Semantic Technologytag:typepad.com,2003:weblog-2714182008-10-03T13:37:06-07:00with Dave McCombTypePadTime Zonestag:typepad.com,2003:post-565077932008-10-03T13:37:06-07:002008-10-03T13:37:06-07:00We had a workshop last week on gist (our minimalist upper ontology, more on that in another post maybe next week). Anyway as part of the aftermath, I decided to get a bit more rigorous about some of the lowest...mkumbaCategories and Classestag:typepad.com,2003:post-486558322008-04-18T10:17:05-07:002008-04-18T10:17:05-07:00We’ve been working with two clients lately, both of whom are using an ontology as a basis for their SOA messages as well as the design of their future systems. As we’ve been building an ontology for this purpose we...mkumbaSemantisizetag:typepad.com,2003:post-473929982008-03-22T11:10:25-07:002008-03-22T11:10:25-07:00I was alerted to this site from a comment. It's pretty cool. You can while away a lot of time on this site which is rounding up lots of podcasts, videos etc etc all related to Semantic Technology. semantisize.com I...mkumbaWeb 3.0tag:typepad.com,2003:post-418114542007-11-20T10:49:33-08:002007-11-20T10:49:33-08:00I’m weighing in in favor of Web 3.0 as an alias for the Semantic Web. I know there are a lot of people who will roll their eyes and initiate some anti hype exorcism, but let’s have a sober look...mkumbaA $3.5 Billion Semantic Distinctiontag:typepad.com,2003:post-391719772007-09-20T07:52:54-07:002007-09-20T07:52:54-07:00Steven Pinker is well on his way to a best selling book on, of all things: semantics. I haven’t finished it yet, but am finding it fascinating. What is surprising me, is how popular it is. Must be a lot...mkumbaBlogging the Semantic Technology Conferencetag:typepad.com,2003:post-374472642007-08-08T08:44:26-07:002007-08-08T08:44:26-07:00I noticed a big difference in the coverage in the blogosphere of this years conference versus last years. That leads of course to the question: is it the conference or growth in blogging? I don’t have any stats, but my...mkumbaWhat Will it Take to Build the Semantic Technology Industry?tag:typepad.com,2003:post-331290022007-04-20T08:42:31-07:002007-04-20T08:42:31-07:00I get asked this question a lot. And I’d like to get your help in answering it please. As co-chairman of the Semantic Technology Conference, I see lots of customer organizations experimenting and adopting semantic technologies – especially ontology-driven development...mkumbaShirky, Syllogism and the Semantic Webtag:typepad.com,2003:post-318115562007-03-18T10:40:30-07:002007-03-18T10:40:30-07:00A friend recently sent me the link to Clay Shirky’s piece on the Semantic Web with a “I assume you’ve seen this, what do you think?” I had seen it, but I hadn’t looked at it for years. So I...mkumbaNecessary and Sufficienttag:typepad.com,2003:post-146906962006-12-15T17:15:43-08:002006-12-15T17:15:43-08:00We just completed another training class, and like they say, “no one learns more than the instructor.” In this case the blindingly obvious, and yet elusive pattern that revealed itself was the separation of the sufficient from the necessary. Until...mkumbaSemBoKtag:typepad.com,2003:post-120697182006-08-07T10:11:22-07:002006-08-07T10:11:22-07:00As part of a Community Of Practice building exercise we're doing with Project10X, I have volunteered to put together an outline of a "Semantic Body of Knowledge" or SemBoK for short. What we're trying to do is put a vast...mkumba