers want to be able to merge internal ERP type data with external data. Also reminds readers that the I in CIO is [...]
Microsoft and the semantic web
Microsoft and Creative Commons announced last week the release of the Ontology Add-in for Microsoft Office Word 2007 that will enable authors to easily add scientific hyperlinks as semantic annotations, drawn from ontologies, to their documents and research papers. Share on Facebook