BeTech Presentation: RDF, and OWL, the Semantic Web, and Linked Data July 30, 2008

Where: Newcomb Hall, Room 168

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Title: RDF, and OWL, the Semantic Web, and Linked Data

Description: While some may roll their eyes when they hear about the
Semantic Web, usually because of unfair associations with the
pie-in-the-sky failed promises of Artificial Intelligence, many
developers are already building some very cool applications. In this
presentation, we’ll look at technologies that build on the simplicity of
the RDF data model to enable these applications. We’ll also see how
RDF/OWL enables the coding of useful semantics, and how the Linked Data
movement is building on many Semantic Web principles to make increasing
amounts of valuable data available to your applications.

Bio: Bob DuCharme (www.snee.com/bobdc.blog) is a Solutions Architect at
Innodata Isogen. In a recent XML.com newsletter, editor Kendall Clark
wrote “Does anyone write tech prose as clear as Bob?” Bob is the author
of Manning Publications’ “XSLT Quickly,” Prentice Hall’s “XML: The
Annotated Specification” and “SGML CD,” and McGraw Hill’s “Operating
Systems Handbook.” He’s written over seventy pieces for XML.com and has
contributed to Dr. Dobb’s Journal, IBM developerWorks, perl.com, XML
Magazine, XML Journal, XML Developer, O’Reilly Books’ “XML Hacks,” and
Prentice Hall’s “XML Handbook.” Bob received his BA in Religion from
Columbia University and his Masters in Computer Science from New York
University. He lives in Ivy.

Official Website: http://wordpress.betech.virginia.edu/index.php/2008/07/15/rdf-and-owl-the-semantic-web-and-linked-data/