The document describes the SEMLIB project which develops semantic web tools for digital libraries. It discusses IN2's ON:meedi:a ecosystem for managing and publishing multimedia documents and Followtheplace, a location-based social network. The SEMLIB extension adds semantic annotations, recommendations, and tag suggestions to Followtheplace using tools like Pundit and SLDR.

1. SEMLIB PROJECT
Semantic Web Tools for Digital Libraries
Semantic annotations and
recommendations
@followtheplace
George Ioannidis, PhD, MBA, MSEE, gi@in-two.com
IN2 search interfaces development Ltd
14-Dec-2012, Pisa
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2. SEMLIB PROJECT
Semantic Web Tools for Digital Libraries Storyboard
• About IN2
• ON:meedi:a ecosystem
• Followtheplace
• Semantic Annotations @followtheplace
• for text and photos
• Recommendations @followtheplace
• on user and location feeds
• Tag suggestions @followtheplace
• while photo upload - beta
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3. SEMLIB PROJECT
Semantic Web Tools for Digital Libraries About IN2
• Making multimedia documents accessible and
providing search and browsing facilities for them
• A local Google for multimedia, if you want so
• ON:meedi:a (http://onmeedia.com) a web-
based ecosystem for managing and publishing
multimedia documents
• Location-based social networks which allow users
to share photos and experiences about places
• A visual Twitter, if you want so
• Followtheplace (http://followtheplace.com)
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4. SEMLIB PROJECT
Semantic Web Tools for Digital Libraries ON:meedi:a
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5. SEMLIB PROJECT
Semantic Web Tools for Digital Libraries ON:meedi:a
• ON:meedi:a applications
• Content enrichment
• Intra-media metadata for time-based assets
(audio, video)
• File-based metadata for all types
• Content Collections
• Show and manage collections on the web
• Private, Public, Mixed
• Really any content collection
• NewsBoard, Media PinBoard, DocBoard,
VidBoard, XLSBoard, PPTBoard, you name it
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6. SEMLIB PROJECT
Semantic Web Tools for Digital Libraries ON:meedi:a
• Flexibility under the Hood
• Service-oriented architecture
• You have a nice functionality in-house you
want to keep? Yes, you can!
• You found a third-party service that you like to
integrate? Yes, you can!
• Metadata-scheme agnostic
• Want to integrate your existing metadata
scheme? Yes, you can!
• Want to add other metadata schemes? Yes, you
can!
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7. SEMLIB PROJECT
Semantic Web Tools for Digital Libraries Followtheplace
• Web application for sharing photos about places
• Upload photos via e-mail or using the upload form;
the subject becomes the caption/metadata
• Feed-view of uploaded photos and comments
• Specific search tags: @user #tag {place}
• Every search is potentially a subscription
• Subscribed searches appear on your feed
• You see only what you are interested in:
• Explore tab: tagcloud of locations and
hashtags; random photos; latest photos
• Around this photo; similar photos
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8. SEMLIB PROJECT
Semantic Web Tools for Digital Libraries Followtheplace
• Under the Hood
• Responsive web design
• Runs on the browser of all latest Internet-
enabled smartphones
• No need to install anything: Everything is
already installed in your smartphone
• We believe in “No App”
• Uses ON:meedi:a with a custom-made front-end
• Could be extended to other types of media
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9. SEMLIB PROJECT
Semantic Web Tools for Digital Libraries SEMLIB extension
• Semantic Annotations @followtheplace (uses
Pundit)
• Semantic enrichment of text/captions/metadata/
photos
• Intra-media annotations for photos (part of a
photo)
• Recommendations @followtheplace (uses SLDR)
• Identify what users might be interested in
• Other users, locations, photos
• Tag suggestions @followtheplace (uses SLDR) - beta
• Suggest relevant photo tags at the time of upload
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10. SEMLIB PROJECT
Semantic Web Tools for Digital Libraries SEMLIB extension
• SHOWTIME!
• Grab a snack, pop-corns, ... and enjoy
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11. SEMLIB PROJECT
Semantic Web Tools for Digital Libraries SEMLIB extension
• Semantic Annotations @followtheplace (uses
Pundit)
• Semantic enrichment of text/captions/metadata/
photos
• Intra-media annotations for photos (part of a
photo)
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12. SEMLIB PROJECT
Semantic Web Tools for Digital Libraries SEMLIB extension
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13. SEMLIB PROJECT
Semantic Web Tools for Digital Libraries SEMLIB extension
• Recommendations @followtheplace (uses SLDR)
• Identify what users might be interested in
• Other users, locations, photos
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14. SEMLIB PROJECT
Semantic Web Tools for Digital Libraries SEMLIB extension
user recommendation
location recommendation
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15. SEMLIB PROJECT
Semantic Web Tools for Digital Libraries SEMLIB extension
recommended photo
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16. SEMLIB PROJECT
Semantic Web Tools for Digital Libraries SEMLIB extension
• Tag suggestions @followtheplace (uses SLDR) - beta
• Suggest relevant photo tags at the time of upload
• http://semlib.in-two.com:26477/Flickrvsrecommender/
FullOutputConnector?id=15222&vsimages=10
• http://semlib.in-two.com:26477/Flickrvsrecommender/
FullOutputConnector?id=11923&vsimages=10
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Semantic Web Tools for Digital Libraries SEMLIB extension
aggregation of
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100 similar
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18. SEMLIB PROJECT
Semantic Web Tools for Digital Libraries SEMLIB extension
aggregation of
10 similar
aggregation of
100 similar
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19. SEMLIB PROJECT
Semantic Web Tools for Digital Libraries One more thing!
• ON:meedi:a (http://onmeedia.com) a web-based ecosystem
for managing and publishing multimedia documents
• Twitter @onmeedia, Like us http://facebook.com/
onmeedia
• Followtheplace (http://followtheplace.com), a social
network to share photos about places
• Twitter @followtheplace, Like us http://facebook.com/
followtheplace
• Semantic Annotations @followtheplace (uses Pundit)
• Recommendations @followtheplace (uses SLDR)
• Tag suggestions @followtheplace (uses SLDR) - beta
• More information? Contact me at gi@in-two.com
• Thank you!
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