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I attended http://semantic-mediawiki.org/wiki/Spring_2010_SMWCon at the MIT CSAIL Lab in sunny Boston | I attended http://semantic-mediawiki.org/wiki/Spring_2010_SMWCon at the MIT CSAIL Lab in sunny Boston and microblogged (on Twitter) comments on most sessions; my talk is at [[Encouraging Semantic Mediawiki use with non technical people]]. | ||
== State of the software - Yaron Koren == | |||
* First challenge for smw: visibility | * First challenge for smw: visibility | ||
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* "no brick walls separating users from developers," everyone welcome to contribute | * "no brick walls separating users from developers," everyone welcome to contribute | ||
* Third challenge, less important, funding ... too much money can hurt a project | * Third challenge, less important, funding ... too much money can hurt a project | ||
* "Semantic" is an abused word, use alternatives.. platform.. | * "Semantic" is an abused word, use alternatives.. platform.. but semantic will be the breakthrough? | ||
== Welcome address - David Karger == | |||
* @karger - many tools are wrong, developers 'guessing' - smw lets users emerge their data/structure, see more tools like smw | * @karger - many tools are wrong, developers 'guessing' - smw lets users emerge their data/structure, see more tools like smw | ||
* Philip of @Ontoprise plan fine access controls; rich editor w annotations, queries; social/dashboard; wikibooks; facet browse, rules | * Philip of @Ontoprise plan fine access controls; rich editor w annotations, queries; social/dashboard; wikibooks; facet browse, rules | ||
== Halo: Current status and future developments in 2010 - Philipp Zaltenbach == | |||
* @Ontoprise dev'ing linked open data #LOD between sites — integrate DBPedia (WP), etc; q about dependencies on their proprietary sw | * @Ontoprise dev'ing linked open data #LOD between sites — integrate DBPedia (WP), etc; q about dependencies on their proprietary sw | ||
* side skype chat discussing problems with rich text editors that mangle output, same problem for many systems | * side skype chat discussing problems with rich text editors that mangle output, same problem for many systems | ||
== Mashup of LexWiki and WebProtege for collaborative ontology authoring - Guoqian Jiang == | |||
* Guoqian Jiang @MayoClinic Lexwiki collab ontology dev ('propose' tab), curate, integrity; SMW to scale/distrib experts, hierch probs | * Guoqian Jiang @MayoClinic Lexwiki collab ontology dev ('propose' tab), curate, integrity; SMW to scale/distrib experts, hierch probs | ||
==The Unbearable Lightness of Wiking - A Study of SMW Usability - Jie Bao == | |||
* Jie Bao SMW usability (map.rpi.edu, data.gov) UI trumps low level abilities; forms limited; page model restrictive; devs prefer dev | * Jie Bao SMW usability (map.rpi.edu, data.gov) UI trumps low level abilities; forms limited; page model restrictive; devs prefer dev | ||
* RDF model 'deeply right' for flexbl DB. Fixes: small cadre dev semantics, most use; inline triples; support mult POV; SMW != RDF | * RDF model 'deeply right' for flexbl DB. Fixes: small cadre dev semantics, most use; inline triples; support mult POV; SMW != RDF | ||
== Applying SMW on the Wikia environment - Timothy Quievryn == | |||
* Timothy Quievryn SMW impact on @wikia (mostly entertainment); Forms great advance, biggest wikis use it; soon all, dynamic games? | * Timothy Quievryn SMW impact on @wikia (mostly entertainment); Forms great advance, biggest wikis use it; soon all, dynamic games? | ||
== WikiTags: Connecting SMW with MS Office users - Jesse Wang == | |||
* Jesse Wang connects SMW to MS Office for user workflow, usability: uses MS SMartTags. Browse values, easy Outlook export nonfree | * Jesse Wang connects SMW to MS Office for user workflow, usability: uses MS SMartTags. Browse values, easy Outlook export nonfree | ||
== Flexible, purposive SMW use - Clarence Dillon == | |||
* Clarence Dillon @DeptofDefense Flexible, purposive SMW use: mil takes 5 years to roll out; hesitate to collab. | * Clarence Dillon @DeptofDefense Flexible, purposive SMW use: mil takes 5 years to roll out; hesitate to collab. | ||
* "Power corrupts; PowerPoint corrupts absolutely" | * "Power corrupts; PowerPoint corrupts absolutely" | ||
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* avoid noisy data w forms, "nobody above Major/above 35 uses it" (with exceptions) intel. comm. "learn to collab or lose job" | * avoid noisy data w forms, "nobody above Major/above 35 uses it" (with exceptions) intel. comm. "learn to collab or lose job" | ||
==SIMILE, Exhibit, Wibit, Datapress, and Dido - David Karger == | |||
* @karger SIMILE, Exhibit, Dido: structured data in embedded novel interfaces for everyone in author society — lenses, views, facets | * @karger SIMILE, Exhibit, Dido: structured data in embedded novel interfaces for everyone in author society — lenses, views, facets | ||
* @karger "You only need one person to be interested in something for it to show up on the Web" [http://shawnday.com/drink.html Ontario breweries 1914-1915] | * @karger "You only need one person to be interested in something for it to show up on the Web" [http://shawnday.com/drink.html Ontario breweries 1914-1915] | ||
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* Dido inline view/data editor — no need to learn schemas, "Make the data look the way you want" separate representation from backend | * Dido inline view/data editor — no need to learn schemas, "Make the data look the way you want" separate representation from backend | ||
==The future of Semantic Forms - Yaron Koren == | |||
* Yaron Koren @wikiworks Next steps for Semantic Forms better integrated; easier SMW class maint; sep model/view, device UIs; use XML? | * Yaron Koren @wikiworks Next steps for Semantic Forms better integrated; easier SMW class maint; sep model/view, device UIs; use XML? | ||
* wiki markup vs xml, issues moving away from wiki model to create richer, simpler UIs, markup too complicated: a crossroads | * wiki markup vs xml, issues moving away from wiki model to create richer, simpler UIs, markup too complicated: a crossroads | ||
==Handling n-ary data - Yaron Koren == | |||
* No great answers for n-ary data in SMW — no rich page editing, problems with page model? | * No great answers for n-ary data in SMW — no rich page editing, problems with page model? | ||
{{Blikied|May 23, 2010}} | {{Blikied|May 23, 2010}} | ||
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