Re: Ten Questions for the Implementation of the Digital Single Market

Philipp, all,

Regarding:

    /1) How do we support SMEs in providing information about products
    and their features in 24 languages? //
    //2) How do we ensure consistency and homogeneity of product
    information so that Pan-European cross-vendor comparison becomes
    possible? /

unless the "products" refer to "LT-related products", the scope is maybe 
too broad. Bounded problems like those related to an EC Regulations are 
tractable...

In 10 years from now, harmonization of the copyright legislation at EU 
level will have been a fact, as well as data protection (forthcoming EC 
Regulation). It might even happen that the Digital Single Market must 
include USA, if the TTIP is finally signed. Cross-national commerce will 
become more important, hence the publication of offers, terms and 
conditions will have to be multilingual. If I had a (digital) product to 
offer I would like web browsers to find me in any language (does 
schema.org support multilingualism well enough?), to check if my 
product/service complies with the local legislation and to publish terms 
& conditions using the applicable legislation terminology. Perhaps the 
juridical localization has a say here....
Of course, it is very hard to say how the future will be in 10 years. I 
guess that sure bets like Machine Translation will be also hot topics...


Regards,
Víctor


El 07/04/2015 9:09, Philipp Cimiano escribió:
> Dear Victor,
>
>  thanks for joining the discussion. I am a bit puzzled by your 
> repsonse. Actually, I thought that we as LD4LT community would have 
> most interest and expertise to contribute to questions 1 and 2.
>
> I see this as a problem essentially of supporting linking and 
> localization of product catalogues across countries. And to me this is 
> a core topic for this community, would you not agree?
>
> It is true that points 8 and 9 are not specific to LD4LT, but 
> important topics that we should be aware of to create synergies 
> between different initiatives.
>
> So question back to you: which questions would you say are relevant to 
> drive our R&D effort in the next 5-10 years?
>
> Regards,
>
> Philipp.
>
> Am 06.04.15 um 12:25 schrieb Víctor Rodríguez Doncel:
>> Dear Philipp, all,
>>
>> I had read the same sources you cite in the PPT and in consequence I 
>> share your view.
>> Nevertheless, I would like to comment on the questions. See below.
>>
>> El 02/04/2015 15:54, Philipp Cimiano escribió:
>>> Dear all,
>>>
>>>  thanks to those who attended the call today on the topic 
>>> "Multilingual Linked Data for the Digital Single Market".
>>>
>>> Here are the 10 important questions that I raised in my slides...
>>>
>>> 1) How do we support SMEs in providing information about products 
>>> and their features in 24 languages?
>>> 2) How do we ensure consistency and homogeneity of product 
>>> information so that Pan-European cross-vendor comparison becomes 
>>> possible?
>> I dont think there is much we can do regarding 1-2)
>>> 3) How do we support online dispute resolution in 24 languages 
>>> effectively?
>>> 4) How do we support finding previous online dispute resolution 
>>> similar cases, also across languages?
>> There is a recent Directive (Directive 2013/11 on alternative dispute 
>> resolution for consumer disputes) and a new Regulation (Regulation  
>> No 524/2013 on online dispute resolution for consumer disputes), and the
>> Online Dispute Resolution is a hot topic in the EC agenda. There are 
>> a few hundreds ADR systems in force, and there is a plea in favour of 
>> their coordination.
>> Multilingual Linked Data can play a role here but not a leading role. 
>> It would be good knowing the requirements of the ODR/ADR community 
>> and determining if we can be of help.
>>
>>> 5) How do we support linking of public sector datasets (e.g. 
>>> business registry data, open government data) etc. across languages 
>>> effectively to allow for mashups, cross-country comparisons, 
>>> repurposing of data etc.?
>>> 6) How do we support SMEs and other organizations in finding and 
>>> accessing public sector data intuitively?
>>> 7) How do we ensure interoperability of public services across borders?
>>> 8) How do we ensure quality of and trust in data?
>> This problem is not specific of the Multilingual Linked Data
>>> 9) How do we support clearance of licensing issue to ensure 
>>> compliance in data use?
>> This belongs to the private law sphere, and we can do little here, 
>> but provide the means for a data market --for which we are working 
>> already at LIDER.
>>> 10) How do we support SMEs in interacting with customers in 24 
>>> languages and in listening to the voice of customers in 24 languages?
>>>
>>> Do you have any feedback or comments on these 10 questions?
>>>
>>> Comments on how Multilingual Linked Data Technology could contribute 
>>> to develop solutions to address the above mentioned challenges are 
>>> more than welcome (see slides 10-15 in my presentation, attached for 
>>> the sake of easier reference).
>> Thanks and see you soon!
>> Victor
>>>
>>> Happy easter to everyone!
>>>
>>> Philipp.
>>>
>>
>>
>> -- 
>> Víctor Rodríguez-Doncel
>> D3205 - Ontology Engineering Group (OEG)
>> Departamento de Inteligencia Artificial
>> ETS de Ingenieros Informáticos
>> Universidad Politécnica de Madrid
>>
>> Campus de Montegancedo s/n
>> Boadilla del Monte-28660 Madrid, Spain
>> Tel. (+34) 91336 3753
>> Skype: vroddon3
>
> -- 
> --
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> Exzellenzcluster für Cognitive Interaction Technology (CITEC)
> Universität Bielefeld
>
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-- 
Víctor Rodríguez-Doncel
D3205 - Ontology Engineering Group (OEG)
Departamento de Inteligencia Artificial
ETS de Ingenieros Informáticos
Universidad Politécnica de Madrid

Campus de Montegancedo s/n
Boadilla del Monte-28660 Madrid, Spain
Tel. (+34) 91336 3753
Skype: vroddon3