Why Semantics?

In this talk Toby will explain what "semantic data" is, how entities and data can be modeled using graphs, and show examples of modeling, integrating, and extending data models for large datasets. You'll lean how the semantic models support rapid and iterative application development, and easy integration of existing databases. Toby will introduce fast scalable back-ends for storing and querying semantic data and show examples of semantic data already available on the web.

He'll also briefly discuss how these approaches lead into the standards-based Semantic Web, and how attendees can find short-term value in adopting some of the Semantic Web standards and platforms.