Re: SWEO Introductions...

Hi Paul,

thanks for pointing this out. I must say it is one of many...

I think we should clearly come up with some text that clarifies this
percieved controversy between 'Semantic Web' and the 'semantic web'. In
my view, all these go into the same direction, namely in what we might
call a 'Web of Data'; the rest is only a technological difference that
we may have to bridge here and there. Witness the GRDDL evolution that
will bind the microformat world to RDF...

To be discussed at the F2F, that is for sure...

Thanks again

Ivan

Paul Walsh, Segala wrote:
> Hi to Jeff and all those who introduced themselves recently.
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> Thought you might be interested to see this from TechCrunch UK
> *http://uk.techcrunch.com/2006/10/30/tagging-microformats-and-rss-beat-the-semantic-web/*
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> Paul
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> *From:* public-sweo-ig-request@w3.org
> [mailto:public-sweo-ig-request@w3.org] *On Behalf Of *Jeff Pollock
> *Sent:* 30 October 2006 23:32
> *To:* public-sweo-ig@w3.org
> *Subject:* SWEO Introductions...
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> Hi, I am Jeff Pollock. I’ve been involved in one way or another with
> semantic technology since 2001 and have had the opportunity to serve in
> various technology leadership roles with Modulant, Cerebra and now with
> Oracle in order to apply this technology to enterprise software
> challenges. In due course I’ve spoken at dozens of events, hundreds of
> sales pitches, and to thousands of developers in favor of semantic
> technology and am quite anxious for this group to avoid repeating my
> mistakes!  J 
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> Although I don’t lay any claims to its greatness, the book I authored on
> the subject, “adaptive information,” did force me to think deeply about
> how to communicate the benefits of semantic technology to various
> audiences. In practice, the sales efforts for enterprise software were
> much more of a realtime validation of those communication strategies –
> and although I’ve struck out many times, I have been successful with
> selling several million dollars worth of ontology-driven software to
> large organizations in the past few years. Additional biography and
> publications info can be found here: *http://me.jtpollock.us/*
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> I will be working directly and indirectly (via Susie) with SWEO to help
> with use case development and value proposition definition. I look
> forward to meeting all of you in person!
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> Regards,
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> -Jeff-
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