#33449
Information Architecture is Not Usability
The distinction between information architecture and usability may seem like semantics, but there are significant differences between the two disciplines. Though they are often discussed interchangeably, and practitioners are often well-versed in both, information architecture and usability differ in their scope and areas of focus.
Lash, Jeff. Digital Web Magazine (2002). Articles>Information Design>Usability>Semantic
#33627
The Semantic Web, Syllogism, and Worldview
The W3C's Semantic Web project has been described in many ways over the last few years: an extension of the current web in which information is given well-defined meaning, a place where machines can analyze all the data on the Web, even a Web in which machine reasoning will be ubiquitous and devastatingly powerful. The problem with descriptions this general, however, is that they don't answer the obvious question: What is the Semantic Web good for? The simple answer is this: The Semantic Web is a machine for creating syllogisms.
Shirky, Clay. Shirky.com (2003). Articles>Web Design>Information Design>Semantic
#33775
Semantic Thumbnails - Summarizing XML Documents and Collections
The concept of thumbnails is common in image representation. A thumbnail is a highly compressed version of an image that provides a small, yet complete visual representation to the human eye. We propose the adaptation of the concept of thumbnails to the domain of documents, whereby a thumbnail of any document can be generated from its semantic content, providing an adequate amount of information about the documents. However, unlike image thumbnails, document thumbnails are mainly for the consumption of software such as search engines, and other content processing systems. With the advent of the semantic web, the requirement for machine processing of documents has become extremely important. We give particular attention to electronic documents in XML and in RDF/XML, with a view towards the processing of documents in the semantic web.
Dalkilic, Mehmet and Arijit Sengupta. IDEAlliance (2004). Articles>Content Management>Metadata>Semantic
#33791
Towards Seamless Knowledge: Integrating Public Sector Portals
The more connected our computer systems become, the more we realise how *disconnected* our information really is. Disconnectedness is not new; it is simply far more apparent nowadays: so much so that it underpins a renewed quest for ways to integrate information - and knowledge. One aspect of this is the focus on information integration within large organizations. Another is the spread of portals whose task is not so much to provide information directly as to provide consolidated, indirect access to information that resides elsewhere. In the public sector, in particular, portals have sprung up like mushrooms over the last 3-4 years.
Pepper, Steve. IDEAlliance (2004). Articles>Web Design>Government>Semantic
#33820
Syntax, Semantics and Standards: Model for a National Health Information Network
This presentation will describe the National Health Information Network activity and role of syntax and semantics in building an interoperable framework for healthcare information on a national level.
Alschuler, Liora. IDEAlliance (2005). Articles>Information Design>Standards>Semantic
#34184
Building and Managing Personalized Semantic Portals 
This paper presents a semantic portal, SEMPort, which provides better user support with personalized views, semantic navigation, ontology-based search and three different kinds of semantic hyperlinks. Distributed content editing and provision is supplied for the maintenance of the contents in real-time. As a case study, SEMPort is tested on the Course Modules Web Page (CMWP) of the School of Electronics and Computer Science (ECS).
Şah, M. and W. Hall. WWW 2007 (2007). Articles>Information Design>Web Design>Semantic
#34493
So what's wrong with using <b>, <i>, and <tt>, anyway? What's so useful about identifying things as menu items, APIs, or filenames? Here's the list of reasons that surfaced at the recent 2008 DITA/CMS Conference. What are your thoughts?
Armstrong, Eric. Sun Microsystems (2008). Articles>Web Design>Content Management>Semantic
#34691
Everything You Wanted to Know About Semantic Technology, But Were Afraid to Ask
Semantic technology can be as heavy and stifling for any audience as stem-cell research can be to high-school students. But Carla Thompson of Guidewire did a terrific job of coming up with discussion topics and moderating the panel. Everyone survived the ordeal without any sign of dozing.
#35107
Top Five Web Trends of 2009: Structured Data
The first major Web trend we're looking at is Structured Data. In prior presentations, this has sometimes been referred to under the umbrella term of 'Semantic Web'. However the way 2009 has panned out so far, it's become clear that this trend is much more than the Semantic Web. In this post, we'll analyze the developments in Structured Data this year and provide you with 3 product examples: OpenCalais, Google, and Wolfram Alpha.
MacManus, Richard. ReadWriteWeb (2009). Articles>Web Design>Information Design>Semantic
#35411
XBRL, Semantic Web Technologies Complement Each Other
At the recent workshop co-organized by W3C and XBRL International on improving access to financial data on the web, a few key issues related to the semantic web took center stage. The goal of the workshop was to identify opportunities and challenges for interactive access to financial data expressed in XBRL and related languages, and the broader opportunities for semantic technologies.
Zaino, Jennifer. Semantic Web (2009). Articles>Information Design>Semantic>XBRL
#35814
How do you string together disparate pieces of information to generate working knowledge? For now, you need to put it together yourself as part of a document or other type of master repository. Hopefully, this will change in the near future with linked data applications, personalization of content based on semantic interpretation of information, and information aggregators to capture and present usable knowledge.
Hiatt, Michael. Mashstream (2008). Articles>Content Management>Semantic
