Semantic-Aware+Apps

__What are Semantic-Aware Applications__?[[image:tech_semantic.jpg width="283" height="111" align="left"]]
The vision for the semantic web, is that eventually it might be able to help people solve very difficult problems by presenting connections between apparently unrelated concepts, individuals, events, or things.

__Reasons for Use__
Semantic-aware applications are tools designed to use the meaning, or semantics, of information on the Internet to make connections and provide answers that would otherwise entail a great deal of time and effort.

__Ease of Use__
Once you have the semantic app URL, you are ready to use it!

__Resources__
· Tools like [|TrueKnowledge], [|Hakia], [|Powerset], and [|SemantiFind] are designed to provide more accurate search results.  · Yahoo! has released an open search platform, [|SearchMonkey], that allows developers to create custom applications to return a certain type of information.  · [|Calais] is a toolkit of applications to make it easier to integrate semantic functionality in blogs, websites, and other web content.  · [|Zemanta] is a similar tool, also for bloggers.  · [|TripIt], a social semantic-aware application for travelers, organizes travel plans and makes useful connections.  · Today’s [|WOLFRAM/ALPHA] is the first step in an ambitious, long-term project to make all systematic knowledge immediately computable by anyone. media type="youtube" key="FHIp6cHYkDg" height="273" width="448"

__Examples__
[|The Semantic Web in Education] (Jason Ohler, EDUCAUSE Quarterly, Vol. 31, No. 4, 2008.) This article introduces the concept of the semantic web in an educational context and suggests some ways semantic-aware applications might be used in teaching and learning.

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 * Wolfram Alpha widget examples **