RE: User testing for semantic applicatons

Hi Emmanuelle,

I understand and share your apparent frustration, but please don't "tar us all with the same brush" [1] :) There are many people working in the Semantic Web field who care deeply about understanding, and catering to, the needs of human users (yes, you and I agree, humans are the Semantic Web's ultimate target audience). Last year's SWUI workshop at ISWC [2] and the next in the series [3] at CHI2008 are good indicators of this commitment.

Sadly, and despite this, the human agenda doesn't always get the recognition it deserves in the community. Some additional initiatives in this area would be a great idea I think :)

Cheers,

Tom.

[1] http://idioms.thefreedictionary.com/tar+with+the+same+brush
[2] http://swui.semanticweb.org/swui06/
[3] http://swui.semanticweb.org/SWUI2008CHI/

-----Original Message-----
From: semantic-web-request@w3.org on behalf of Emmanuelle Gutiérrez y Restrepo
Sent: Wed 07/11/2007 12:27 PM
To: editor@content-wire.com; 'SW-forum Web'
Subject: RE: User testing for semantic applicatons
 
Hi "PDM",
 
I agree with you. There are a lot of work around the "semantic web" and
maybe is a good work for the "machines". But I can't understand why the
people working on it don't care about accessibility. The semantic web is
nothing if can't be useful for the humans.
 
Accessibility means usability for all. So, I think that complain with the
WCAG must be *prerequisite* for each semantic web application.
 
Best regards,
Emmanuelle Gutiérrez y Restrepo         Fundación Sidar
Coordinadora del SIDAR                  www.sidar.org
Email: coordina@sidar.org
Tel.: +34 - 91 725 71 47             


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De: semantic-web-request@w3.org [mailto:semantic-web-request@w3.org] En
nombre de editor@content-wire.com
Enviado el: miércoles, 07 de noviembre de 2007 11:40
Para: SW-forum Web
Asunto: User testing for semantic applicatons


I must say something
There are a lot of cool applications coming up, I try most of them , but
they are new  
I am not sure what to expect exactly. What should it do? How do I know if
there is an error, or if this is really the way
it should look? Little documentation, usability almost not taken into
account etc.
Also I dont have all day, just a few minutes, a few clicks, then I lose
interest, must move on
 
Now, the linked data below is quite straighforward intuitive interface (not
bad in fact) although a few more explanations and how to's would be good. I
also got an error when I tried it (different from the error below) not sure
what to do next
 
All this to suggest  a forum is created to handle usability of semantic
applications, where we 'users' can
report our experiences and get some help in running/understanding the
stuffs. I have a lot of feedback and user tests already running on semantic
applications, may be most productive if handled collectively and shared,
rather than just sent to the developers who are likely not to understand my
problem anyway (we seem to speak different languages)
 
thoughts? 
cheers
PDM
 

----- Original Message ----- 
From: Tim Berners-Lee <mailto:timbl@w3.org>  
To: Hugh Glaser <mailto:hg@ecs.soton.ac.uk>  
Cc: Linking Open Data <mailto:linking-open-data@simile.mit.edu>  ; SW-forum
Web <mailto:semantic-web@w3.org>  ; Ian  <mailto:icm@ecs.soton.ac.uk>
Millard 
Sent: Wednesday, November 07, 2007 11:15 AM
Subject: Re: Linked Data available


Umm ,,, in
http://nsf.rkbexplorer.com/data/person-6092a2a72319fc9437583fb2d04733ea I
get




Request for
http://nsf.rkbexplorer.com/data/person-6092a2a72319fc9437583fb2d04733eaabout
under the hood
Label Request for
http://nsf.rkbexplorer.com/data/person-6092a2a72319fc9437583fb2d04733ea
Status 200
StatusText OK
Accept-ranges bytes
Connection close
Content-length 2005
Content type text/xml
Date Wed, 07 Nov 2007 00:27:37 GMT
Etag "7785ba-7d5-43e4bd0f48e00"
Last-modified Wed, 07 Nov 2007 00:27:36 GMT
Server Apache/2.0.52 (Red Hat)
Handler opt off 
expandfetchSourceFetcher.XMLHandler




Something funny about the XML:  Line 2: doctype broken.  Shoud not be a
doctype.



<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<!DOCTYPE rdf:RDF [
        <!ENTITY rdf 'http://www.w3.org/1999/02/22-rdf-syntax-ns#'>
        <!ENTITY rdfs 'http://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#'>
        <!ENTITY owl 'http://www.w3.org/2002/07/owl#'>
        <!ENTITY akt 'http://www.aktors.org/ontology/portal#'>
        <!ENTITY akts 'http://www.aktors.org/ontology/support#'>
        <!ENTITY extn 'http://www.aktors.org/ontology/extension#'>
        <!ENTITY wiki 'http://resist.ecs.soton.ac.uk/wiki/'>
        <!ENTITY resist 'http://resist.ecs.soton.ac.uk/ontologies/resist#'>
        <!ENTITY resex
'http://resist.ecs.soton.ac.uk/ontologies/resilience-mechanisms#'>
        <!ENTITY courseware
'http://www.resist-noe.org/ontology/courseware#'>
        <!ENTITY dc 'http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/'>
        <!ENTITY dct 'http://purl.org/dc/terms/'>
]>
<rdf:RDF
        xmlns:rdf="&rdf;"
        xmlns:rdfs="&rdfs;"
        xmlns:owl="&owl;"
        xmlns:akt="&akt;"
        xmlns:akts="&akts;"
        xmlns:extn="&extn;"
        xmlns:wiki="&wiki;"
        xmlns:resist="&resist;"
        xmlns:resex="&resex;"
        xmlns:courseware="&courseware;"
        xmlns:dc="&dc;"
        xmlns:dct="&dct;"
        >
        <owl:Ontology rdf:about="">



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