Ontologies are enabling technology for the Semantic Web. They are a means for people to state what they mean by formal terms used in data that they might generate or consume. Folksonomies are an emergent phenomenon of the social web. They are created a
This piece is based on two talks I gave in the spring of 2005 -- one at the O'Reilly ETech conference in March, entitled "Ontology Is Overrated", and one at the IMCExpo in April entitled "Folksonomies & Tags: The rise of user-developed classification." Th
There's a revolution going on in the art and science of categorization, and its name is folksonomy, a term term invented by information architect Thomas Vander Wal. Folksonomy is like taxonomy, the traditional way to impose structure on the blooming confu
By 2001, Joshua Schachter decided he needed to develop a software program to help him organize and manage all the links to Web pages he had collected in previous years. Bookmarking them on his browser had never really been a useful method for Schachter t
Just as long as those hyperlinks (or let's call them plain old links) are managed, tagged, commented upon, and published onto the Web, they represent a user's own personal library placed on public record, which – when aggregated with other personal libr
Ericsson and the Norwegian Broadcasting Corporation (NRK) have conducted the world's first live trial of interactive mobile TV. The trial demonstrates a new way of using mobile TV, which allows mobile phone users to vote, chat and communicate with a telev
Such unprecedented service launches include; the WAP (Wireless Application Protocol) service, IVR (Interactive Voice Response) based ringtone service, live Web streaming solution for a top radio station, etc
Nokia's strategy is about more than just the device the enterprise user holds in their hand. Nokia directly, and through a number of key partners, provides both the middleware and back end tools needed to integrate all the components of a mobile solution.
- FlyteComm, a premier information services company, and mFoundry, a leading mobile publisher and platform provider, have partnered to create FlyteSource Mobile, a new downloadable mobile application that lets travelers track commercial airline flights in
Nokia (NYSE: NOK - News) and the leading telecommunications provider in the Philippines, Philippine Long Distance Telephone Company (PLDT), have set up a Next Generation Network Laboratory to develop and test end-to-end Fixed- Mobile Convergence services
European research activities are structured around consecutive four-year programmes, or so-called Framework Programmes. The Sixth Framework Programme (FP6) sets out the priorities - including the Information Society Technologies (IST) priority - for the p
SiberLogic develops and delivers the most cost-effective solutions for teams developing technical documents. With a family of products that provide everything from basic version control functionality to workflow control, electronic publishing, staging
The term “Semiformal Ontology” refers to a ontology which has a few bits of formality but is largely informal. It is the analog of what Tom Malone calls semi structured data, such as email or office forms. A semiformal ontology could support techn
Freedom is designed to adapt easily to business change and growth. As a result, it can handle and respond to all manner of changes, either in the knowledge or content sources or in the scope of the application domain (which may impact on both ontology str
Outlined in this white paper is a concept known as Semantic Metadata that is central to SEII and paves the way to finally realize liquidity in information and generate tangible business value through the creation of task-specific applications or services.
Research Commissioner Janez Potočnik told the Council that he will establish a group to provide the Spring Council 2006 with recommendations on research investment priorities.
The Semantic Web is the next generation of the Internet. It is currently in its infancy, but it aims to extend the Internet so that the information is structured in a way that meaning is easily interpreted by computers.
The W3C, a standards-setting body for the Internet, said it will draft specifications for VoiceXML 3.0, a technology enabling voice identification verification for users transacting business by phone or using voice on computers.
Last year I read some books about project management and was overwhelmed by all the advice I found. Various books provide different tools and methods to make your project a success. Others provide the experience people have made in special situations. Oth
A fairly good RSS and Atom news reader.2.0.2 * Supports all versions of RSS. * Supports Atom 0.3 and 1.0. * Supports Podcast (Enclosure) feeds. * Supports Feed protocol.
Short information on the Network of Excellence Advanced and Innovative Models and Tools for the development of semantic-based systems for Handling, Acquiring, and Processing knowledge embedded in multidimensional digital objects.
Ontopoly, a new web-based tool for creating, populating and managing corporate ontologies, will be launched by Ontopia at Online Information 2005. This latest addition to the Ontopia Knowledge Suite significantly lowers the bar for developing and maintain
An article that will be published in the next Journal of Intellectual Capital (Andriessen, 2006) will show that there are at least 22 different metaphors that we use to think and talk about knowledge.
t is my mission to use my skills to clarify, challenge, and create; and help people, organizations, and organizational science to prosper from the rise of the knowledge-based economy. Dr. Daniel G. Andriessen
Integrating data and applications throughout the enterprise, and presenting a unified view of these, is a complex proposition. Not only are there broad disparities in data structures and application functionality, but there are also fundamental difference
A special group of futurists at EDS are pursuing the identification, investigation, analysis and understanding of the things that will manifest themselves as "The Next Big Thing" in information technology. This think tank set looks at IT and how it will i
Information management (IM) is a critical function in any company. The information residing in your company's information systems is a corporate asset. Now that we have a working definition of IM, it is time to talk IM strategy. I'm not going to lay out
Spark looks at the top 10 "Web moments" since the World Wide Web was born 15 years ago, and asks viewers to vote for the one they think had the most impact in the Web's history.
Nacionalinė Lisabonos strategijos įgyvendinimo programa (Lietuvos Respublikos Vyriausybės 2005 m. lapkričio 22 d. nutarimas Nr. 1270) Nacionalinių Lisabonos strategijos įgyvendinimo programų ataskaita 2005 m. (anglų kalba)
A new online information service launching in early 2006 aims to build on the model of free online encyclopedia Wikipedia by inviting acknowledged experts in a range of subjects to review material contributed by the general public.