Thought Networking:Building the Semantic Web with
Consumer-directed Semantic Networking
Peter Sweeney, Anne Hunt
Semtech Conference, June 23, 2010
How to build a mass market
semantic network?
“Baseball”
{Red Sox, adjustments,
parents & kids}
Success Stories
Key to success:Non-technical contributors
Content-Directed Approach
Dream House
bedrooms
3
4
pool Swimming
Location Uptown
Price
$300K
$400K
$500K
Consumer-Directed Approach
Pros and Cons of Consumer-Directed
Pros
Scalability: Data is only created as needed
Personalized: Data can support individual and subjective topics
Cons
Imprecise: The data models intentions and expectations
Content voids: Gaps may exist between consumers and content
Questions/Comments?
Product Demonstrations
• [email protected], @petersweeney
• [email protected], @AnneJHunt
• Products: Primal | primal.com | Pages pages.primal.com | Search search.primal.com| Storm storm.primal.com
• Developers: developer.primal.com
• Read more @ Semantic Universe: http://www.semanticuniverse.com/articles-thought-networking-building-semantic-web-consumer-directed-semantic-networking.html-0
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