Followtheplace features based on SEMLIB semantic annotation and recommendation.

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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17. SEMLIB PROJECT
Semantic Web Tools for Digital Libraries SEMLIB extension
aggregation of
10 similar
aggregation of
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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