Re: Text regarding SMOB (ACTION-98)

Hello, 

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On 24 Aug 2010, at 18:43, Alexandre Passant wrote:

> Hi,
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> Here's a simple paragraph regarding SMOB, probably useful for Mischa regarding ACTION-98.
> Probably to go into "6.9 Decentralised Social Networking Projects" in the final report as well.
> Let me know if more / less is required (that's basically adapted from the text I've put for describing the project on SMOB website.


That's great Alex thanks, I will integrate it accordingly, I will be spending tomorrow working on the report.


Mischa

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> """
> SMOB is a Semantic MicroBlogging framework for open, distributed and semantic microblogging.
> It is entirely based on Semantic Web and Linked Data technologies and its infrastructure relies on distributed hubs that communicate each other to exchange microblog posts and subscriptions (i.e. following / followers) on the Web. 
> Compared to traditional microblogging approaches that require a third-party client, anyone can setup her/his SMOB hub on the Web, and that hub can then interact with any other hub. 
> Interaction is done by exchanging RDF data (using FOAF, SIOC, MOAT, OPO, etc.) using SPARQL and SPARQL / Update via HTTP (so that, instead of a new API, data exchange is done using Web standards). 
> It also provides the ability to link #tags to structured description of these tags, following the Linked Data approach (e.g DBpedia identifiers), and consequently bringing meaning to #tags in microblogging (using MOAT and CommonTag). In addition, each SMOB hub expose its data in RDFa and provides a SPARQL endpoint to enable further mash-ups and integration with other sources.
> """
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> Alex.
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> [1] http://www.w3.org/2005/Incubator/socialweb/track/actions/98
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> Dr. Alexandre Passant
> Digital Enterprise Research Institute
> National University of Ireland, Galway
> :me owl:sameAs <http://apassant.net/alex> .
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