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Jeff Pollock discusses his new book, The Semantic Web for Dummies

By | March 25, 2009, 4:28am PDT

Summary: Oracle’s Jeff Pollock has been involved with Semantic Technologies for more than a decade, and puts that experience to good use in his latest book, Semantic Web for Dummies. I spoke with Jeff yesterday, and the result has just been released as a podcast. Have a listen to hear Jeff’s intentions for the book and some of [...]

Oracle’s Jeff Pollock has been involved with Semantic Technologies for more than a decade, and puts that experience to good use in his latest book, Semantic Web for Dummies.

I spoke with Jeff yesterday, and the result has just been released as a podcast.

Have a listen to hear Jeff’s intentions for the book and some of his wider views on the ‘failure of Natural Language Processing,’ the Semantic Web label ‘not speaking to a problem… or a solution,’ and the ways in which Semantic Technologies are quietly being put to work in the enterprise.

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Paul Miller provides consultancy and analysis services at the interface between the worlds of Cloud Computing and the Semantic Web.

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Paul Miller was previously employed by UK-based Semantic Web technology company, Talis. Other than this relationship with Talis, Paul does not own stock or have past or current financial interests in other companies discussed in this blog. Paul’s work brings him into direct or indirect relationships with several of the companies that he writes about, or their competitors. Paul is committed to delivering independent reporting and opinion, and does not enter into agreements that would limit his freedom of expression.

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Paul Miller

Paul has been involved with the web since its earliest days, addressing issues of technology and policy most recently at Talis and previously in a range of public sector positions. At The Cloud of Data, Paul provides consultancy and analysis services to a wide range of clients concerned with the implications of the Semantic Web and Cloud Computing for their business. Paul has a Doctorate in Archaeology from the University of York.

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Semantic Web is the "soft" science of CS. With hand waving and imagination you can glimpse what a semantic web would be like. It is a beautiful fantasy whose time is not yet arrived (and may never).

The only way (that I see) that you could implement this is to have the entire web on a (huge) database, where you could make many queries to make "connections". Interesting that the guy pushing for this works for Oracle . . .

Don't hold your breath (unless you believe in this stuff ...). wink

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