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DESCRIPTION:This month's topic:  An Argument for Semantics - Why Develope
 rs Should Give a Hoot about OWL\n\nIn the push to make use of tagging an
 d other forms user-driven information architectures\, developers have ov
 erlooked the value of adding semantics\, or contextual meaning\, directl
 y to the data that powers web sites and applications. The addition of Mi
 croformats to a Web site's markup can further the exchange of semantic i
 nformation such as contact information for people and events. For the mo
 st part\, however\, web sites and applications are still populated by la
 rgely non-semantic prose organized in large blocks of HTML or generated 
 from the walled gardens of relational databases and data warehouses.\n\n
 While everyone agrees that HTML isn't going away anytime soon\, several 
 Web Standards have arisen over the last few years to help application de
 velopers store\, serve\, and distribute information with ever-increasing
  levels of semantics and meaning. The current pinnacle of the Semantic W
 eb Standards pyramid is OWL - the W3C's Web Ontology Language. In this t
 alk I will describe the roots and basics of OWL and how it can be used t
 o power the next generation of smart\, data-enabled Web applications.\n\
 n----------\n\nSpeaker: Brian Panulla\n\nBrian is a technology consultan
 t and developer for Dealerpeak - the Portland-based Web-enabled CRM for 
 automotive dealers. A recent transplant to Portland\, Brian formerly led
  grant-funded R&amp\;D projects in the information sciences at Penn Stat
 e University. He moved here primarily for the high quality and variety o
 f beer.\n\n----------\n\nPJUG meetings start with some time to eat and s
 ocialize (pizza and beverages are provided)\, followed by the featured s
 peaker\, then Q&amp\;A\, discussion\, sometimes a drawing to give away s
 wag. :)\n\nThough we like knowing how many people to expect\, you don't 
 *have* to RSVP\, on Upcoming or otherwise. Go ahead and just show up!\n\
 nMany people also go for a drink and further discussion following the me
 eting\, at a location determined ad hoc (lately\, the Market Street Pub 
 at 10th and Market: http://mcmenamins.com/index.php?loc=24 ).\n\nhttp://
 twitter.com/pjug\nhttp://pjug.org/\n(join our mailing list\, linked from
  the website!)\n\nTags: java\, user group\, pjug\, oracle\, sun\, semant
 ics\, owl\, bpanulla\, brian panulla\n\nImported from: http://calagator.
 org/events/1250458182
URL:http://pjug.org/
SUMMARY:Portland Java User Group: An Argument for Semantics - Why Develop
 ers Should Give a Hoot about OWL
LOCATION:Oracle (Downtown Campus): 1211 SW 5th Avenue\, Suite 800\, Room 
 8005\, Portland Oregon 97204 US
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