[APP] Semantic Web Applications and Demos (fwd)

Libby,

Years ago I wrote paper characterizing ontology applications, and suggested that the community use it to present their applications, thereby giving people a clear way to compare/contrast applications. I was naïve -- of course, no one bothered...

In this more formal context, where the specific purpose is to track and log projects, there is more hope. Things that are of most interest to me when looking at projects include things like:

* how exactly was RDF or OWL used?
* what would have been a more traditional way to implement the same functionality?
* compare/contrast the different approaches 
	- cost to build implementation in the first place
	- expected maintenance costs in the short, medium, long term
	- was there any functionality that RDF/OWL enabled that would 
        have been too costly or technically impossible to achieve otherwise?
* what was the value added for using RDF/OWL? Explain exactly how RDF/OWL was important in achieving     these benefits.

Mike

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Mike Uschold
Tel: 425 865-3605              Fax: 425 865-2965
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>  -----Original Message-----
>  From: Libby Miller [mailto:libby@asemantics.com] 
>  Sent: Monday, July 25, 2005 10:11 AM
>  To: Uschold, Michael F
>  Subject: RE: Semantic Web Applications and Demos (fwd)
>  
>  
>  
>  I appreciate they're somewhat lean; I don't think there's 
>  much point in me copying and pasting text into the weblog. 
>  Instead I think it makes more sense to consider moving 
>  towards an RDF-based display system that uses the DOAP 
>  descriptions directly.
>  
>  Libby
>  
>  
>  On Mon, 25 Jul 2005, Uschold, Michael F wrote:
>  
>  > Sorry, I just found it here:
>  >
>  > http://esw.w3.org/mt/esw/archives/cat_applications_and_demos.html
>  >
>  > However, these do not have much information. There is much more in 
>  > DOAP than just the few things found on this page. Is this 
>  because most 
>  > of the project descriptions are very lean, or because this 
>  page does 
>  > not show all the information for each project?
>  >
>  > Thanks
>  > Mike
>  >
>  >
>  > ============================================
>  > Mike Uschold
>  > Tel: 425 865-3605              Fax: 425 865-2965
>  > ============================================
>  >
>  >
>  >
>  > >  -----Original Message-----
>  > >  From: Libby Miller [mailto:libby@asemantics.com]
>  > >  Sent: Thursday, July 21, 2005 9:02 AM
>  > >  To: public-swbp-wg@w3.org
>  > >  Subject: Semantic Web Applications and Demos (fwd)
>  > >
>  > >
>  > >
>  > >
>  > >
>  > >  trying to drum up some interest :)
>  > >
>  > >  Libby
>  > >
>  > >  ---------- Forwarded message ----------
>  > >  Date: Thu, 21 Jul 2005 08:55:27 -0700 (PDT)
>  > >  From: Libby Miller <libby@asemantics.com>
>  > >  To: semantic-web@w3.org
>  > >  Subject: Semantic Web Applications and Demos
>  > >  Resent-Date: Thu, 21 Jul 2005 15:55:46 +0000
>  > >  Resent-From: semantic-web@w3.org
>  > >
>  > >
>  > >
>  > >  hi all,
>  > >
>  > >  As part of the Semantic Web Best Practices Working Group at  
>  > > W3C[1], members of the Applications and Demos Taskforce[2]  have 
>  > > been experimenting with different ways of collecting  
>  information 
>  > > about Semantic Web Applications and Demos. We've  settled on 
>  > > creating a simple list in the ESW wiki[3] of  DOAP[4] files 
>  > > describing applications and demos, and then  examining 
>  and adding 
>  > > them to the list we're maintaining[5].  Of course 
>  there's no reason 
>  > > why others should not take the  list and create their 
>  own view on it 
>  > > using RDF tools.
>  > >
>  > >  If you'd like your application or demo to be considered by  the 
>  > > taskforce for inclusion in [5], please
>  > >
>  > >   - Read the critera to make sure you're app or demo is suitable 
>  > > (see
>  > >  below)
>  > >   - Create a DOAP file (there are several tools for this
>  > >  linked from
>  > >  http://esw.w3.org/topic/SemanticWebDOAPBulletinBoard, e.g.
>  > >  doap-a-matic [6])
>  > >   - Link it from your app or demo's homepage like this:
>  > >
>  > >  <head>
>  > >          <link rel="meta" title="DOAP" href="mydoap.rdf"  
>  > > type="application/rdf+xml"/> </head>
>  > >
>  > >   - Add your DOAP file to  
>  > > http://esw.w3.org/topic/SemanticWebDOAPBulletinBoard for  
>  > > consideration.
>  > >
>  > >
>  > >  Criteria for inclusion
>  > >
>  > >   - Only applications and demos with their own DOAP  
>  descriptions 
>  > > will be included. The DOAP description should  normally 
>  be created 
>  > > by the author of the application or  demo. The DOAP descriptions 
>  > > must be specific to a particular  application or demo, 
>  which must 
>  > > exist and be made available  via the doap:homepage location
>  > >
>  > >   - Only freely downloadable applications and demos will be  
>  > > included unless they are products of a W3C member (free 
>  as  in beer, 
>  > > although we are also particularly in interested  Open Source 
>  > > software which developers can take and use).
>  > >
>  > >   - For the time being only RDF, RDFS and OWL 
>  applications  will be 
>  > > included.
>  > >
>  > >  Looking forward to finding out what's really out there :)
>  > >
>  > >  Libby
>  > >
>  > >  [1] http://www.w3.org/2001/sw/BestPractices/
>  > >  [2]  
>  http://esw.w3.org/topic/SemanticWebBestPracticesTaskForceOnAp
>  > plicationsAndDemos
>  > [3] http://esw.w3.org/topic/SemanticWebDOAPBulletinBoard
>  > [4] http://usefulinc.com/doap
>  > [5] 
>  http://esw.w3.org/mt/esw/archives/cat_applications_and_demos.html
>  > [6] http://doapy.bonjourlesmouettes.org/doap-a-matic
>  >
>  >
>

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