One of the main reasons that why semantic web technology is adopted slowly is its complexity: End user learning curve: understand language; learn tools (ontology editor, annotation tools) How end users engage? End tool needs application, not only tool (like editor) – application facilitate end user engagement. Ex: user get homepage for free {{PersonInfo}}{{Person}} Need end user to contribute data, but how? Allow user to contribute data, not only expert. Too build semantic web application, high learning curve: reasoner, editor, parser, browser, api, triple store, … One of the major barriers for the mass adoption of semantic technology is its complexity, for both end users and tool builders. Semantic Wiki provides an application infrastructure that serves for end users as a friendly interface to collaboratively provide/consume semantic data tool builders as a handy workbench to develop lightweight semantic web applications Demo Site: http://tw.rpi.edu/wiki
![For Developers: Semantic Wiki as an Application Workbench Using Semantic Wiki as a Semantic Web Workbench Jie Bao, Li Ding and Jim Hendler Department of Computer Science, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Troy, NY 12180, USA TW funding from: DARPA, NSF, IARPA, ARL, Lockheed Martin, Fujitsu, SRI, IBM ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],Wiki DB RDF Triple Store Application Layer (Tetherless World Wiki Extensions) Wiki Layer Database Layer Semantic Map Semantic Blog Semantic Calendar Task & Issue Tracker Literature Repository Scientific Writing Semantic MediaWiki [1] Demo: http://tw.rpi.edu/wiki Work in progress: Semantic Email, Ontology Repository, Semantic CV, Semantic CFP,… Structured data (e.g., Bibtex) Semantic Form Semantic Wiki Script For End Users: Semantic Wiki as a Semantic Data Production/Consumption Platform User as content provider User as content consumer Semantic Wiki [1] http://semantic-mediawiki.org/ Semantic Template & Form [2] Parser Functions [3] [2] http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Extension:Semantic_Forms [3] http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/ParserFunctions Concept Modeling : RDF, Relational Modeling, Object Modeling, Rules Problem High learning curve in adopting semantic technology. Solution Reduce it using semantic wiki. Gain OWL RDF Jena XML SPARQL Protege Java JSP Pellet RIF DL ,[object Object],[object Object],Wiki Easy Publishing RDF Annotation](https://image.slidesharecdn.com/2008-06-06wikidemo-100701154037-phpapp01/85/Using-Semantic-Wiki-as-a-Semantic-Web-Workbench-1-320.jpg)
