https://gigasquidsoftware.com/categories/semantic-web/Recent content in Semantic Web on Squid's BlogHugoen-usMon, 08 Aug 2011 02:30:21 +0000https://gigasquidsoftware.com/blog/2011/08/08/semantic-web-and-jruby/Mon, 08 Aug 2011 02:30:21 +0000https://gigasquidsoftware.com/blog/2011/08/08/semantic-web-and-jruby/<p>I got the chance to share my enthusiasm for two of my favorite technologies at JRubyConf by giving a presentation on Semantic Web and JRuby. It was an excellent experience. I was able to connect with other people that shared my interest in the Semantic Web and some that have even worked with the technologies professionally. Most exciting, I had the opportunity to share my knowledge and hopefully inspire others to look farther into using JRuby with the Jena Semantic Web Framework.</p>https://gigasquidsoftware.com/blog/2010/07/08/hello-world-in-rdf/Thu, 08 Jul 2010 03:33:20 +0000https://gigasquidsoftware.com/blog/2010/07/08/hello-world-in-rdf/<p>I decided to start playing with RDFs to start me on the road to understanding and programming Semantic Web. As always, the first step it to start with a “Hello World” type of exercise. In my case, I had armed myself with a good cappuccino at Starbucks and decided to set myself with a purl link and FOAF page. <a href="https://secure.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/wiki/FOAF_%28software%29"> FOAF (Friend of a Friend)</a> is one of the most popular vocabularies out there for RDF (Resource Description Framework). It expresses relationships in a machine readable format and is considered one of the first social Semantic Web applications.</p>