The world of the semantic web, as based on RDF, is really simple at the base. This article shows you how to get started. It uses a simplified teaching language -- Notation 3 or N3 -- which is basically equivalent to RDF in its XML syntax, but easier to sc
Imagine what life would be like if Netscape browsers used a completely different web page syntax than Internet Explorer uses. Of course, both browsers differentiate on certain features in order to compete, but it is in both browsers' best interests to rem
RDF--the Resource Description Framework--is a universal format for data on the Web. Using a simple relational model, it allows structured and semi-structured data to be mixed, exported and shared accross different applications. RDF data describe all sorts
FOAF-a-matic is a simple Javascript application that allows you to create a FOAF ("Friend-of-A-Friend") description of yourself. You can read more about FOAF in Edd Dumbill's "XML Watch: Finding friends with XML and RDF" article, at the FOAF homepage on R
We’ve designed the PeopleAggregator to solve problems for three distinct kinds of end-users and stakeholders. We’ve also designed specific presentations for each of these constituents. Based upon who you are, feel free to take a look at the appropri
This resource is also known as Stupid Berry Pickers Make Idiot Jam and that fact should add suitable weight to the following declaration: I'm new to the Semantic Web. I cobbled this fair piece together in an attempt to collect my thoughts, answered questi
Should we follow these prescriptions?: === For the Semantic Web to follow the current web model, then, it should use key aspects of the current World Wide Web: * Use URI-style addressing * Have notions of addressable and non-addr
The National Cancer Institute (NCI) of the U.S. has started the caBIG™ (cancer Biomedical Informatics Grid™) initiative targeted to transform the way that cancer research is being done. The project aims at creating a network that will freely connect r
Welcome to the Semantic Grid Cafe! This site will tell you everything you want to know about Semantic Grids. The Grid emerged from the nineties, primarily as distributed computer environment for large-scale scientific research. By merging Grid and the