Yearly Archives: 2011

This Week on the Semantic Web – 21 Dec 2011

We end 2011 with a thought for the year ahead – innovation and education! The past year has seen us exploring how today’s experiments with the semantic web are move the web into its 3.0 phases. And now that we … Continue reading

Explaining common semantic web terms – new video

Do you know your ontologies from your OWLS? Well, if not, watch this latest instalment in our series of videos semantic web video tutorials, our resident expert, Priya Parvatakir, gives some handy definitions for the most commonly used semantic web … Continue reading

The future of Chinese publishing – 3 Key Trends

Earlier this year we blogged about launching our new venture at the Beijing International Book Fair, and our Chinese partner Helen Sun lifted the lid on the fascinating world of ‘freemium fiction’ in the world’s fastest growing market. But what … Continue reading

This Week on the Semantic Web – 09 Dec 2011

Each week we bring you the most thought-provoking news on how the semantic web is changing the way web users discover, interact and exchange online. This week on the blog we take a glimpse at how brands and consumer markets are utilising the semantic web … Continue reading

Trends in Journal Subscription 2006 – 2011

subscription renewal trends graph

Last week, Marco Castellan from our sister company PCG lifted the lid on some very interesting statistics on journal subscription renewal trends over the past five years. Aggregated from data gathered by PCG during telephone campaigns renewal campaigns for lapsed … Continue reading

Online Publishing Forum Videos

Last week scholarly publishers from across the UK convened in London for our Online Publishing Forum to discuss academic publishing and its relationship with semantic web technologies, apps and the future of library funding. We’ve already shared the slides from … Continue reading

This Week on the Semantic Web – 02 Dec 2011

This week on the blog we report on the effectiveness of the semantic web in government. Both the US and UK have released statements of intent to incorporate a more informed use of the semantic web in their plans to … Continue reading

Presentations from our Online Publishers Forum

On Tuesday 29th November, a handpicked audience of publishers and technologists attended our Online Publishers Forum in London to hear about the latest technological innovations in scholarly and academic publishing. The presentations delivered by speakers at the event are now … Continue reading

This week on the semantic web – 25th Nov

This week we piece together expert opinion on the latent potential of the semantic web, looking at the barriers to progress and which experts are consistently creating ways to overcome them. In a recent review, Jack Stilgoe documents Michael Nielsen’s … Continue reading