Top 10 Semantic Web Products of 2008

nytimes.com

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The original:

http://www.readwriteweb.com/archives/top_10_semantic_web_pro...

I find it a little easier to stomach its grammatical errors outside the NYTimes wrapper.

It's a shame Dopplr isn't in that list instead of Trippit. I prefer them in almost every way to Trippit, and the chaps who work on it are jolly nice.

Trippit have been excellent at Business development though, and I wonder how much better Dopplr might have done if they were based in The Valley.

Are either of these even semantic products? I didn't realize parsing the body of an email itinerary and sharing it with your friends was all that was required to be in this category. This list should be renamed "websites I like in 2008!"

"Semantic" has been one of those buzzwords that people like to brand things with at the moment, or perhaps last year. The word itself has significantly branched out in academic terms as to where it's applied and that's been carried even further in marketing.

To be honest, the only reason that Directed Edge isn't branded as a semantic tool, which many others have labeled us as, is that I vetoed the suggestion from our business guys since we're not using any properly semantic techniques.

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