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+Following Web development for 15 years, the Semantic Web has always been in the background. Today XML is commonly used as an interchange language between applications, Web Services are used by systems requiring rich data exchange, and REST is used as a lighter weight exchange system. All these elements contribute to a web of reusable information. Yet providing a practical way to create semantic documents is difficult for the typical end user. Most approaches use very explicit terminology, requiring linked codes that are painful to enter, so clunky forms based interfaces are often used to develop documents.
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+Contrast this with the fluidity of wikis, a giant force in the development of the participatory Web. A classic wiki allows anyone to edit pages, with a full 'audit trail.' In creating those pages, hypertext page sets can be easily created, with conventions allowing easy organization of documents, and functions like "what links here" enable discovery navigation.
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-|Location=Montréal
+To best use a wiki today (rather than using it as a Web based version of MS Word), one often should use the low level wiki markup. Many people are afraid of working in text, but it adds a lot of fluidity. Over time, better 'rich' interfaces will evolve, as well as the common pattern of an inexperienced user adding some information, and an expert adding semantic markup. But it's always going to be a benefit &mdash; digital literacy &mdash; to have an idea of how the underlying markup works.
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+As an example, Wikipedia allows easily adding categories; documents can then be organized from any perspective. A [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phyllis_Konstam random article] is not just about an actress, it is also about [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:1907_births 1907 births], [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:1976_deaths 1976 deaths], and [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:Deaths_from_myocardial_infarction deaths from myocardial infarction].
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+Using properties and relationships, Semantic Mediawiki takes this one giant step farther.
-Dancer, Choreographer, Instructor for the past 25 years of various forms of Indian Classical and Folklorique dance traditions & fusion choreographies related to traditional and contemporary issues. Educated in Santiniketan, India in dance and music, Amrita has been performing since the age of 4. Amrita works as a dance/movement therapist, and conducts various workshops in Nritya Yoga (Yoga of Dance) across North America. Amrita also works with “Cultures without Borders” and the English and French School boards in the field of “Dance And Education.” Recent performance works have been “La Marche de Rama (French version of Ramayana)” and “Celebrating the Human Spirit!” a multi-media performance reflecting the social, spiritual, political climate of today’s society using traditional and contemporary choreography. Amrita performs anthropological research related to “Dance and Anthropology”, researching the socio-cultural aspects of dance in different societies. Her latest work has been researching the ancient temple dancers of India and their way of life. Amrita is also an actress who works in the field of “Dance Theatre”. Amrita has performed and offered workshops in Canada, US, Central America, Europe and in India.
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