Phase2 OpenPublish Presentation SF SemWeb Meetup, April 28, 2009

Drupal, Calais & the Semantic Web
Prepared by Frank Febbraro, CTO & Presented by Jeff Walpole, CEO

Introductions (and sizing each other up)
Raise your hand if you are a…
Technologist?
Journalist?
SemHead?
Raise your hand if you use or have used Drupal?
Calais API?
Lets play word association…
Linked data
RDF
SPARQL
GRDDL

Publishing tech Phase2 is working on
CMS frameworks
Drupal & Java Development
Taxonomy solutions
Geo-tagging & Mapping
Charting & Graphing Data
Semantic Web integration
Open Data/APIs
Topic Hubs
Publishing workflow
Feed Syndication
Buzz and topic trend monitoring
Community collaboration sites
Multi-site & virtual site CMS architecture
An open source CMS installation specifically for publishers – called OpenPublish

We heart Drupal
Drupal

Why We use Drupal for CMS
Performance/Reliability: Dozens of major publishers turn to Drupal and tens of thousands of high traffic sites because it is an enterprise class platform
Ease/Expense of Implementation: As one of the leading shops developing for this platform, we can be as efficient as anyone and this platform is our preferred technology.
Evolving Technology Extensibility: You need something modular/extensible that allows you to add new features easily and we know this is possible with Drupal.
Easier Modular Enhancements: Drupal's architecture is modular and integrates well without requiring customization to core components that would make them difficult to maintain.
P2 Expertise: Our entire development staff of 12+ developers can support you on Drupal and we are known as one of the top firms in the country.
Large Community Support: You need a community that is active, robust, responsive and growing. We are involved in the Drupal community and have an ear to the ground on features and changes that would affect your site.
Easy Staff Training: The Drupal CMS is intuitive and we are well versed in training others to use it. To support training, there are numerous videos, online tutorials, local classes and even books on how it works.
Decreased Support Costs: Publishers find they can do a lot more themselves and when they do need help, the time is a fraction of what a proprietary CMS would cost for similar changes.

Drupal Semantic Modules
rdf, rdf cck, foaf, relations, sparql, sioc, calais collection
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r4WgTRIRoa0

The Calais API
connect. everything.

How does Calais work?
Categorizes and metatags the people, places, companies, facts and events in your content to make it ‘machine-readable,’ and returns that metadata to you.
Makes connections between the entities in your content and related data in Wikipedia , GeoNames , the IMDB , Shopping.com and more
Empowers you to share your metadata with search engines, news aggregators, ‘related stories’ applications and others in the content ecosystem.

<Acquisition offset="494" length="130"> <Company_Acquirer>Reuters</Company_Acquirer> <Company_Acquired>ClearForest Ltd.</Company_Acquired> <Status>Planned</Status> </Acquisition> <Company>Reuters</Company> <Company>ClearForest Ltd.</Company> Reuters Announced the Acquisition of ClearForest New York - April 30, 2007 Reuters, the global information company, has entered into an agreement to acquire all of the outstanding shares of ClearForest Ltd., a privately held provider of Text Analytics solutions, whose tagging platform and analytical products allow clients to derive precise business information from huge amounts of textual content. ClearForest has received sufficient shareholder approval to complete the transaction, which is expected to close in approximately 30 days, subject to customary closing conditions. The financial terms were not disclosed. Reuters plans to retain and continue to work with the existing management team and their highly skilled workforces in the US and Israel. It also plans to continue to support existing products and customers. Reuters believes that search will be a pivotal element to the future of how financial information is sourced and consumed. As part of its drive into this space, Reuters has created a new strategic group and appointed Gerry Campbell, who will oversee the integration of ClearForest and drive this innovation. <Product>Text Analytic Solution </Product> <Company>ClearForest Ltd.</Company> <Company>Reuters</Company> <Country>United States</Country> <Country>Israel</Country> <Company>Reuters</Company> <Person>Gerry Campbell</Person> <ManagementChange offset="2789" length="92"> <Person>Gerry Campbell</Person> <Company>Reuters</Company> <Action>Enters</Position> </ManagementChange> What Would that Look Like (in code)? <Topic>M&A</Topic>

Calais Collection
Drupal Calais for Drupal

What does Calais for Drupal Look Like?
suggest terms allowing full user control of the tagging (think of del.icio.us recommending tags).

Calais Terms or Taxonomy Terms?

configure per node type

save. magic happens.

Too much information? Limit it.

autodiscovery, what’s that mean?

RDF for your nodes

LOOK AWAY!!!!!!!

More Like This
Drupal Calais for Drupal More Like This Topic Hubs Geo

automatically prefill from Calais

configure threshold

relevant on-site content to browse

relevant news from the web

self organizing content
Drupal Calais for Drupal More Like This Topic Hubs Geo

create a contextual expression

configure plugins (or define your own)

tell your story

show content in various contexts

they are panels, so rearrange

Linked Data
Drupal Calais for Drupal Linked Data More Like This Topic Hubs Geo

Linked Data Datasets

Linked Data
it’s all about the URIs
Drupal: http:// dbpedia.org /resource/Drupal
Washington DC: http://d.opencalais.com/er/geo/city/ralg-geo1/f497898f-2b9b-7cda-ec7b-85d896acbe3e
Calais linked data for humans

Calais linked data RDF

hello dbpedia (for geeks)

Calais geo config

on a map, but wait, there’s more

dbpedia data (or other sources)

semantic company data

company data from dbpedia

Calais URI for Toyota

Get the next link to follow

SPARQL query to get the data from DBPedia

render it to html, voilà

Marmoset: microformats for search agents
Drupal Calais for Drupal Linked Data More Like This Topic Hubs Geo Marmoset

The Big Picture – OpenPublish Drupal Calais for Drupal Linked Data More Like This Topic Hubs Geo Marmoset

http ://opensourceopenminds.com/openpublish

Enough Talk - lets see a demo…

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