Classification Ontology about Semantic Web information items

This is a suggested ontology to classify information items gathered by us. It can be easily expressed using SKOS or an RDFS class hierarchy. Use the following keywords for tagging items in del.icio.us or other tagging websites.

Classes defined

article - magazine article
blog - blog discussing SW topics
book - indicates a textbook, applies to the book's home page, review or listing in Amazon or such.
casestudy - Article on a business case
conference/event - conferences or events where you can learn about the Semantic Web
demo/demonstration - interactive SW demo
forum - a forum on semantic web or related topics
presentation - Powerpoint or similar slide show
person - If this is a person's home page or blog, see below.
publication - a scientific publication
ontology - a formalisation of a shared conceptualization using OWL, RDFS, SKOS or something else based on RDF :-)
organization - If the page is the home page of an organization, research, vendor etc, see below.
portal - a portal website Semantic Web or related topics, usually hosting information items, mailinglists, community tools
project - a research (for example EU-IST) or other project that addresses Semantic Web issues
mailinglist - a mailinglist on semantic Web or related topics
person - ideally a person that is well known regarding the Semantic Web (people who can do keynote speakers), may also be any related person
press - a press release by a company or an article about Semantic Web
recommended - If the resource is seen to be in the top 10 of its kind
specification - a Semantic Web specification (RDF, RDF/S, OWL, etc)
software project/tool - For product/project home pages
- This can get endlessly complicated - see AI3's list of 26 categories
- browser, dbms, inference engine, rdf store, rdf api .... specifies the type of software.
- editor - rdf editors
- end user applications - for browsers or tools that provide some functionality for end users
- stop here as this gets endlessly complicated otherwise. Perhaps switch to use "Tags" for more free-form annotation.
successstory - Article that can contain advertisment and clearly shows the benefit of semantic web
tutorial - a tutorial teaching some aspect of semantic web, an example
vocabulary - a RDF vocabulary

If the page describes an organization, it can be tagged as:

vendor
research
enduser

If the page is a person's home page or blog or similar, it could be:

opinionleader
researcher
journalist
executive
geek

The type of audience can also be tagged, for example: LeoSauermann: changed the word to mean a type of audience (beginners)

generalpublic
beginners
technicians
researchers

Input for this ontology

LeoSauermann analysed some sources and decided whats in whats in and whats not :-)

Input that was not considered yet:

REASE - ontology

o means its in, x its not.

Dave Beckett's list contains classes for:
- RDF Documents (x - too generic)
- RDF Publications (o)
- RDF Discussions (o forum, mailinglist, portal)
- RDF Press (o)
- Presentations and Events (o)
- Netscape, Mozilla and RDF (x, too special)
- RDF Editors and Tools (o)
- RDF Applications and Projects (o)
- RDF Tutorials and Examples (o)
- Semantic Web (x, too generic)
- RDF Site Summary (RSS) (x, too special)
- Personal Opinions (x, too special)
- Other Resources (x)
Jeff Z Pan list
- Semantic Web Languages (x, there are only a few left, not interesting)
- Semantic Web Projects (o)
- Semantic Web Tools (o)
- Semantic Web Papers (o)
- Semantic Web Conferences (o)
- Semantic Web Press & News (o)
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- ontology (o)

Possible Tools

ThManager