The archive of posts under Semantic Web

Navigating the Semantic Web for Publishers

Posted on November 15, 2012 by publishingtechnology

Last month Publishing Technology’s CEO George Lossius presented at The Tools of Change Conference in Frankfurt, participating in their discussion on the semantic web and publishing, Metadata Futures. Presenting alongside speakers from Nielsen Books, Bowker and the start-up Small Demons, … Continue reading →

The future of content delivery in Publishing

Posted on October 12, 2012 by publishingtechnology

A minute is a long time on the internet – Google processes approximately two million searches and around 571 websites are launched. It is estimated that in 2011 there were around 555 million websites, more than doubling in size from … Continue reading →

Publishing: It’s all about the Metadata

Posted on October 3, 2012 by publishingtechnology

We all know good metadata is important on the web but the definition of metadata is confusing and off putting; it’s basically data about data or put simply more information about existing information. I’ve been thinking about metadata and its … Continue reading →

This Week on the Semantic Web – 30 March 2012

Posted on March 30, 2012 by publishingtechnology

This week on the Semantic Web Barak Obama backs “big data”, Wiki gets wiser and Kevin Lee delves deeper into Google’s semantic transformation. We also report on the launch of the Semantic University which aims to be the most accessible and complete place … Continue reading →

This Week on the Semantic Web – 23 March 2012

Posted on March 23, 2012 by publishingtechnology

This week on the blog, Knarig Arabshian of Alcatel-Lucent provides her insight on using semantic web technologies for API, while Jim Nichols of Forbes talks Google algorithms and content strategy. Meanwhile,  Neil McAllister praises rich, interactive UIs but questions the shift of control of web development from designers … Continue reading →

This Week on the Semantic Web – 16 March 2012

Posted on March 16, 2012 by publishingtechnology

While Bryan Yurcan of Bank Tech, reports on  financial institutions accumulating  unstructured data at an increasingly rapid pace, and George Wright reveals the ever increasing difficulties of machine traffic, organiser of the Open-data Cities Conference, Greg Hadfield, gives his tips on emerging open-data technologies. … Continue reading →

Reinventing the article – making a case for the ‘research object’

Posted on March 12, 2012 by Richard Ridge

Over at Derivadow.com, Tom Scott offers some insights into some of the possible directions for journal sites that he’s considering at Nature. Continue reading →

This Week on the Semantic Web – 09 March 2012

Posted on March 9, 2012 by publishingtechnology

This week on the semantic web blog, The Digital Enterprise Research Institute aims to make sense of the torrent of information that is Web 3.0, Christopher Mims talks about programme languages and we get to grips with taxonomies. Lastly,  Ron Powell discusses benefits of … Continue reading →

Dancing bears at ALPSP – On User Experience in Publishing

Posted on March 8, 2012 by Richard Ridge
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As has already been reported on this blog, I was at the ALPSP digital strategy conference a few weeks ago, so a report on some of what happened is probably overdue: The first presenter was Kaitlin Thaney, who talked about … Continue reading →

This Week on the Semantic Web – 02 March 2012

Posted on March 2, 2012 by publishingtechnology

This week Tonya Garcia raises questions about Google’s new privacy policy, Roger du Mars discusses the pivotal roles of SQL and NoSQL in the handling of unstructured and big data, and Tim Greene looks at the early reviews of Microsoft’s next-generation OS. Lastly, … Continue reading →