Surprising/Impressive/Satisfying RDF mindshare at XML Web Services One

http://xmlhack.com/read.php?item=1682
http://lists.xml.org/archives/xml-dev/200206/msg00264.html

I was floored.  RDF was everywhere.  And acknowledgement of RDF was coming 
from the least expected quarters.  In fact, probably every other talk I saw 
from all speakers had some mention of RDF.  And it seemed a large proportion 
of the attendees were there for semweb topics.  This conference is *not* the 
typical RDF booster hang-out.  It has an overpowering flavor of Fortune 500.

Toufic Boubez deserves a good deal of credit.  He and I have both worked to 
make sure RDF topics were represented in the program, and he chaired the Web 
Services Future track which had a good number of SemWeb topics.

The Boston conference coming up in September will have a very similar program. 
 I imagine word will continue to spread there.

http://www.xmlconference.com/


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Uche Ogbuji                                    Fourthought, Inc.
http://uche.ogbuji.net    http://4Suite.org    http://fourthought.com
Track chair, XML/Web Services One (San Jose, Boston): 
http://www.xmlconference.com/
DAML Reference - http://www.xml.com/pub/a/2002/05/01/damlref.html
The Languages of the Semantic Web - http://www.newarchitectmag.com/documents/s=
2453/new1020218556549/index.html
XML, The Model Driven Architecture, and RDF @ XML Europe - 
http://www.xmleurope.com/2002/kttrack.asp#themodel

Received on Sunday, 9 June 2002 23:32:44 UTC