Semantic Web
&
Semantic Web Processes
A course at Universidade da Madeira, Funchal, Portugal
June 16-18, 2005
Dr. Amit P. Sheth
Professor, Computer Sc., Univ. of Georgia
Director, LSDIS lab
CTO/Co-founder, Semagix, Inc
Special Thanks: Cartic Ramakrishnan, Karthik Gomadam
Semantic (Web) Technology
Applications
Part III (a) Representative
consumer-centric applications
Taalee’s MediaAnywhere: Ontology-driven
Semantic Search of A/V content (2000-2002)
Delightful, relevant information,
exceptional targeting opportunity
Context and Domain Specific Attributes
Taalee, Inc.
1999-2002
Uniform Metadata for Content from Multiple
Sources, Can be sorted by any field
The Streaming Search Engine That Reads Your Mind
Metadata: Targeting
Taalee, Inc.
1999-2002
Taalee, Inc.
1999-2002
Creating a Web of
related information
What can a context do?
Taalee, Inc.
1999-2002
Semantic/Interactive Targeting
Buy Al Pacino Videos
Buy Russell Crowe Videos
Buy Christopher Plummer Videos
Buy Diane Venora Videos
Buy Philip Baker Hall Videos
Buy The Insider Video
Precisely targeted through the use of Structured Metadata and integration from multiple sources
Taalee Directory
Georgia Bulldogs
System recognizes ENTITY & CATEGORY
Taalee, Inc.
1999-2002
Taalee Directory
Careless whisper
Taalee, Inc.
1999-2002
Semantic Relationships
Taalee, Inc.
1999-2001
Example 1 – Snapshots (“Jamal Anderson”)
Search for ‘Jamal
Anderson’ in ‘Football’
Click on first result for
Jamal Anderson
View the original source
HTML page. Verify that
the source page contains
no mention of Team name
and League name. They
were Taalee’s valueadditions to the metadata
to facilitate easier search.
Taalee, Inc.
1999-2001
View metadata. Note that
Team name and League
name are also included in
the metadata
Example 2 – Snapshots (“Gary Sheffield”)
Search for ‘Gary
Sheffield’ in ‘Baseball’
Click on first result for
Gary Sheffield
View the original source
HTML page. Verify that
the source page contains
no mention of Team name
and League name. They
were Taalee’s valueadditions to the metadata
to facilitate easier search.
View metadata. Note that
Team name and League
name are also included in
the metadata
BLENDED BROWSING & QUERYING INTERFACE
VideoAnywhere and
Taalee Semantic Search
Engine (2000)
Targeted e-shopping/e-commerce
ATTRIBUTE & KEYWORD
QUERYING
assets access
SEMANTIC BROWSING
uniform view of worldwide
distributed assets of similar type
Blended Semantic
Browsing and Querying
(Intelligence Analyst
Workbench): 2002
Semantic Technology Applications
HP developed Education Portal/Web Community
for Singapore government
Highlighted in Eric Miller keynote in Semantic Technology conference
Semantic Technology Applications
RDF-driven Web portal for Nokia developers/partners
Highlighted in Eric Miller keynote in Semantic Technology conference
Semantic Technology Applications
Nokia forum