Practical Semantic Applications

Semantic Technologies Call 2
What problems can semantic technologies solve?  In our second call of the series, we’ll explore examples of real world problems that can be addressed through semantic tools and approaches.  We’ll avoid too much abstraction and theory and focus on areas of immediate concern to most businesses today:  improved customer service, speed to market, new product development, cost reduction, customer acquisition, research and discovery, etc. 
 
In many cases, semantic approaches are solving the same basic problems as traditional approaches to information technology.  The goal of any application is to speed information flow and decision-making.  However, new approaches allow for faster evolution of capabilities in response to changes in user needs and marketplace drivers.
 
This session will illustrate several applications where semantic approaches provide these kinds of tangible benefits. 

Implementing Semantic Search
Presented by Paul Wlodarczyk and Amber Swope
Semantic search helps business people find answers to pressing questions by wading through oceans of information to find nuggets of meaningful information.  In this presentation we’ll discuss how semantic search and content analysis technologies are starting to appear in the marketplace today.  We’ll provide a recap of what semantic search is and what the key benefits are, then we’ll answer the following questions:
• Is semantic search a feature, an application, or enterprise system?
• How can I add semantic search to my existing work processes?
• Will I need to replace my existing content technologies?
• What will I need to do to prepare my content for semantic search?
• Is semantic search just for documents or can I search my data too?
• Can I use semantic search to find information on the internet and other public data sources?
• Are there standards to consider?

This conference call is for implementers and decision makers of all technical levels including those new to semantic technologies.  We will introduce technical concepts in terms everyone can understand.

Resolving Systems Integration Problems with Semantic Technology
Presented by Dave McComb
Semantic technology can be utilized to solve many systems integration problems.  In this presentation, we will discuss:
• Why metadata based integration doesn’t work.
• How an Enterprise Ontology can provide the promised “loose coupling” of an SOA.
• How to implement a semantically based referent management service.