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. For the first question in `SementicOverflow` 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? ---------- UPDATE ====== The following list shows the links provided so far. Information Sites ----------------- 1. [W3C Primer][1] 2. [esw.w3.org/topic/][2] 3. [www.rdfabout.com/][3] 4. [www.w3.org/2001/sw/][4] 5. [www.w3.org/DesignIssues/][5] 6. [videolectures.net/Top/Computer_Science/Semantic_Web/][6] 7. [www.semanticschool.com/][7] (Polish, maybe English in future) 8. [semanticweb.com/][9] 9. Lee Feigenbaum's [tutorials] [10] and [overview][11] 10. Aaron Swartz's [RDF Primer Primer][12] 11. [linkeddata.org][13] guides and tutorials 12. [co-ode][14] guide to ontology development 13. [Talis'][16] - HowTo and Getting Started guides 14. [Ontolog Forum][17] 15. [Semantic web][19] at Reddit 16. [semanticweb.org][27] 17. SemanticUniverse.com [Semantic Technology Conference] [28] site. Blogs ----- 1. [Jeni Tennison][21] 2. [Ivan Herman][22] 3. [Kingsley Idehen][23] 4. [Michael Hausenblas][24] 5. [Henry Story][25] 6. [Talis' Nodalities Blog][18] 7. [planetrdf.com][20] - aggregated Books ----- 1. [Semantic Web for the Working Ontologist][8] - Allemang & Hendler 2. [foundations of semantic web technologies][15] - Hitzler, Krötzsch, Rudolph. Good Answers Elsewhere ---------------------- 1. From [What can I do to make myself semantic web literate][26] [1]: http://www.w3.org/2000/10/swap/Primer [2]: http://esw.w3.org/topic/ [3]: http://www.rdfabout.com/ [4]: http://www.w3.org/2001/sw/ [5]: http://www.w3.org/DesignIssues/ [6]: http://videolectures.net/Top/Computer_Science/Semantic_Web/ [7]: http://www.semanticschool.com/ [8]: http://www.amazon.com/Semantic-Web-Working-Ontologist-Effective/dp/0123735564/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1256697488&sr=8-1 [9]: http://www.semanticweb.com/ [10]: http://thefigtrees.net/lee/sw/links.html [11]: http://www.slideshare.net/LeeFeigenbaum/semantic-web-landscape-2009 [12]: http://notabug.com/2002/rdfprimer/ [13]: http://linkeddata.org/guides-and-tutorials [14]: http://www.co-ode.org/ [15]: http://www.semantic-web-book.org/page/Foundations_of_Semantic_Web_Technologies [16]: http://blogs.talis.com/n2 [17]: http://ontolog.cim3.net/cgi-bin/wiki.pl?WikiHomePage [18]: http://blogs.talis.com/nodalities/ [19]: http://www.reddit.com/r/semanticweb/ [20]: http://www.planetrdf.com [21]: http://www.jenitennison.com/blog/ [22]: http://ivan-herman.name/ [23]: http://www.openlinksw.com/blog/~kidehen/ [24]: http://webofdata.wordpress.com/ [25]: http://blogs.sun.com/bblfish/ [26]: http://www.semanticoverflow.com/questions/208/what-can-i-do-to-make-myself-semantic-web-literate/225#225 [27]: http://semanticweb.org/wiki/Main_Page [28]: http://www.semantic-conference.com/