The American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) is looking for a Director of Web and New Media in Washington, DC. Responsibilities of the position include the following: “Responsible for executing on-line and mobile media projects for OPMS and creating technological solutions to enhance revenues in a technical publishing environment. Provide direction and support to e-media staff and users through training, usability and maintenance, and troubleshooting. Manage aspects of technology design and layout and interoperability between websites, mobile devices and related processes. Evaluate online and mobile products and technologies of competitors. Work with a variety of software and vendors- including but not limited to ad serving, job search and serving, video hosting, semantic technology, web hosting.” Read more

SemTechBiz is Less Than 2 Weeks Away

The Semantic Tech & Business Conference (SemTechBiz) is coming to San Francisco on June 3-7! Join us for case studies, innovative panels, tutorials, and keynotes that will provide you with practical advice, hands-on guidance, and breakthrough approaches to solving business problems with semantic technology. Passes go up $200 at the door. Sign up now and save !

Accenture Technology Labs is looking for a Research Manager and Technology Researchers at their Chicago, San Jose, or Washington DC locations. The description states, “Accenture Technology Labs is seeking creative and energetic candidates capable of helping to define and execute a strong research program in the following areas: Cyber Security Technologies, Multi Channel Interaction, Data and Platforms, and Analytics.” The post continues, “We currently have multiple openings for Technology Researchers.  We are seeking creative and energetic candidates capable of defining and executing strong research programs in areas like those outlined above.  Read more

Empire is an implementation of the Java Persistence API (JPA) for RDF and the Semantic Web. Instead of another implementation of relational databases, Empire implements JPA for RDF and SPARQL, thus allowing developers who are familiar with JPA, but not with semantic web techologies like RDF, to make an easy transition into this brave, new world. JPA is a specification for managing Java objects, most commonly with an RDBMS; it’s industry standard for Java ORMs.

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In my previous article, I proposed that the library catalogue could be used as a blueprint for the Semantic Web. Perhaps theoretical and conceptual, the arguments fleshed out the ideas, but not the practical applications. For this article, I will outline in greater detail how exactly, developments in library and information science are playing out, not only in the SemWeb, but also in knowledge management for business.

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