most recent 30 from http://www.semanticoverflow.com 2010-03-18T05:51:33Z http://www.semanticoverflow.com/feeds/question/1 http://www.creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/2.5/rdf http://www.semanticoverflow.com/questions/1/where-can-i-learn-about-the-semantic-web Andrew Matthews 2009-10-27T10:42:48Z 2009-11-11T01:20:00Z

<p>When I first started taking an interest in semantic web technologies, I sought out places with quality information and opinion. Too often I found there was no up-to-date 'directory' listing the thought leaders in the field. Many information outlets were associated with specific products rather than design principles or standards. That made the initial learning process painful.</p> <p>For the first question in <code>SementicOverflow</code> I'd like your thoughts on where the richest sources of impartial semantic web wisdom and background are to be found. Where should I go, if I'm a beginner, to best help me ascend the semantic web learning curve? What about if I've grokked the fundamentals and want to dig deeper? How do I become a semantic web ninja?</p> <p><hr /></p> <h1>UPDATE</h1> <p>The following list shows the links provided so far.</p> <h2>Information Sites</h2> <ol> <li><a href="http://www.w3.org/2000/10/swap/Primer" rel="nofollow">W3C Primer</a></li> <li><a href="http://esw.w3.org/topic/" rel="nofollow">esw.w3.org/topic/</a></li> <li><a href="http://www.rdfabout.com/" rel="nofollow">www.rdfabout.com/</a></li> <li><a href="http://www.w3.org/2001/sw/" rel="nofollow">www.w3.org/2001/sw/</a></li> <li><a href="http://www.w3.org/DesignIssues/" rel="nofollow">www.w3.org/DesignIssues/</a></li> <li><a href="http://videolectures.net/Top/Computer%5FScience/Semantic%5FWeb/" rel="nofollow">videolectures.net/Top/Computer_Science/Semantic_Web/</a></li> <li><a href="http://www.semanticschool.com/" rel="nofollow">www.semanticschool.com/</a> (Polish, maybe English in future)</li> <li><a href="http://www.semanticweb.com/" rel="nofollow">semanticweb.com/</a></li> <li>Lee Feigenbaum's <a href="http://thefigtrees.net/lee/sw/links.html" rel="nofollow">tutorials</a> and <a href="http://www.slideshare.net/LeeFeigenbaum/semantic-web-landscape-2009" rel="nofollow">overview</a></li> <li>Aaron Swartz's <a href="http://notabug.com/2002/rdfprimer/" rel="nofollow">RDF Primer Primer</a></li> <li><a href="http://linkeddata.org/guides-and-tutorials" rel="nofollow">linkeddata.org</a> guides and tutorials</li> <li><a href="http://www.co-ode.org/" rel="nofollow">co-ode</a> guide to ontology development</li> <li><a href="http://blogs.talis.com/n2" rel="nofollow">Talis'</a> - HowTo and Getting Started guides</li> <li><a href="http://ontolog.cim3.net/cgi-bin/wiki.pl?WikiHomePage" rel="nofollow">Ontolog Forum</a></li> <li><a href="http://www.reddit.com/r/semanticweb/" rel="nofollow">Semantic web</a> at Reddit</li> <li><a href="http://semanticweb.org/wiki/Main%5FPage" rel="nofollow">semanticweb.org</a></li> <li>SemanticUniverse.com <a href="http://www.semantic-conference.com/" rel="nofollow">Semantic Technology Conference</a> site.</li> </ol> <h2>Blogs</h2> <ol> <li><a href="http://www.jenitennison.com/blog/" rel="nofollow">Jeni Tennison</a> </li> <li><a href="http://ivan-herman.name/" rel="nofollow">Ivan Herman</a></li> <li><a href="http://www.openlinksw.com/blog/~kidehen/" rel="nofollow">Kingsley Idehen</a> </li> <li><a href="http://webofdata.wordpress.com/" rel="nofollow">Michael Hausenblas</a> </li> <li><a href="http://blogs.sun.com/bblfish/" rel="nofollow">Henry Story</a> </li> <li><a href="http://blogs.talis.com/nodalities/" rel="nofollow">Talis' Nodalities Blog</a></li> <li><a href="http://www.planetrdf.com" rel="nofollow">planetrdf.com</a> - aggregated</li> </ol> <h2>Books</h2> <ol> <li><a href="http://www.amazon.com/Semantic-Web-Working-Ontologist-Effective/dp/0123735564/ref=sr%5F1%5F1?ie=UTF8&amp;s=books&amp;qid=1256697488&amp;sr=8-1" rel="nofollow">Semantic Web for the Working Ontologist</a> - Allemang &amp; Hendler</li> <li><a href="http://www.semantic-web-book.org/page/Foundations%5Fof%5FSemantic%5FWeb%5FTechnologies" rel="nofollow">foundations of semantic web technologies</a> - Hitzler, Krötzsch, Rudolph. </li> </ol> <h2>Good Answers Elsewhere</h2> <ol> <li>From <a href="http://www.semanticoverflow.com/questions/208/what-can-i-do-to-make-myself-semantic-web-literate/225#225" rel="nofollow">What can I do to make myself semantic web literate</a></li> </ol>

http://www.semanticoverflow.com/questions/1/where-can-i-learn-about-the-semantic-web/2#2 yadnem 2009-10-27T12:57:10Z 2009-10-27T12:57:10Z

<p>I think the following article by Tim Berners Lee is a really clear introduction the Semantic Web ...</p> <p><a href="http://www.w3.org/2000/10/swap/Primer" rel="nofollow">http://www.w3.org/2000/10/swap/Primer</a></p>

http://www.semanticoverflow.com/questions/1/where-can-i-learn-about-the-semantic-web/3#3 Joshua Tauberer 2009-10-27T12:58:22Z 2009-10-27T12:58:22Z

<p>The <a href="http://esw.w3.org/topic/" rel="nofollow">ESW Wiki</a> is one central place for practical information from the Linked Open Data perspective. (But what does ESW stand for? Mystery.)</p>

http://www.semanticoverflow.com/questions/1/where-can-i-learn-about-the-semantic-web/4#4 Joshua Tauberer 2009-10-27T13:01:33Z 2009-10-27T13:01:33Z

<p>For the RDF component of the semantic web, if you're looking to go in deeper, I've written two guides at <a href="http://www.rdfabout.com" rel="nofollow">http://www.rdfabout.com</a> which I've been told are quite good. :-) The site also links to all of the relevant standards at the W3C.</p> <p>(Sorry for two posts. SO only allows one link per post for new users....)</p>

http://www.semanticoverflow.com/questions/1/where-can-i-learn-about-the-semantic-web/5#5 Jiří Procházka 2009-10-27T13:20:15Z 2009-10-27T13:46:23Z

<p><a href="http://mud.cz/semoverflow%5Fans1.html" rel="nofollow">My answer</a> (the link limit really really sucks)</p>

http://www.semanticoverflow.com/questions/1/where-can-i-learn-about-the-semantic-web/8#8 Thomas Kappler 2009-10-27T14:03:14Z 2009-10-27T14:03:14Z

<p>For an in-depth primer, I recommend the book "Semantic Web for the Working Ontologist" by Allemang &amp; Hendler. It explains the concepts well and has lots of practical examples.</p>

http://www.semanticoverflow.com/questions/1/where-can-i-learn-about-the-semantic-web/9#9 Sebastian 2009-10-27T14:13:49Z 2009-10-27T14:13:49Z

<p>I have started a blog called "Szkola Web 3.0" at <a href="http://www.semanticschool.com/" rel="nofollow">http://www.semanticschool.com/</a></p> <p>It provides daily, short articles about the Semantic Web and news from the Web 3.0 world - I have started at the very basic level - and have recently covered OWL Lite. Will announce SemanticOverflow today :D</p> <p>At the moment the blog is dedicated for the <strong>Polish</strong> audience only, but I am looking for people interested in providing side by side articles in other languages as well.</p>

http://www.semanticoverflow.com/questions/1/where-can-i-learn-about-the-semantic-web/24#24 lee 2009-10-28T14:01:08Z 2009-10-28T14:01:08Z

<p>(uggh! breaking this into multiple answers because of the link limit - sorry!)</p> <p>I've got a couple of tutorials that give an introduction to many of the Semantic Web technologies:</p> <ul> <li>Semantic Web Landscape 2009 - <a href="http://www.slideshare.net/LeeFeigenbaum/semantic-web-landscape-2009" rel="nofollow">http://www.slideshare.net/LeeFeigenbaum/semantic-web-landscape-2009</a></li> </ul>

http://www.semanticoverflow.com/questions/1/where-can-i-learn-about-the-semantic-web/25#25 lee 2009-10-28T14:11:40Z 2009-10-28T14:11:40Z

<p>(uggh! "new users can only post answers ever 3 minutes; try again later")</p> <p>...and pastebin thinks my links are spam.</p> <p>ok, how about this:</p> <p><a href="http://thefigtrees.net/lee/sw/links.html" rel="nofollow">http://thefigtrees.net/lee/sw/links.html</a></p>

http://www.semanticoverflow.com/questions/1/where-can-i-learn-about-the-semantic-web/33#33 Michael Hausenblas 2009-10-29T08:30:47Z 2009-10-29T08:30:47Z

<p>@Joshua: the ESW Wiki stems, AFAIK, from the <a href="http://www.w3.org/2001/sw/Europe/" rel="nofollow">SWAD</a> project end hence the 'E' might actually stand for <strong>Europe</strong> ;)</p>

http://www.semanticoverflow.com/questions/1/where-can-i-learn-about-the-semantic-web/34#34 captsolo.net 2009-10-29T14:48:36Z 2009-10-29T14:48:36Z

<p><a href="http://www.w3.org/RDF/FAQ" rel="nofollow">Semantic Web FAQ</a></p> <p>planetrdf.com - aggregation of SemWeb blogs</p>

http://www.semanticoverflow.com/questions/1/where-can-i-learn-about-the-semantic-web/37#37 mhermans 2009-10-29T22:27:54Z 2009-10-29T22:27:54Z

<p>For people on reddit, there is a <a href="http://www.reddit.com/r/semanticweb/" rel="nofollow">semantic web-subreddit</a>. We are a small group (~700 subscribers, started a year ago), but (I like to think that) the links are of decent quality. </p> <p>I personally try to post links to the "less talking, more showing/coding" kind of articles, if that is your thing.</p>

http://www.semanticoverflow.com/questions/1/where-can-i-learn-about-the-semantic-web/44#44 mindcrime 2009-10-30T20:52:30Z 2009-10-30T20:52:30Z

<p>For dead-tree books, I recommend "Explorer's Guide To The Semantic Web" and "Thinking On The Web." Both are pretty good for getting an initial taste for the Semantic Web.</p> <p><a href="http://www.manning.com/passin/" rel="nofollow">http://www.manning.com/passin/</a></p>

http://www.semanticoverflow.com/questions/1/where-can-i-learn-about-the-semantic-web/71#71 billroberts 2009-11-02T17:48:47Z 2009-11-02T17:48:47Z

<p>If you have enough time to listen to them, I reckon Paul Miller's series of podcasts with various interesting semwebby people is a very valuable resource. Published on the Nodalities blog: <a href="http://blogs.talis.com/nodalities/" rel="nofollow">http://blogs.talis.com/nodalities/</a></p>

http://www.semanticoverflow.com/questions/1/where-can-i-learn-about-the-semantic-web/95#95 MikeHypercube 2009-11-02T23:02:35Z 2009-11-02T23:02:35Z

<p>The Ontolog Forum is a semantics community of practice with roots going way back into AI and the like, and with considered and valuable postings from the likes of John F Sowa, Pat Hayes, and many other leading lights in the semantics world. </p> <p><a href="http://ontolog.cim3.net/cgi-bin/wiki.pl?WikiHomePage" rel="nofollow">http://ontolog.cim3.net/cgi-bin/wiki.pl?WikiHomePage</a></p>

http://www.semanticoverflow.com/questions/1/where-can-i-learn-about-the-semantic-web/96#96 Ian Davis 2009-11-02T23:09:22Z 2009-11-02T23:09:22Z

<p>We publish a lot of howto and getting started type materials on our developer blog: <a href="http://blogs.talis.com/n2" rel="nofollow">http://blogs.talis.com/n2</a></p>

http://www.semanticoverflow.com/questions/1/where-can-i-learn-about-the-semantic-web/121#121 Jonathan 2009-11-03T16:11:09Z 2009-11-03T16:11:09Z

<p>I have learned the basics and theory behind the semantic web technologies with <a href="http://www.semantic-web-book.org/" rel="nofollow">http://www.semantic-web-book.org/</a> </p>

http://www.semanticoverflow.com/questions/1/where-can-i-learn-about-the-semantic-web/122#122 John Goodwin 2009-11-03T16:36:56Z 2009-11-03T16:36:56Z

<p>Linked data: <a href="http://linkeddata.org/guides-and-tutorials" rel="nofollow">http://linkeddata.org/guides-and-tutorials</a></p> <p>Ontology Development: <a href="http://www.co-ode.org/" rel="nofollow">http://www.co-ode.org/</a></p>

http://www.semanticoverflow.com/questions/1/where-can-i-learn-about-the-semantic-web/126#126 Laurian Gridinoc 2009-11-03T20:51:47Z 2009-11-03T20:51:47Z

<p>A cute and useful reading that completes the above mentioned Semantic Web Primer, is the <a href="http://notabug.com/2002/rdfprimer/" rel="nofollow">RDF Primer Primer</a></p>

http://www.semanticoverflow.com/questions/1/where-can-i-learn-about-the-semantic-web/189#189 Laurent Alquier 2009-11-06T13:41:38Z 2009-11-06T13:41:38Z

<p>Two fundamental links I have not seen in answers yet:</p> <ul> <li><a href="http://semanticweb.org/wiki/Main%5FPage" rel="nofollow">Semanticweb.org</a></li> <li>Sweet tools at AI3- www.mkbergman.com/new-version-sweet-tools-sem-web/</li> </ul> <p>The AI3 blog is a goldmine of topics and resources about Ontologies, semantic web and semantic tools in general.</p> <p>(sorry for the incomplete URL for Sweet Tools - I am limited by the first time user quota on hyperlinks).</p>

http://www.semanticoverflow.com/questions/1/where-can-i-learn-about-the-semantic-web/227#227 patternexon 2009-11-10T02:19:42Z 2009-11-10T02:19:42Z

<p><a href="http://semanticweb.org/wiki/Main_Page" rel="nofollow">http://semanticweb.org/wiki/Main_Page</a> </p>

http://www.semanticoverflow.com/questions/1/where-can-i-learn-about-the-semantic-web/248#248 Steve Bastasini 2009-11-10T23:31:13Z 2009-11-10T23:31:13Z

<p>The mission of Semantic Universe.com is to raise awareness and explain the usage of semantic technologies in business and consumer settings. Projects by Semantic Universe include the annual Semantic Technology Conference <a href="http://www.semantic-conference.com" rel="nofollow">link text</a> and the Semantic Universe Network.</p> <p>Semantic Universe Network is a joint venture of Wilshire Conferences and Semantic Arts and Cerebra</p> <p>Now in its fifth year, the annual SemTech Conference represents virtually the entire spectrum of business, government, and consumer activity taking place within the emerging field of semantic technologies. It is the most extensive event ever assembled on the topic.</p>