ontology INDEX MUDLONDON MUDENGLAND TECHDETAILS CONTACT NEWS LINKS TALKS PLANS
"tie it all together with some weird RDF stuff"
the spacenamespace is being presented at o'reilly's emerging technology conference 2003. A similar, more XML-guts-oriented version will be presented at XMLEurope. the collaborative mapping on the semantic web slides are in gzipped PDF; the following is the etcon paper proposal:
Gonzo Collaborative Mapping on the Semantic Web
The paper presents a Semantic Web location model; an RDF map of physical spaces and the connections between them. The tools, including a REST-ful interface and Instant Message bot allow groups of people to build and annotate collaborative maps, building up a corpus of open geographical data and providing a group filtering system for recommendations. The model can be viewed as a MUD-like environment or as an application for a loose network of services such as an 802.11b network.
A model 'mudlondon' has been developed online for some months. Various online resources are used to provide cross-references for different geodata co-ordinate systems.
The application has two complimentary interfaces. There is a REST-ful RDF web interface which is designed to be crawlable by an RDF spider, provides a uniquely identifying URI per location, and is designed to deliver and accept RSS-style XML feeds from other sites such as grubstreet, the 'Open-Source Guide to London' wiki.
The primary user interface is an Instant Message 'bot' which uses Jabber, the XML-based messaging system which offers 'transports' to most other IM systems. The bot presents the RDF model to the user like a MUD or multi-user virtual world, where users can explore, augment and comment on it in conversation. the bot uses the REST interface as a 'brain'. User metadata is stored in the FOAF, Friend of a Friend namespace which provides a basis for filtering trust networks. The model is supported by an ontology expressed in DAML, the Darpa Agent Markup Language.
here's the soundbite:
Semantic Web tools, spiders, bots and feeds provide a basis for a collaborative mapping and filtering system for locations, modelled in RDF, which can be explored like a MUD or potentially run over a 802.11b network.
rdfweb - semantic web vapourware for the masses
logicmoo - various AI tools/techniques applied to the MOO modelling domain, notably using cyc to provide an environmental ontology.