Over the past decade, the idea of the Semantic Web and these curious things called ontologies have begun seeping into the broader zeitgeist. While ontologies are vital parts of the Semantic Web vision, the two are separate – if inter-related – ideas. In this post, I’ll revisit one of the fundamental problems that motivated development and subsequent commercialization of ontologies – namely the problems that arise out of interpersonal and human-system communication. Read further >

The Frankfurt Book Fair is certainly one of the main events of the information services and publishing industry in the world. Over the last years, the focus of information professionals as part of the community has changed in particular. Mobile apps, online research, and software integration are at the center of attention. This is also true for semantic search capabilities. And why? Because customers ask for intelligent and innovative solutions. Read further >

I was one of almost 500 attendees, who met in the beginning of September to join the international I-Know and I-Semantics conferences held in parallel in Graz(Austria). The conferences envisioned developments and technologies in the area of knowledge management and the semantic web. Read further >