SEMANTIC TECHNOLOGY WP1.4

The aim of the workpackage 1.4 within the network of excellence Knowledge Web (Kweb) is to promote ontology technology and to show the added value resulting from the use of semantic web technology. The work carried out in this workpackage has the objective of creating awareness of how semantic web technologies can become the vehicle enabling organisations to deliver new products and services. One of the ways in which the objective is achieved is through the organisation of technology shows. That is, events aimed at a wider audience, composed by industrial organisations, public institutions and major IT players, where different tools and applications, partly developed within Kweb, are presented in order to provide efficient support to a faster take up of these technologies by industry.



Deliverable 1.4.3/ WP 1.4 Technology Shows (deliverable. 1.4.3v1, v2, v3).

This deliverable reports on the First International Semantic Web Technology Road Show, a joint effort of ESWS and KWEB held on May 12-14, 2004 in Heracleion, Crete. The objective of the report is (1) to describe the innovative technologies that were demonstrated during this very first semantic technology road show and (2) to identify critical issues that need to be dealt with if these technologies would be implemented in a business environment. In this report we make a distinction between semantic applications versus semantic tools; in other words, a distinction between semantic technologies for the end-user versus semantic technologies that support the development of semantic applications. Hence, we put forward:

  1. A recommendation to develop a semantic application identification template which enumerates central features of the technology in a simple Yes/No list. The identification template should allow for a swift and generic understanding of the applications.
  2. A call out to KWEB partners to explore the possibility within KWEB for the development of a user driven web-based repository for semantic applications.

Deliverable D1.4.3.pdf

In this report we review two major events organised in full or in part by Kweb, where academic and industrial researchers presented their work. These are the Technology show at the 2nd European Semantic Web Conference (ESWC 2005), and the Semantic web days” meeting. In particular, our aim is to review the systems resented during the technology show, while comparing and contrasting these systems with the demands of specific type of technology made by industrial organisations during the “Semantic web days”. In this way we contextualise the technology currently available with respect to the way Semantic Web technology is used in industry. We have witnessed an impressive flourishing of applications and technology demonstrators, with around twenty demo sessions presented during ESWC. Several of these systems were presented during last year technology show, which proves that Semantic Web technology is evolving steadily and constantly. In this report we build upon the classification work presented in D1.4.3 v1, and we try to classify the systems presented in the events mentioned above according to the dimensions identified last year. We also report on the “Semantic web days” meeting. This initiative, organised by the network of excellence Rewerse1 in collaboration with Knowledge Web, aimed at providing a forum where companies and research institutions sharing the objective to accelerate the uptake of Semantic Web technologies could meet.

Deliverable D1.4.3v2.pdf

This deliverable firstly reports on a way to promote technology developed under the umbrella of the Knowledge Web activities that is a virtual technology show. Secondly, the report describes ongoing planning and organisational efforts regarding the staging of a final live technology show to promote semantic web technology to an industry audience. This report builds on the discussions and classification of semantic web technology presented in the first and second reports on technology shows (D1.4.3v1 [D1.4.3 v1] and D1.4.3v2) and details activity planned for the upcoming year, pursuing two main objectives:

  1. The creation of a repository of semantic web tool descriptions, that acts as a primary point of reference for industry. Activities in this area have concentrated on the repository itself, but also on devising suitable policies for including systems to this repository whilst guaranteeing quality, and awarding to some of them the “Knowledge Web Recommends”.
  2. The organisation of a final technology show. This activity aims at organising a final technology show, where “Knowledge Web Recommends” systems are presented. This show is planned for the final year of Knowledge Web, in conjunction with a major event – such as ESTC 2007.

Deliverable D1.4.3v3.pdf