- From: Misha Wolf <Misha.Wolf@reuters.com>
- Date: Wed, 18 Jan 2006 18:19:12 +0000
- To: Semantic Web <semantic-web@w3.org>
Danny Ayers wrote: [...] > The question "where are the applications?" has been historically > hard to answer in part because of the general focus on developing > infrastructure, and a large proportion of systems are very > general-purpose tools (APIs, stores etc) rather than actual > applications in themselves. But I'm pretty sure there is now a > convincing array of 'true' applications out there, though still > can't really answer the question :-( [...] In trying to generate interest in, and get help with, such an "application" (namely B2B News), I've found minimal interest on this list. I believe that NewsML 2 is the most important "application" to enter the Semantic Web arena. It is a shame that only the News industry is interested in the challenges and opportunities. <wears flame retardant suit> Most mails on this list seem to be either plugs for events/journals or quite abstract arguments. With a few notable exceptions, there seems to be little interest in anything practical. </wears flame retardant suit> Misha Wolf News Standards Manager, Reuters, www.reuters.com Chair, News Metadata Framework WG, IPTC, www.iptc.org/dev Vice-Chair, NewsML 2 Architecture WP, IPTC, www.iptc.org/dev To find out more about Reuters visit www.about.reuters.com Any views expressed in this message are those of the individual sender, except where the sender specifically states them to be the views of Reuters Ltd.
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