Title : What's a Like? query?
| Presenter | Stefan Schlobach |
| Abstract | Not all information need can easily be answered using Google-like Information Retrieval approaches or SPARQL like data-base techniques. We believe that there is a potentially very useful type of queries that allow people to find sets of objects that are like a particular object they have in mind, queries we call Like? queries. I want to use this WAI presentation to study what people would expect from such Like? queries and present some initial ideas on how to define such queries more formally. This is joint work with Paul and Christophe. |
Title : Ontopolis.net: Social-Semantic Web Application for Participative e-Democracy
| Presenter | Václav Belák |
| Abstract | We present a system for collaborative solving of political issues. In order to provide better aid for collaboration and self-organization in the political space, several knowledge technologies are used: the system is built on top of an RDF store; data are represented by a schema in OWL; descriptions of content are disambiguated using the WordNet thesaurus. Emerging politically engaged groups can establish themselves into local political initiatives, NGOs, or even new political parties. Therefore, the system may help people easily participate on solutions of issues which are influencing them. |