- From: Samir Batla <sbatla@metatomix.com>
- Date: Thu, 15 Oct 2009 13:59:19 -0400
- To: "Fogarolli Angela" <afogarol@disi.unitn.it>
- Cc: "Michael Hausenblas" <michael.hausenblas@deri.org>, <public-rdb2rdf-wg@w3.org>
- Message-Id: <0CD009B3-C767-46A1-B168-D8D6A484F738@metatomix.com>
Hello all, I too am new to the group. I am the AC rep with Metatomix and just joined the group this morning. I have been leveraging Semantic Technology since 2001 in various capacities. I started really diving into OWL & RDF with Cerebra initially and continued with Siderean, Financial Times Search and now Metatomix. In each stop, a consistent hurdle in any client engagement was taking existing data in relational databases and turning it into RDF for: reasoning over (Cerebra); relational navigation (Siderean, FTS); and getting a 360 degree view of some Thing where its characteristics were housed in disparate sources (Metatomix). Its this background that creates to my interest in this group. Skype ID: sabatla LinkedIn: http://www.linkedin.com/in/batla I look forward to our collaboration. Cheers, Batla On Oct 15, 2009, at 9:37 AM, Fogarolli Angela wrote: > Hi All, > I am new to the group, I am a postdoctoral researcher at the > University of Trento in the context of the OKKAM project[1]. > I am coordinating OKKAM related use cases, my goal is to publish and > provide OKKAMized data. These data are basically linked data with > unique entity identifiers. The main problem we are facing now is > related to automatically or semi-automatically recognize and integrate > entities contained in different databases based on the OKKAM approach. > My research interests are the multidisciplinary area between > intelligent multimedia retrieval, Web 2.0, Semantic Web and digital > libraries. > > My SKYID is : therealxstrix > my web site is: www.angela-fogarolli.net > > [1] www.okkam.org > > Best, > Angela. > > On Thu, Oct 15, 2009 at 1:56 PM, Michael Hausenblas > <michael.hausenblas@deri.org> wrote: > > > > Harry, All, > > > > Very good idea indeed. Here is my introduction: > > > > I'm a postdoctoral researcher at DERI and the coordinator of the > Linked Data > > Research Centre [1]. I've been active in several W3C efforts [2] > such as in > > the RDFa Task Force and the RDB2RDF XG (during my work at JOANNEUM > RESEARCH, > > my former employer). I'm mainly into running EC projects and > participating > > in the linked data movement by publishing data, providing > infrastructure > > (such as voiD [3]) as well as giving tutorials and contributing to > outreach > > events. > > > > Together with Ahmed I have the pleasure to co-chair this WG and > I'm looking > > forward to hear you all soon (again ;). > > > > Ah, and btw, on IRC and skype I'm 'mhausenblas' ... > > > > Cheers, > > Michael > > > > [1] http://linkeddata.deri.ie/ > > [2] http://sw-app.org/about.html#About_W3CActivities > > [3] http://semanticweb.org/wiki/VoiD > > > > -- > > Dr. Michael Hausenblas > > LiDRC - Linked Data Research Centre > > DERI - Digital Enterprise Research Institute > > NUIG - National University of Ireland, Galway > > Ireland, Europe > > Tel. +353 91 495730 > > http://linkeddata.deri.ie/ > > http://sw-app.org/about.html > > > > > > > >> From: Harry Halpin <hhalpin@w3.org> > >> Date: Wed, 14 Oct 2009 13:29:40 -0400 (EDT) > >> To: <public-rdb2rdf-wg@w3.org> > >> Subject: Introduction: Harry Halpin > >> Resent-From: <public-rdb2rdf-wg@w3.org> > >> Resent-Date: Wed, 14 Oct 2009 17:29:43 +0000 > >> > >> While I realize many of you many know each other from the > previous RDB2RDF > >> Incubator Group, I think doing a round of "introductions" before > our first > >> teleconference would be a great idea. So feel free to follow me! > >> > >> I'm Harry Halpin, the W3C Staff Contact for this Working Group > [1]. My > >> role will basically to assist the group in getting the standard > through W3C > >> process on schedule. I'm more than happy to answer questions > about the > >> W3C, W3C Process, and our technology (such as the ever friendly > Zakim), > >> and will also help liason with the W3C in general for this group, > >> including publicity, co-ordination with the rest of the W3C, and > outreach. > >> However, my job has been made a lot easier due the high calibre > chairs of > >> the group! Overall, I'm an advocate of Linked Data and think this > >> technology could fulfill a crucial role in bringing the power of > >> relational databases to the Web. > >> > >> Before joining the W3C as a Fellow (sponsored by Eduserv and the > >> University of Edinburgh), I received my Ph.D. in Informatics from > the > >> University of Edinburgh. However, I'm originally from America, as > you'll > >> notice on the phone. My academic specialities were in machine- > learning, > >> information retrieval, and knowledge representation (SemWeb) - > and am > >> mostly known academically for studying collaborative taggging as > a complex > >> system. However, I used to be a tutor for Peter Buneman at the > University > >> of Edinburgh, and thus have a long-standing interest in relational > >> databases. I was also chair of the GRDDL WG (W3C record for > shortest time > >> to full Recommendation), and co-chair the Social Web Incubator > Group. > >> > >> I'll be either "harry" or "hhalpin" in #rdb2rdf on W3C IRC, > >> hhalpin@jabber.org, and my contact details are on my homepage[1], > and am > >> also available on Skype, Facebook, and the like. Whenever I am > in IRC > >> feel free to ping me. > >> > >> Can't wait to meet you all - at least over IRC and phone :) > >> > >> cheers, > >> harry > >> > >> [1] http://www.w3.org/People/all#harry > >> [2] http://www.ibiblio.org/hhalpin/ > >> > > > > > > > Samir A. Batla Sales Engineer Metatomix, Inc. 3 Allied Drive, Ste 210 Dedham, MA 02026 781.907.6733 781.686.8262 sbatla@metatomix.com
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