- From: Eric Miller <em@w3.org>
- Date: 05 May 2003 11:21:09 -0400
- To: Dave Reynolds <der@hplb.hpl.hp.com>
- Cc: public-esw <public-esw@w3.org>
On Thu, 2003-05-01 at 12:41, Dave Reynolds wrote: > > Is anyone aware of any groups tracking commercial take up of semantic web > technology? > > Some of the applications we included in our applications survey report were > commercial but I sure there are lots more that weren't covered in that. > > In particular, I was intrigued to notice this quote in an Interweek article on > the Semantic Web: > > "But W3C spokeswoman Janet Daly said RDF technologies are in use today > by AOL Time Warner Inc., Hearst Corp. and LexisNexis. " > > Anyone know what any of these people are using RDF for? With respect to you specific question, these companies are using PRISM [1][2] to facilitate the exchange of publishers content. [1] http://www.w3.org/TR/rdf-primer/#prism [2] http://www.prismstandard.org/ With respect to your more general question on tracking commercial uptake of semantic web technolgies, I am (as best as possible). However some RDF based tools for facilitating this 'cataloging' process and allowing for this to be more of a collaborative effort would be extremely helpful (wink wink nudge nudge :). -- eric miller http://www.w3.org/people/em/ semantic web activity lead http://www.w3.org/2001/sw/ w3c world wide web consortium http://www.w3.org/
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