- From: Richard Cyganiak <richard@cyganiak.de>
- Date: Wed, 21 Sep 2011 14:16:22 +0100
- To: Arnaud Le Hors <lehors@us.ibm.com>
- Cc: public-rdf-wg@w3.org
Welcome Arnaud! R On 21 Sep 2011, at 02:18, Arnaud Le Hors wrote: > Hi all, > I just joined the WG and figured I should introduce myself. > > I'm part of the IBM Software Standards group. Although I'm new to the RDF > arena I'm not totally stranger to it because I was actually a W3C staff > member some 12 years ago (I know, that dates me, doesn't it?) I was > specifically involved in HTML, DOM, and XML with various hats (editor, > activity lead, co-chair) but of course when you work anywhere near TimBL > it's impossible not to hear about RDF. :-) > > After several years wandering off the technical path into standards > strategy and policy land, I decided last Fall to reconnect with my roots > and I've since then been working with several of our product groups that > have made Linked Data an integral part of their infrastructure. I don't > think this is well known yet but this actually marks a significant shift > in IBM's position towards Linked Data. Indeed, while IBM Research has > always been interested in the Semantic Web, and several IBMers have > participated in various related activities for that reason, we've only > recently started using it in our products in a big way. > > If you're interested you can learn about some of what we do with Linked > Data by visiting the Open Services for Lifecycle Collaboration (OSLC): > http://oslc.co > > Our interest is in helping promote Linked Data in the industry and helping > with further development of this technology. It is in this context that > I'm happy to become part of this WG. > -- > Arnaud Le Hors - Software Standards Architect - IBM Software Group > >
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