Re: Collateral to interest CxOs on the Semantic Web...

Thanks Ivan. Indeed these are part of the goals of the interest group.

What I was trying to grapple with, are the tentative first steps in the 
process.... a realistic and practical value proposition to help 
bootstrap the process of garnering industry support at the senior 
management level.

Yes.. let us wait for more active participation on the group. Will be 
good to circumscribe these first steps clearly, so we can then approach 
the industry (and the industry wings of the academia) with something 
concrete and common to say and ask (for specific contributions).

Best Regards.

-- Jaidev

Ivan Herman wrote:

>Jaidev wrote:
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>>Thanks, Ivan.
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>>In my view, there are two aspects to the basic collateral:
>>    1)  One is the presentation bit at the vision/concept level (which
>>is likely to be generic), and the other is
>>    2)  a set of realistic demos translating this vision/concept  into
>>(possibly industry specific) demos that really show this thing in action.
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>... and most of these are among the goals of the interest group indeed!
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>>What kind of interest/feedback do your presentations typically generate
>>with the industry senior management? What strikes these folk at first
>>sight and what response do they come up with? How much of their
>>concerns/views are industry specific and how much is generic? And what
>>do you feel they would they like to see most that might catch their
>>attention?
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>>I hope these are appropriate questions on this mailing list. If not,
>>please let me know if there is any better forum discuss this.
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>These are all the right questions that should be analysed. And, this
>*is* is the right forum, just that... the SWEO is still under formation.
>People begin to join in these days, and we would expect a much larger
>audience in 1-2 weeks. It is only then that a more general discussion
>could really take place...
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>Regards.
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>Ivan
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>>Regards.
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>>Jaidev
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>>Ivan Herman wrote:
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>>>Dear Jaidev,
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>>>it is indeed one of the biggest challenges to produce these types of
>>>materials; hence one of the major targets for SWEO.
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>>>As for seed materials: we will have to collect those. I have some 'core'
>>>presentation slide sets that I use to generate public presentations
>>>on[1]; among those, maybe [2] is the closest to what you are looking
>>>for. But let me emphasize that I do *not* consider that as a solution to
>>>the problem, just as 'seed', as you call it.
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>>>Ivan
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>>>[1] http://www.w3.org/People/Ivan/CorePresentations/
>>>[2] http://www.w3.org/People/Ivan/CorePresentations/IntroThroughExample/
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>>>Jaidev wrote:
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>>>>Hi all,
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>>>>Is there any collateral that is targeted at CIO's/CTO's explaining to
>>>>them the concept and vision on Semantic Webs and "what's in it for
>>>>them", in a way ? They certainly will have knowledge of the industry and
>>>>the geography specific nuances but might be very poorly informed about
>>>>SW itself.
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>>>>While this creating kind of collateral might itelf be a goal of the
>>>>SWEO, was wondering if there was some seed generic material based on
>>>>which to interest the the CxOs first and actually get them to
>>>>participate in the process. More of an industry enthusing, rather than
>>>>an academic pitch.
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>>>>Would anyone have pointers to such  material or any ideas?
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>>>>Regards.
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>>>>-- Jaidev
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