Semantic Desktop 2.0: The Gnowsis Experience
Proc.of 5th International Semantic Web Conference, Athens, GA, USA, November 5-9, 2006, LNCS 4273, (2006)Abstract
In this paper we present lessons learned from building a Semantic Desktop system, the gnowsis beta. On desktop computers, semantic software has to provide stable services and has to reflect the personal view of the user. Our approach to ontologies, the Personal Information Model PIMO allows to create tagging services like del.icio.us on the desktop. A semantic wiki allows further annotations. Continuous evaluations of the system helped to improve it. These results were created in the EPOS research pro ject and are available in the open source projects Aperture, kaukoluwiki, and gnowsis and will be continued in the Nepomuk pro ject. By using these components, other developers can create new desktop applications the web 2.0 way.