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IET and CompSoc present a talk on the "Social Semantic Web" on 27th November

Posted Thu, 11/13/2008 - 17:49 by John Breslin

The Social Semantic Web

Speaker: Dr. John Breslin, Engineering and Informatics, NUI Galway
Date and Time: 27th November 2008, 18:15
Venue: DERI, IDA Business Park, Dangan, Galway - useamap.com/deri

Open to the public, no attendance fee

Upcoming events of interest...

Posted Thu, 11/06/2008 - 20:59 by John Breslin

For those in Ireland or abroad who are interested in the Semantic Web, the 2nd Vocabulary Camp (VoCamp Galway for short) will be held in Galway on the 25th and 26th of November in DERI. VoCamp is an informal (free) event where people can learn about or create lightweight vocabularies / ontologies for the "web of data". Places are limited to 30, so you should sign up quickly if interested...

Interview for Journalism.co.uk... Journalists get to know the Semantic Web!

Posted Wed, 10/29/2008 - 16:47 by John Breslin

I was interviewed last week by Colin Meek from Journalism.co.uk on the topic of "Web 3.0" and what it means for journalists... You can read the full article in two parts (1, 2). My original answers are part of an interview on their Insite blog.

Tusavvy, the social search engine

Posted Wed, 10/22/2008 - 19:22 by John Breslin

I got a nice message from Jaesung Ro, founder of Tusavvy, the social search engine (who is a friend of my student Haklae and collaborator Honggee). Their byline is "searching community knowledge without navigating the entire web".

RDFa, SearchMonkey, Drupal (and SIOC)

Posted Thu, 10/16/2008 - 15:49 by John Breslin

It's been an exciting week in terms of developments and announcements for the Semantic Web and search.

Firstly, Yahoo! SearchMonkey has published a list of recommended vocabularies for developers of SearchMonkey applications, including FOAF, SIOC, DC, vCard, vCalendar, hReview, GoodRelations, dbPedia and Freebase. SIOC is recommended for "blogs, discussion forums, Q&A sites". See the video below for a nice overview of SearchMonkey.

Two wins for boards.ie at the Irish Web Awards

Posted Sun, 10/12/2008 - 02:21 by John Breslin

boards.ie won the "Best Discussion Forum" award category and the "Best Website in Ireland" grand prix at the Moviestar.ie Irish Web Awards this evening...

I just wanted to express my sincere thanks to all of our readers, posters and moderators for supporting us!