The document discusses the potential for a "Social Semantic Web" where Semantic Web technologies could support online communities generated by social networks, and those communities could also contribute semantic data by connecting information. It notes that while the Social Web and Semantic Web have seen success individually, fully realizing their integration as a Social Semantic Web has yet to be achieved. Challenges include getting users to adopt shared ontologies and developing systems that are ubiquitous, real-time, and proactive.

1. The Social Semantic Web
Pragmatic Web panel
@ i-Semantics 2010
Graz, 1st Sept. 2010
Alexandre Passant
DERI, NUI Galway

2. Social Web,
Semantic Web ...
Pragmatic Web ?

4. the Social Web impact
By Matt Hamm @ http://www.flickr.com/photos/matthamm/2945559128

5. 16
billion minutes
per day
on facebook

6. Interoperability ?
Semantics ?

7. Social Semantic Web

8. Social Web
Semantic Web

9. I think we could...have both Semantic Web
technology supporting online communities,
but at the same time also online communities
can also support Semantic Web data by
being the sources of people voluntarily
connecting things together.
Tim Berners-Lee, ISWC2005 Podcast

10. Success Stories

11. yet ...

12. Ontologies are like
underwear - no-one wants
to use somebody else’s
By Matthew West @ http://www.matthew-west.org.uk/aphorisms.html

13. Ubiquitous
Real-time
Pro-active

15. Social
Semantic
Pragmatic
Web