Semantic Web Challenge


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Winners of Challenge 2005! 1. Prize: CONFOTO, appmosphere web applications, Germany 2. Prize: FungalWeb, Concordia University, Canada 3. Prize: Personal Publication Reader, Uni Hannover, TU Vienna, Lixto Software GmbH Go and see the details here.
What is the Semantic Web Challenge? Participants have the chance to show the possibilities of the current Semantic Web technologies. We already have infrastructures, languages, reasoning engines, etc. that enable us to develop integrated, useful, and attractive applications. This challenge serves for several purposes: Help us illustrate to society what the Semantic Web can provide Give researchers a benchmark to "compare" research results Stimulate current research to a higher final goal
What is the goal? The overall objective of the challenge is to apply "Semantic Web Techniques" in order to build an online application that integrates, combines, and deduces information needed to assist users in performing tasks. The challenge will continue for at least five years and will be updated annually, according to the development of the Semantic Web. How is the challenge organized? The challenge does not intentionally define specific data sets because the potential applicability of the Semantic Web is very broad. Therefore, a number of minimal criteria have been defined which allow people to submit any type of ideas in the form of an application. In addition to the criteria, a number of specific desires have been formulated. The more desires are met by the application, the higher the score will be. A Semantic Web Challenge Advisory board will define an additional goal every year. The board consist of experts working at universities and in private industry. It will also act as a jury and award the best applications at the ISWC conference. The members are: Dean Allemang J�rgen Angele Mike Dean Stefan Decker J�r�me Euzenat Frank van Harmelen Ian Horrocks Atanas Kiryakov Michel Klein Deborah McGuinness Rob Shearer Amit Sheth York Sure Ubbo Visser
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Last modified on 15 November 2005

What is the goal?

The overall objective of the challenge is to apply "Semantic Web Techniques" in order to build an online application that integrates, combines, and deduces information needed to assist users in performing tasks. The challenge will continue for at least five years and will be updated annually, according to the development of the Semantic Web.

How is the challenge organized?

The challenge does not intentionally define specific data sets because the potential applicability of the Semantic Web is very broad.

Therefore, a number of minimal criteria have been defined which allow people to submit any type of ideas in the form of an application. In addition to the criteria, a number of specific desires have been formulated. The more desires are met by the application, the higher the score will be.

A Semantic Web Challenge Advisory board will define an additional goal every year. The board consist of experts working at universities and in private industry. It will also act as a jury and award the best applications at the ISWC conference.

The members are:

Dean Allemang
J�rgen Angele
Mike Dean
Stefan Decker
J�r�me Euzenat
Frank van Harmelen
Ian Horrocks
Atanas Kiryakov
Michel Klein
Deborah McGuinness
Rob Shearer
Amit Sheth
York Sure
Ubbo Visser

Winners of Challenge 2005!

What is the Semantic Web Challenge?

What is the goal?

How is the challenge organized?