Dear Ladies and Gentlemen!

Just a few weeks after der W3C has published the official SPARQL-recommendation the U.S. technology company TopQuadrant releases a (potentially) disruptive scripting app for Sparql queries. Seeing it in action reminds a little bit of Yahoo's mashup editor Yahoo!Pipes and indeed it is all about mashing up your resources.

To us this is one of the really exciting features we have seen during the last few months and we think its a big leap forward in the usability of the Semantic Web.

With best regards,

The Semantic Web Company

From April 2 - 4, 2008 the Topic Maps 2008 conference will take place in Oslo, Norway taking a look at current developments and future prospects. Tassilo Pellegrini (SWC) talked to Graham Moore, Topic Maps expert at networked planet, about the semantic turn in IT, the power of context and the complementary nature between Topic Maps and the Semantic Web.

Arno Scharl heads the Department of New Media Technology at MODUL University Vienna. Andreas Blumauer (SWC) talked to him about the Geospatial Web, the US Election Monitor and semantic mashups.

Fast and efficient search and retrieval is a crucial factor in IT-projects. Lucene provides a platform neutral, open source developing framework which has attracted a lot of attention over the past few years. Its scalability, performance and universality - especially in the field of enterprise search - makes it an ideal alternative to proprietary solutions. The seminar will take place on April 4, 2008 in Vienna.

In 12 daily seminars you get step by step advanced in methods and technologies for your semantic project. A newly designed curriculum will provide you with a faster insight into the topics Semantic Web and Social Software. The courses will take place between May 27 - July 4, 2008 in Vienna. Each seminar is a stand-alone-module and can be booked singularly.

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