Re: Success stories?

Joanne Luciano wrote:
> 
> Hi Everyone,
> 
> Does anyone out there have (yet) a success story they can point me to 
> or tell me about where there's been a "ROI" return using RDF/
> OWLSemantic Technologies have had a bit of a cult following in life 
> sciences for a while, and one can find the occasional success story 
> (like the ones that the folks from SemantxLS like to tell) about how 
> semantic technologies have had genuine impact in some life sciences 
> project.
> 
> In the case of the W3C semantic web standards, we have seen demos  like
> BioDASH and <fill in the name of the thing you did with Oracle  and
> Siderean>, which show considerable promise and get the attention  of a
> lot of people in life sciences. But as far as I know, these are  still
> just in the demo stages; nobody has actually deployed these in  a
> meaningful way.
> 
> Are there any actually deployed success stories of RDF or OWL?  What 
> areas have turned out to be the most fruitful?
> 
> Would it be useful to put a list of these on the wiki?
>

It would be VERY useful. From a W3C point of view, we are still in the
process of 'selling' the Semantic Web to outsiders. A good business
case, ie, a success story, is worth more than thousands of smart
technical words...

Ivan



> Joanne
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