Semantic+Web

August 14, 2007 1:30 - 2:50 pm Room 14-266

Moderator: Corey Harper (NYU)

=Session Notes=
 * What is RDF
 * Graph based data-structure (sorta)
 * Nodes and Arcs
 * Triple
 * Subject, Predicate, Object
 * [|FOAF]
 * Model resources using metadata.
 * RDF in Use
 * Last.fm
 * MusicBrainz
 * [|Zotero]
 * Firefox extension
 * Scrapes pages for metadata, both explicit and implicit
 * Presents data to user
 * RDF learning curve similar to that of existing systems
 * Criticisms of RDF
 * Nice idea, needlessly complicated.
 * People won't even creative valid HTML, let alone RDF
 * Criticisms of [|MicroFormats]
 * Less data-geeky.
 * RDF trying to solve data-consistency issues.
 * Schism between use models:
 * MicroFormats for simple data.
 * RDF for complex modeling.
 * How can they interface simply and easily with the minimum overhead.
 * Could technologies like RDFa, eRDF, or GRRDL -- where RDF data may be embedded in HTML -- be used as a middle ground?
 * Data Modeling vs. Data Exchange
 * Choose the best format on a case by case basis. (RDF/MicroFormats)
 * MicroFormats for immediate Data Exchange for discrete data. (can be turned into RDF)
 * RDF for library flexibility and modeling (can be made into MicroFormats)
 * RDF to replace OCLC?
 * Central resource database.
 * Global error updates.

Suggested resources: [|SWEO], [|GetSemantic]

=Blog Posts by Attendees=
 * [|Sharon Clapp]