In order for the Semantic Web to become a reality and success, there needs to be data on the web published as Linked Data. However, data on the web is not a new thing. People have been publishing raw data for a long time as XML, CSV or even spreadsheets. Data can also be accessed through APIs.  But where does most of the data on the web come from? Relational Databases!

I’ve heard it said that we won’t solve the “semantics problem” until we can handle synonyms and homonyms. We can, it’s so straightforward maybe we overlook it sometimes.

Today the Pew Center released a survey regarding the future of the Semantic Web. More than half of those responded didn’t think that the vision associated with the Semantic Web would be realized – that’s a startling conclusion, really. It’s even more remarkable given the fact that those who responded negatively didn’t think it would even happen by 2020.

In our last post on Intelligent Healthcare, we talked a bit about Electronic Healthcare Record systems. EHR/EMR technology is an important piece of the larger set of clinical systems as it represents a patient centric organizational framework. However; EHRs are only part of a larger picture. One area that is particularly promising for the application of Semantic technology to healthcare is process management. When we discuss process management in this context, we’re not talking about traditional process management software solutions. Healthcare process management is in a sense a formalization of (medical) practice approaches that for the most part aren’t automated and in many cases likely never can be fully automated.
 

 Semantics and Master Data Management — it’s like chocolate and peanut butter.  

Threat Management is still a relatively new concept; there is no industry standard definition for it. In fact, the few people who are talking about it right now tend to view it from at least two very different perspectives – one a product focused approach to unifying perimeter security tools and two, a practice-focused management paradigm. As it evolves, Threat Management will eventually encompass both of those perspectives and will likely become perhaps the single most important element within any given Cyber Security solution.

In the face of the iPad being released this weekend, it is worth considering for a moment successful new types of semantic application that merge rich data, clean, simple user interfaces and the context of daily life.

In part 1 of the Cyber Security and Semantics series we discussed some of the highlights of how or where semantics may help transform the practice of Cyber Security. To under the full implications of why Semantics and Semantic Technology is so crucial for Cyber Security we need to examine more of the problem space associated with.

 The formal adoption of PATCH as an HTTP verb is a useful trigger for discussing its potential applicability to managing distributed knowledge representation in RDF graphs.

In part 1, we established that the primary focus for most Healthcare related IT initiatives is data interoperability. This is a requirement that lends itself to being solved using Semantic Technology. However, the industry is now involved in dozens of XML-based formal standards definition efforts. The standards-based approach (without mediation or mitgation by semantic technology) has lead to more expense and complexity…

Science has always been dependent on Semantics; Semantics provide the structure for knowledge organization as well as providing the foundation for reasoning processes. Semantic Technology is poised to facilitate the next generation of Scientific Methodology and knowledge exploitation.

Systems Engineering (SE) is a vast discipline that includes many sub-disciplines. The application of Semantic Web technologies is a natural next step in the evolution of the Systems Engineering IT frameworks and tools. An OWL ontology called SysMO, created by TopQuadrant, has been presented to INCOSE workgroups. This effort recently received renewed interest at the INCOSE International Workshop on “Model-Based Systems Engineering” at Mesa, Arizona in February, 2010.