Michael C. Daconta

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What is the Semantic Web?

• Michael C. Daconta
• President
• Smart Data Associates, Inc.

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Agenda

• The Semantic Web Vision
• The Smart Data Continuum
• Why do we need the Semantic Web?
• Semantic Web Services
• Taxonomies
• Ontologies
• Inference
• Conclusion

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Tim Berner-Lees Vision
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The Smart Data Continuum
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Why we do we need the Semantic Web?

• Information Overload
• Stove-piped Systems
• Poor content aggregation

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Semantic Web services
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Taxonomies
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Ontologies
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TheyRule.net
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Wordnet
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Inference
If a person C is a male and childOf a person A,
then person C is a sonOf person A. ?If a
person B is a male and siblingOf a person A, then
person B is a brotherOf person A.?If a person C
is a sonOf person A, and person B is a
brotherOf person A, then person B is the
uncleOf person C.
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Conclusion

• The Semantic Web will happen!
• Time to learn the technologies! (RDF, Taxonomies,
  Ontologies)

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