John Breslin's blog

The Social Semantic Web

Speaker: Dr. John Breslin, Engineering and Informatics, NUI Galway
Date and Time: 27th November 2008, 18:15
Venue: DERI, IDA Business Park, Dangan, Galway - useamap.com/deri

Open to the public, no attendance fee

I was interviewed last week by Colin Meek from Journalism.co.uk on the topic of "Web 3.0" and what it means for journalists... You can read the full article in two parts (1, 2). My original answers are part of an interview on their Insite blog.

It's been an exciting week in terms of developments and announcements for the Semantic Web and search.

Firstly, Yahoo! SearchMonkey has published a list of recommended vocabularies for developers of SearchMonkey applications, including FOAF, SIOC, DC, vCard, vCalendar, hReview, GoodRelations, dbPedia and Freebase. SIOC is recommended for "blogs, discussion forums, Q&A sites". See the video below for a nice overview of SearchMonkey.

Rugadh ár gcailín Róisín ar an 3ú lá de Deireadh Fómhair… Is aingeal beag í freisin!

Our baby girl Róisín was born on the 3rd of October… She's a little angel too!

• Daft invests in boards.ie (the official press release)
• Áine Coffey in the Sunday Times says (regarding the investment) that "talk is not very cheap" (well, there was also that $580 million purchase of MySpace by News Corporation, the ultimate owner of the Sunday Times...)