Structured Dynamics provides 'ontology-driven applications'. Our product stack is geared to enable the semantic enterprise. The products are premised on preserving and leveraging existing information assets in an incremental, low-risk way. SD's products span from converters to authoring environments to Web services middleware and to eventual ontologies and user interfaces and applications.
The slides show what is linked data and how we experiment with linked data in the area of legislative documents (in Czech Republic).
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WebSpa is a tool that allows the quick, intuitive (and even fun) interrogation of arbitrary SPARQL endpoints. WebSpa runs in the web browser and does not require the installation of any additional software. The tool manages a large variety of pre-defined SPARQL endpoints and allows the addition of new ones. An user account gives the possibility of saving both the interrogation and its results on the local computer, as well as further editing of the queries. The application is written in both Java and Flex. It uses Jena and ARQ application programming interface in order to perform the queries, and the results are processed and displayed using Flex.
Talk at 3th Keystone Training School - Keyword Search in Big Linked Data - Institute for Software Technology and Interactive Systems, TU Wien, Austria, 2017
Wi2015 - Clustering of Linked Open Data - the LODeX toolLaura Po
Presentation of the tool LODeX (http://www.dbgroup.unimore.it/lodex2/testCluster) at the 2015 IEEE/WIC/ACM International Conference on Web Intelligence, Singapore, December 6-8, 2015
The slides show what is linked data and how we experiment with linked data in the area of legislative documents (in Czech Republic).
Download the slides for detailed embedded comments.
WebSpa is a tool that allows the quick, intuitive (and even fun) interrogation of arbitrary SPARQL endpoints. WebSpa runs in the web browser and does not require the installation of any additional software. The tool manages a large variety of pre-defined SPARQL endpoints and allows the addition of new ones. An user account gives the possibility of saving both the interrogation and its results on the local computer, as well as further editing of the queries. The application is written in both Java and Flex. It uses Jena and ARQ application programming interface in order to perform the queries, and the results are processed and displayed using Flex.
Talk at 3th Keystone Training School - Keyword Search in Big Linked Data - Institute for Software Technology and Interactive Systems, TU Wien, Austria, 2017
Wi2015 - Clustering of Linked Open Data - the LODeX toolLaura Po
Presentation of the tool LODeX (http://www.dbgroup.unimore.it/lodex2/testCluster) at the 2015 IEEE/WIC/ACM International Conference on Web Intelligence, Singapore, December 6-8, 2015
This presentation provides insights into how Semantic Web Project innovations such as: RDF based Linked Data & FOAF+SSL, address age old challenges that include:1. Identity (people, places, and other things)2. Open Data Access & Integration3. Precision Find (search++).
The Web is a universal medium for information, data and knowledge exchange. The Semantic Web is an extension of the World Wide Web, ``in which information is given well-defined meaning, better enabling computers and people to work in cooperation''\cite{semweb:lee}. RDF, together with SparQL, provide a powerful mechanism for describing and interchanging metadata on the web. This paper presents briefly the two concepts - RDF, SparQL - and three of the most popular frameworks (written in Java) that offer support for RDF: Jena, Sesame and JRDF.
Presentation done* at the 13th International Semantic Web Conference (ISWC) in which we approach a compressed format to represent RDF Data Streams. See the original article at: http://dataweb.infor.uva.es/wp-content/uploads/2014/07/iswc14.pdf
* Presented by Alejandro Llaves (http://www.slideshare.net/allaves)
This presentation gives details on technologies and approaches towards exploiting Linked Data by building LD applications. In particular, it gives an overview of popular existing applications and introduces the main technologies that support implementation and development. Furthermore, it illustrates how data exposed through common Web APIs can be integrated with Linked Data in order to create mashups.
This presentation is about:
- Introduction to OWL
- OWL Basics
- Class Expression Axioms
- Property Axioms
- Assertions
- Class Expressions -Propositional Connectives and Enumeration of Individuals
- Class Expressions -Property Restrictions
- Class Expressions -Cardinality Restrictions
This presentation provides insights into how Semantic Web Project innovations such as: RDF based Linked Data & FOAF+SSL, address age old challenges that include:1. Identity (people, places, and other things)2. Open Data Access & Integration3. Precision Find (search++).
The Web is a universal medium for information, data and knowledge exchange. The Semantic Web is an extension of the World Wide Web, ``in which information is given well-defined meaning, better enabling computers and people to work in cooperation''\cite{semweb:lee}. RDF, together with SparQL, provide a powerful mechanism for describing and interchanging metadata on the web. This paper presents briefly the two concepts - RDF, SparQL - and three of the most popular frameworks (written in Java) that offer support for RDF: Jena, Sesame and JRDF.
Presentation done* at the 13th International Semantic Web Conference (ISWC) in which we approach a compressed format to represent RDF Data Streams. See the original article at: http://dataweb.infor.uva.es/wp-content/uploads/2014/07/iswc14.pdf
* Presented by Alejandro Llaves (http://www.slideshare.net/allaves)
This presentation gives details on technologies and approaches towards exploiting Linked Data by building LD applications. In particular, it gives an overview of popular existing applications and introduces the main technologies that support implementation and development. Furthermore, it illustrates how data exposed through common Web APIs can be integrated with Linked Data in order to create mashups.
This presentation is about:
- Introduction to OWL
- OWL Basics
- Class Expression Axioms
- Property Axioms
- Assertions
- Class Expressions -Propositional Connectives and Enumeration of Individuals
- Class Expressions -Property Restrictions
- Class Expressions -Cardinality Restrictions
This is a keynote speech I did for a conference called "Generating Successful Interactive Marketing Strategies" in Philadelphia. The talk covers a lot of ground most mostly focusing on how marketing is changing and how communication on the web is evolving.
The role of COINS in the Civic Space: Building a pathway to shared prosperity Betsey Merkel
Betsey Merkel, Co-Founder and Director, The Institute for Open Economic Networks (I-Open), presented a summary of this material at the COINS 2009 conference hosted by the Savannah College of Art & Design (SCAD) October 10, 2009 More http://www.coins2009.com/
The presentation describes a collaborative strategy for colleges, universities, and libraries in a networked model of I-Open Civic Forums to strengthen their role as conveners, connectors, and leaders in national and global prosperity. More http://i-open-2.near-time.net
The presentation describes an accelerated model of Civic Forums capable of incorporating COINS and CONDOR to connect legacy assets to innovation for education, economic, and workforce development. Our strategy is based on I-Open's experience in the last six years building face-to-face and online collaborative communities for enterprise collaboration. Learn more about our work at I-Open http://i-open.org
Learn more about COINS and CONDOR on the Swarm Creativity blog http://swarmcreativity.blogspot.com/
Building Community In The Civic Space-revitalizing communities in America.Betsey Merkel
This presentation offers an introduction to building open, neutral spaces for collaborative communities to create new conversations in the Civic Space. The material includes an overview of real examples of community and social media use . Written by Betsey Merkel, Co-Founder and Director, The Institute for Open Economic Networks, Dec 2008.
User experience utopia - interact seattleNick Finck
As our industry matures, we are starting to see a cataclysmic change in how we work within each of our fields. Information architecture, interaction design, visual design, usability, accessibility, content, and marketing are colliding to form a better and more valuable user experience.
Interaction is no longer an afterthought, overshadowed by visual design. “Just getting noticed” on the web is no longer sufficient – what you produce will now be judged by the value of your information and the ease of your experience. Today, users reign supreme.
Now’s the time to ask the tough questions: Are you properly investing resources, energy, and time in your user experience? Do you really, like really, know what your users want and need? How are you planning for the future?
In this presentation, we’ll explore the seven characteristics of good user experience, where technology and innovation are taking the interactive industry, and what milestones we’ll pass along the way.
What will I get of this session?
* A sense of where user experience is headed
* Knowledge of how context impacts the user experience
* An understanding of how new technologies are changing both context and user experience
Who should attend?
* User experience professionals
* Marketing executives and managers
* Online community managers
* Web designers and web developers
* Others who want to learn about user experience design
Nick Finck (www.nickfinck.com) is a user experience professional who has dabbled in the web for over a decade. He specializes in information architecture, interaction design, usability and user research.
Nick has created web experiences for Fortune 50 and 500 companies including Adobe, Boeing, Blue Cross / Blue Shield, Cisco, CitiGroup, FDIC, Harpo, HP, IBM, Microsoft, PBS, Peet’s Coffee, University of Denver, and others.
He lives and plays in Seattle, Washington, where he’s the Principal and Director of User Experience at Blue Flavor, a web design company that focuses on creating web experiences.
My EuroCALL2010 presentation about designing miLexicon - mobile software to help manage resource ecologies for self-initiated personal and collaborative language inquiry.
This tutorial explains the Data Web vision, some preliminary standards and technologies as well as some tools and technological building blocks developed by AKSW research group from Universität Leipzig.
This talk introduces the concepts of web 3.0 technology and how they relate to related technologies such as Internet of Things (IoT), Grid Computing and the Semantic Web:
• A short history of web technologies:
o Web 1.0: Publishing static information with links for human consumption.
o Web 2.0: Publishing dynamic information created by users, for human consumption.
o Web 3.0: Publishing all kinds of information with links between data items, for machine consumption.
• Standardization of protocols for description of any type of data (RDF, N3, Turtle).
• Standardization of protocols for the consumption of data in “the grid” (SPARQL).
• Standardization of protocols for rules (RIF).
• Comparison with the evolution of technologies related to data bases.
• Comparison of IoT solutions based on web 2.0 and web 3.0 technologies.
• Distributed solutions vs centralized solutions..
• Security
• Extensions of Peer-to-peer protocols (XMPP).
• Advantages of solutions based on web 3.0 and standards (IETF, XSF).
Duration of talk: 1-2 hours with questions.
Semantic Web: Technolgies and Applications for Real-WorldAmit Sheth
Amit Sheth and Susie Stephens, "Semantic Web: Technolgies and Applications for Real-World," Tutorial at 2007 World Wide Web Conference, Banff, Canada.
Tutorial discusses technologies and deployed real-world applications through 2007.
Tutorial description at: http://www2007.org/tutorial-T11.php
The variety of available data formats, e.g., CDF, netCDF, HDF, etc., has been a problem for scientist because data of their interest must be translated into the format they understand before they can analyze data, and it will continue to be a problem for years to come. In a bid to make data format differences transparent to the end users, the CDF office has employed the XML / SOAP technology.
Context, Perspective, and Generalities in a Knowledge OntologyMike Bergman
This presentation to the Ontolog Forum in Dec 2016 presents the knowledge graph (ontology) design for KBpedia, a system of six major knowledge bases and 20 minor ones for conducting knowledge-based artificial intelligence (KBAI). The talk emphasizes the roots of the system in the triadic logic of Charles Sanders Peirce. It also discusses the use of KBpedia for the more-or-less automatic ways it can help create training corpuses, training sets, and reference standards for supervised, unsupervised and deep machine learning. Uses of the system include entity and relation extraction and tagging, classification, clustering, sentiment analysis, and other AI tasks.
Seven Arguments for Semantic TechnologiesMike Bergman
This presentation lays out the seven main arguments for why it makes sense to be interested in semantic technologies for the enterprise. It is provided by Mike Bergman, noted observer of the semantic technology scene and CEO of Structured Dynamics LLC.
Pragmatic Approaches to the Semantic WebMike Bergman
Mike Bergman offers his take on what approaches to the semantic Web are working, what are not, and what all of this might say about the semantic Web moving forward. Informed by Structured Dynamics' open source frameworks and client experiences, the main thesis is that the pragmatic contribution of semantic technologies resides more in mindsets, information models and architectures than in 'linked data' as currently practiced.
DCMI Keynote: Bridging the Semantic Gaps and InteroperabilityMike Bergman
M. Bergman's presentation, 'Bridging the Gaps: Adaptive Approaches to Data Interoperabiity,' was a keynote at the DCMI's DC 2010 International Conference in Pittsburgh, PA, on October 22, 2010.
In the presentation, Bergman points to the Dublin Core Metadata Initiative as a unique and key player in plugging the semantics "gap" within the semantic Web. Some specific activities and roles are suggested.
Data-driven Applications with conStructMike Bergman
The first unveiling of conStruct, a structured content system for enabling Drupal to be driven by structured (RDF) data. conStruct also is based on the platform-independent structWSF Web services framework, the provides dataset collaboration over the Web. Presentation is from SemTech 2009.
UMBEL: Subject Concepts Layer for the WebMike Bergman
This is an intro to UMBEL (Upper Mapping and Binding Exchange Layer), a lightweight ontology for relating Web content and data to a standard set of 20,000 subject concepts. Connecting to the UMBEL structure gives context and coherence to Web data. Via UMBEL, Web content, data and metadata can be linked, made interoperable, and more easily navigated and discovered. These subject concepts have defined relationships between them, and can act as semantic binding nodes for any Web content or data. The UMBEL subject concepts are derived from the OpenCyc version of the proven Cyc knowledge base.
UMBEL\'s first 11 semantic Web services and online demos show how a lightweight structure of 21000 subject concepts can provide context for inter-linking external data and ontologies. Additional value through the network effect of inherited relationships and properties is also gained as more structure and data is added. UMBEL is an excellent upper mapping and binding layer for integrating Linked Data and rich sources of named entities such as Wikipedia. The UMBEL subject concepts are derived from the OpenCyc version of the proven Cyc knowledge base.
Neuro-symbolic is not enough, we need neuro-*semantic*Frank van Harmelen
Neuro-symbolic (NeSy) AI is on the rise. However, simply machine learning on just any symbolic structure is not sufficient to really harvest the gains of NeSy. These will only be gained when the symbolic structures have an actual semantics. I give an operational definition of semantics as “predictable inference”.
All of this illustrated with link prediction over knowledge graphs, but the argument is general.
Kubernetes & AI - Beauty and the Beast !?! @KCD Istanbul 2024Tobias Schneck
As AI technology is pushing into IT I was wondering myself, as an “infrastructure container kubernetes guy”, how get this fancy AI technology get managed from an infrastructure operational view? Is it possible to apply our lovely cloud native principals as well? What benefit’s both technologies could bring to each other?
Let me take this questions and provide you a short journey through existing deployment models and use cases for AI software. On practical examples, we discuss what cloud/on-premise strategy we may need for applying it to our own infrastructure to get it to work from an enterprise perspective. I want to give an overview about infrastructure requirements and technologies, what could be beneficial or limiting your AI use cases in an enterprise environment. An interactive Demo will give you some insides, what approaches I got already working for real.
PHP Frameworks: I want to break free (IPC Berlin 2024)Ralf Eggert
In this presentation, we examine the challenges and limitations of relying too heavily on PHP frameworks in web development. We discuss the history of PHP and its frameworks to understand how this dependence has evolved. The focus will be on providing concrete tips and strategies to reduce reliance on these frameworks, based on real-world examples and practical considerations. The goal is to equip developers with the skills and knowledge to create more flexible and future-proof web applications. We'll explore the importance of maintaining autonomy in a rapidly changing tech landscape and how to make informed decisions in PHP development.
This talk is aimed at encouraging a more independent approach to using PHP frameworks, moving towards a more flexible and future-proof approach to PHP development.
LF Energy Webinar: Electrical Grid Modelling and Simulation Through PowSyBl -...DanBrown980551
Do you want to learn how to model and simulate an electrical network from scratch in under an hour?
Then welcome to this PowSyBl workshop, hosted by Rte, the French Transmission System Operator (TSO)!
During the webinar, you will discover the PowSyBl ecosystem as well as handle and study an electrical network through an interactive Python notebook.
PowSyBl is an open source project hosted by LF Energy, which offers a comprehensive set of features for electrical grid modelling and simulation. Among other advanced features, PowSyBl provides:
- A fully editable and extendable library for grid component modelling;
- Visualization tools to display your network;
- Grid simulation tools, such as power flows, security analyses (with or without remedial actions) and sensitivity analyses;
The framework is mostly written in Java, with a Python binding so that Python developers can access PowSyBl functionalities as well.
What you will learn during the webinar:
- For beginners: discover PowSyBl's functionalities through a quick general presentation and the notebook, without needing any expert coding skills;
- For advanced developers: master the skills to efficiently apply PowSyBl functionalities to your real-world scenarios.
Key Trends Shaping the Future of Infrastructure.pdfCheryl Hung
Keynote at DIGIT West Expo, Glasgow on 29 May 2024.
Cheryl Hung, ochery.com
Sr Director, Infrastructure Ecosystem, Arm.
The key trends across hardware, cloud and open-source; exploring how these areas are likely to mature and develop over the short and long-term, and then considering how organisations can position themselves to adapt and thrive.
The Art of the Pitch: WordPress Relationships and SalesLaura Byrne
Clients don’t know what they don’t know. What web solutions are right for them? How does WordPress come into the picture? How do you make sure you understand scope and timeline? What do you do if sometime changes?
All these questions and more will be explored as we talk about matching clients’ needs with what your agency offers without pulling teeth or pulling your hair out. Practical tips, and strategies for successful relationship building that leads to closing the deal.
Connector Corner: Automate dynamic content and events by pushing a buttonDianaGray10
Here is something new! In our next Connector Corner webinar, we will demonstrate how you can use a single workflow to:
Create a campaign using Mailchimp with merge tags/fields
Send an interactive Slack channel message (using buttons)
Have the message received by managers and peers along with a test email for review
But there’s more:
In a second workflow supporting the same use case, you’ll see:
Your campaign sent to target colleagues for approval
If the “Approve” button is clicked, a Jira/Zendesk ticket is created for the marketing design team
But—if the “Reject” button is pushed, colleagues will be alerted via Slack message
Join us to learn more about this new, human-in-the-loop capability, brought to you by Integration Service connectors.
And...
Speakers:
Akshay Agnihotri, Product Manager
Charlie Greenberg, Host
Slack (or Teams) Automation for Bonterra Impact Management (fka Social Soluti...Jeffrey Haguewood
Sidekick Solutions uses Bonterra Impact Management (fka Social Solutions Apricot) and automation solutions to integrate data for business workflows.
We believe integration and automation are essential to user experience and the promise of efficient work through technology. Automation is the critical ingredient to realizing that full vision. We develop integration products and services for Bonterra Case Management software to support the deployment of automations for a variety of use cases.
This video focuses on the notifications, alerts, and approval requests using Slack for Bonterra Impact Management. The solutions covered in this webinar can also be deployed for Microsoft Teams.
Interested in deploying notification automations for Bonterra Impact Management? Contact us at sales@sidekicksolutionsllc.com to discuss next steps.
DevOps and Testing slides at DASA ConnectKari Kakkonen
My and Rik Marselis slides at 30.5.2024 DASA Connect conference. We discuss about what is testing, then what is agile testing and finally what is Testing in DevOps. Finally we had lovely workshop with the participants trying to find out different ways to think about quality and testing in different parts of the DevOps infinity loop.
GraphRAG is All You need? LLM & Knowledge GraphGuy Korland
Guy Korland, CEO and Co-founder of FalkorDB, will review two articles on the integration of language models with knowledge graphs.
1. Unifying Large Language Models and Knowledge Graphs: A Roadmap.
https://arxiv.org/abs/2306.08302
2. Microsoft Research's GraphRAG paper and a review paper on various uses of knowledge graphs:
https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/research/blog/graphrag-unlocking-llm-discovery-on-narrative-private-data/
At present, though constantly increasing, Zitgist's existing conversion services recognizes nearly 100 various formats GRDDL (Gleaning Resource Descriptions from Dialects of Languages) is a W3C markup format for getting RDF data out of XML and XHTML documents using explicitly associated transformation algorithms, typically represented in XSLT GRDDL accomodates a wide variety of dialects (see one listing) and can be combined with arbitrary transformation mechanisms (though currently mostly based on XSLTs).
At present, though constantly increasing, Zitgist's existing conversion services recognizes nearly 100 various formats GRDDL (Gleaning Resource Descriptions from Dialects of Languages) is a W3C markup format for getting RDF data out of XML and XHTML documents using explicitly associated transformation algorithms, typically represented in XSLT GRDDL accomodates a wide variety of dialects (see one listing) and can be combined with arbitrary transformation mechanisms (though currently mostly based on XSLTs).
More here also, use the candidate properties content to get the extract to the SC context (??? more about the “aboutness”) contextual UMBEL metadata on the fly