[wp-hackers] semantic web features?

[AJ Chen]

Wow, this is great. Thanks for the link.  Structured blogging should meet
lots of unmet needs.
-aj

On 5/19/06, Stewart Ugelow <stewart at ugelow.com> wrote:
>
> You might take a look at the WordPress structured blogging plugin:
>
> http://www.structuredblogging.org/
>
> --Stewart
>
> --
> Stewart Ugelow
> stewart at ugelow.com
>
> On 5/19/06, AJ Chen <canovaj at gmail.com> wrote:
> > There are plenty of discussions about what semantic web is or is
> not.  Those
> > are fun to read, and I'm not going to try to make it more confused. But,
> I
> > do want to say how I approach it.  I believe the web can become even
> more
> > effective for data sharing and consumption if the data are also
> published in
> > a more structured way that computer can easily understand and thus
> process.
> > An example is blog feed using RSS1.0, which is in RDF format. Semantic
> web
> > is evolving rapidly.  It will make sense to most people when it hits one
> > killer application that has broad impact to the world.
> >
> > >From where I stand, I focus on solving specific problems using semantic
> web
> > approach in combination with any other technologies that are
> required.  The
> > problem I'm trying to solve is that researchers don't have an
> easy-to-use
> > publishing tool to publish their studies in a RDF or ontology they
> choose.
> > Since wordpress was initially built with the semantic publishing concept
> in
> > mind, I would think it should be an ideal platform to implement more
> > advanced semantic publishing functionality.  This feature is intended
> for
> > the research community (for example, researchers in the life sciences
> sector
> > where I work ),  not for general users.
> >
> > It's not difficult to imagine different plugins can be developed for
> > different groups of users who require different ontologies to describe
> their
> > parts of the world.  This direction would be a good thing for wordpress,
> I
> > think.  I'm learning more about wordpress design and code now in order
> to
> > have the specifics for implementation.  I would appreciate any light you
> can
> > shed on this topic.
> >
> > Best,
> > AJ
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