1. What is The Semantic Web?Darren Meehan@darrenmeehanhttp://farm1.staticflickr.com/7/12364944_14794d1055.jpg

2. Its an evolution of the web 3. The Goal 4. Whats the problem? 5. Whats the problem? 6. Who is working on it? Led by the World Wide Web Consortium (W3C) Digital Enterprise Research Institute (DERI), inGalway Big search engines, social networks Tomas Castelazo http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Mexican_construction_workers.jp 7. notbrucelee 8. Data versus DocumentsImage: Hans Rosling 9. Linked DataImage: Hans Rosling 10. Where did The Semantic Web begin?With hyperlinks 11. From the creator of the web I have a dream for the Web [in whichcomputers] become capable of analyzing all thedata on the Web Tim Berners-Lee 12. The Current State of the webSomething as simple as trying to view a video 13. ExamplesGoogle NowFacebook 14. Google and Facebook leaders ofThe Semantic Web Theyve the resources to spend They already have the users Hence they already have the data Their motivation Money? 15. Are there any issues? Well yes. Privacy Google AdvertsFacebook Adverts 16. In my opinion.. The Semantic Web is here, Its here But wont ever truly be finished. It will always beevolvingbut itll never befinishedhttp://content5.videojug.com/4c/4c3119ae-9ae4-9ca6-6135-ff0008cad0e6/how-to-build-a-brick-wall-2.WidePlayer.jpg 17. Its built using: ResourceDescription Framework (RDF)@prefix : .:john a :Person .:john :hasMother :susan .:john :hasFather :richard .:richard :hasBrother :luke . More infohttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Resource_Description_Framework 18. Its something to think about foryour project Include RDF for your data Your relational database is a simple example UserA follows UserB UserA is from Ireland UserD loves a film: The Notebook 19. Thanks for listening Any questions? For more information contact me on twitter@darrenmeehan hey@darrenmeehan.me