Tag Archives: semantic web

Belgium’s Kruispuntbank & Okkam

I recently posted a link to the Datanews article on the Kruispuntbank’s 20 year anniversary (Dutch, French), stating in a tweet that Okkam seems to be one of the few initiatives to deliver a similar infrastructure in the world of the semantic web. I received the following question:

Question via Twitter

The Kruispuntbank (or Crossroads Bank for Social [...]

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Taking care of your GoodRelations

Prof. Dr. Martin Hepp generated a lot of activity during recent years – all of it in the semantic arena. He spent quite some time at DERI Innsbrück (now STI) and has a strong background in economics, which enables him to bring a welcome perspective on the domain and the technology. Take a look at [...]

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Counting the days (and distance) to San José

Today I registered for the Semantic Technology Conference in San José, where Collibra presents its work at its booth. The organizers appear to be quite keen on some personal information as I had to fill in three different forms with a variety of questions ranging from my name over the hotel I would be staying [...]

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Easy intro to the Semantic Web

I just stumbled upon an easy to understand introduction to the idea of the Semantic Web. In about 6 minutes, Manu Sporny explains the viewer about the difference between syntax and semantics, how this works on computers and the web, how the current web works at the level of syntax, and how the semantic web [...]

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