From Web Services to the Semantic Web: Global Data Reuse
Dr. David Booth
H P Software
December 05, 2003
11 a.m. - 12 noon
Fuller Labs 320
Abstract
W3C Fellow / HP Software. The World Wide Web Consortium (W3C) develops interoperable technologies (specifications, guidelines, software, and tools) to lead the Web to its full potential. W3C is a forum for information, commerce, communication, and collective understanding.
In this talk, a brief overview will be presented of the W3C effort, specifically the role of W3C standards such as SOAP, WSDL and Choreography. Using this information as a starting point, we will then proceed to explore the implications of Web services to the computing community and its technologies, as well as society as large. We discuss the need for machine-processable semantics and the problem of "babelization". This leads to the fundamental question of how data can be integrated or re-used on a global scale. Finally, I explain how Semantic Web technologies such as RDF, ontologies and OWL address this problem.
Intended Audience: Software architects, developers and technologists. Anyone with a technical background and an interest in Web services or the future of the Web.
Biography:
David Booth is the HP W3C fellow. He works for the Technology Office of HP Software. Placed at the W3C's MIT offices, he works on W3C standards and technologies -- specifically Web services and the Semantic Web. David Booth holds a Ph.D. in Computer Science from UCLA, where he specialized in programming language design.
Host
Dr. Fernando C. Colon Osorio
Refreshments will be served.
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