Blogging from Linux Tag: ITerating: Wiki-based Software Guide

posted 11:15AM Jun 02, 2007 with tags doap foaf jena linuxtag opensource rdf semanticweb wiki by Lars Trieloff

I've been invited to moderate the Web 2.0 track of the Linux Tag conference. The first presentation this day was Semantic Web, Wiki and Mashup: how they can all work together by Nicolas Vandenberghe. In his presentation Nicolas introduced ITerating, a software directory for open source software, proprietary software and software as a service that
  • is editable like a wiki
  • pulls data from RSS feeds published by Sourceforge, Freshmeat, etc.
  • Stores everything in a Triple Store powered by JENA
  • Outputs data as RDF+FOAF
  • Outputs data as RDF+DOAP
  • Outputs data as RDF+DublinCore
  • Supports Reviews
To me it looks like the the open source software portal Ugo Cei was looking for and it is one of the first portals I know build upon semantic web technology.

My FOAF file on people.apache.org

posted 05:04PM Dec 13, 2006 with tags apache foaf by Lars Trieloff

people.apache.org is a very cool application of the FOAF file format. I used the opportunity to create my own FOAF file and to add it to this page, so the map of apache committers now shows a little red dot near berlin. (via Bertrand)

FOAF: means friend of a friend and is an RDF vocuabulary that can be used to describe persons and relations between persons. It is like an open source social software network.

Peopleaggregator: Myspace for Geeks

posted 11:11AM Jun 27, 2006 with tags foaf myspace peopleaggregator web20 by Lars Trieloff

I've got an invite to peopleaggregator.net. Raju Bitter has already told me about it and recently blogged about the opening of the peopleaggregator beta. From what I've head and read, it should be the best thing since sliced bread, so I immedeately registered after I've got my invitatation mail.

But I was, to put it mildly, surprised about what I could find inside: It is a combination of Myspace-like profile pages, friends network, personal blog, bookmarks and some other services, glued together by microformats and structured blogging. I do not really see the point of this application. Nearly all users already have a weblog, so this weblog feature is not neccessary, the bookmarks feature is duplicated by del.icio.us and so on.

What I would expect from a people aggregator is an aggregation of existing sources of information (blogs, bookmarks, photos, mailing lists) and a connection with friends that works across social networks, e.g. by importing my last.fm, openbc.com and linkedin.com contacts. What is the benefit of another Myspace clone with geek-only-features like microformats and structured blogging?

Buy the way - the peopleaggregator designers seem to have taken the article The MySpace problem to heart.

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