Intelligent Virtual Assistant - semanticweb.com http://semanticweb.com The Voice of Semantic Web Business Copyright 2013 Fri, 24 May 2013 20:30:26 +0000 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.1 Good-Bye to 2012: Continuing Our Look Back At The Year In Semantic Tech

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Yesterday we began our look back at the year in semantic technology here. Today we continue with more expert commentary on the year in review:

Ivan Herman, W3C Semantic Web Activity Lead:

I would mention two things (among many, of course).

  •  Schema.org had an important effect on semantic technologies. Of course, it is controversial (role of one major vocabulary and its relations to others, the community discussions on the syntax, etc.), but I would rather concentrate on the positive aspects. A few years ago the topic of discussion was whether having ‘structured data’, as it is referred to (I would simply say having RDF in some syntax or other), as part of a Web page makes sense or not. There were fairly passionate discussions about this and many were convinced that doing that would not make any sense, there is no use case for it, authors would not use it and could not deal with it, etc. Well, this discussion is over. Structured data in Web sites is here to stay, it is important, and has become part of the Web landscape. Schema.org’s contribution in this respect is very important; the discussions and disagreements I referred to are minor and transient compared to the success. And 2012 was the year when this issue was finally closed.
  •  On a very different aspect (and motivated by my own personal interest) I see exciting moves in the library and the digital publishing world. Many libraries recognize the power of linked data as adopted by libraries, of the value of standard cataloging techniques well adapted to linked data, of the role of metadata, in the form of linked data, adopted by journals and soon by electronic books… All these will have a profound influence bringing a huge amount of very valuable data onto the Web of Data, linking to sources of accumulated human knowledge. I have witnessed different aspects of this evolution coming to the fore in 2012, and I think this will become very important in the years to come.

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]]> Jennifer Zaino http://semanticweb.com/good-bye-to-2012-continuing-our-look-back-at-the-year-in-semantic-tech_b34309#disqus_thread http://semanticweb.com/good-bye-to-2012-continuing-our-look-back-at-the-year-in-semantic-tech_b34309 http://semanticweb.com/?p=34309 Thu, 27 Dec 2012 09:15:20 +0000 Nova Spivack & Next IT Partner on Intelligent Virtual Assistant Tech Next IT reports, “The next generation of Intelligent Virtual Assistants (IVAs) is making human/machine conversation even more relevant and personal – and a new alliance promises to push the envelope even further. Next IT, the world’s largest provider of IVAs… announced a partnership with technological thought-leader and futurist Nova Spivack (@novaspivack), who will advise the natural-language understanding innovator on new ways to adapt its technology to meet the needs of our increasingly information-centric society. ‘Next IT has made an impressive commitment to the advancement of natural language understanding technology – more so than any other company in the space,’ said Spivack. ‘They are quickly becoming the market leader, providing virtual assistants, at scale, to real blue-chip customers’.” continued…

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]]> Angela Guess http://semanticweb.com/nova-spivack-next-it-partner-on-intelligent-virtual-assistant-tech_b33391#disqus_thread http://semanticweb.com/nova-spivack-next-it-partner-on-intelligent-virtual-assistant-tech_b33391 http://semanticweb.com/?p=33391 Thu, 15 Nov 2012 18:00:23 +0000