U.S. Navy Swimming in the Semantic Sea

The U.S. Navy believes the semantic Web will connect data in new ways and lay the foundation for further advances in their world. Their objective is to manage a global network that delivers instant integration of military data across a number of separate specializations such as geographic, intelligence, logistics and manpower, as well as provide information about red or blue forces. The semantic Web will be the engine needed to power the effort.

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Can Software Replace PR Professionals?

Like every other industry out there, the cost of human service is the most expensive column on the balance sheet. This makes it the one constantly targeted for automation to ultimately reduce cost and increase efficiency.

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OWL Export Module: Data Harmony for the Semantic Web

by Jay Ven Eman, Ph.D., CEO of Access Innovations, Inc. Access Innovations, Inc.What do you make of “198“?  You could assume a number.  Computer applications make no assumptions since it could be an integer, octal, decimal, etc.  Neither you nor the computer could do anything useful with it.  What if, we added a period, so…

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The Strategic Business Value of a Well-Constructed Taxonomy

By Bert Carelli An organization’s website is today the primary strategic tool not only for delivering information and promoting its scholarly mission, but also for developing and maintaining relationships with and among its members and the larger scholarly community. A unified semantic strategy is the best way of bringing together all elements of that mission…

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New Local Discovery Service

WHERE, Inc., has launched its new local discovery service, making it easy to find the right places to eat, drink or play by offering personalized recommendations and high-quality guides from local experts.

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New Semantic Software for PR Professionals

A new web application has been launched in beta to provide a resource for journalists, editors, etc. to quickly access press releases. PRFilter ranks the relevance to the user based on a profile of their interests built automatically from their own articles. Further filtering on the ranked results makes it easy to find the most relevant stories.

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