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Description
Dictionaries, thesauri, taxonomies and automatic categories have been part of document management systems for quite some time. Recently, tagging, folkonomies and ontologies are emerging as new ways to capture social and domain knowledge. Furthermore, using the emerging Semantic Web standards such as RDF and OWL, and technologies for automatic metadata extraction (annotation) and semantic analysis, we have alternative or newer ways to organize, integrate and exploit (search, analyze and perform knowledge discovery) information within enterprise and on the Web.
We will provide an overview of current state of the art and share some personal experiences that may answer the following questions
- what types of ontologies have been built, how they are built, is there a typical ontology, low large a typical ontology is, what does it take to build and maintain ontologies
- how well (semantic) metadata annotation/extraction work
- what is the status and adoption of Semantic Web standards and technologies
- what kind of advanced capabilities (analytical, decision making and discovery) are made possible using Semantic Web technologies
- which domains have been more amenable to applications of ontologies and Semantic Web technologies, and what are few use cases?
Most of the discussion will be through the use of real-world examples/applications.
Additional material can be found in a more detailed tutorial at: http://www2007.org/tutorial-T11.php and in additional material at http://knoesis.wright.edu
Presenters:
Dr. Amit Sheth
Dr. Sheth is the LexisNexis Ohio Eminent Scholar and director of the Knowledge Enabled Information and Services Center (http://knoesis.wright.edu) at Wright State University. Earlier he founded and directed the LSDIS lab at University of Georgia, and worked at Bellcore, Unisys and Honeywell. His research interests include the Semantic Web, services science, and information integration and analysis. His research has resulted in several commercial products and he founded two companies in the area of workflow management and Semantic Web. Sheth is a fellow of the IEEE, and is among the best cited researcher in the areas of information integration, workflow management and Semantic Web Services. He is also the Editor in Chief (EIC) of International Journal on Semantic Web and Information Systems, co-EIC of Distributed and Parallel Databases journal, co-EIC of two Springer book series, and an editor of IEEE Internet Computing and other journals.
Ted Sullivan, Raritan Technologies:
Ted has over 20 years of experience in a diverse range of information technologies. His background includes biomedical research, mathematics instruction, developing military planning systems, and numerous eBusiness solutions. As Director of New Technologies, Ted is responsible for keeping Raritan Technologies at the forefront of computer systems expertise. Before becoming a co-founder of Raritan, Ted was a Senior Java Architect for Blueflame Inc.