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Semantically Interlinked Online Communities

Semantically Interlinked Online Communities is a computer science topic covered in the lgStudy science library. This page brings together a partial reference excerpt, illustrations, worked examples, real-world applications and a short study plan, so you can understand Semantically Interlinked Online Communities rather than just read about it. In short: Semantically Interlinked Online Communities Project (SIOC ( SHOK)) is a Semantic Web technology. SIOC provides methods for interconnecting discussion methods such as blogs, forums and mailing lists to each other.

Semantically Interlinked Online Communities — illustration

Key takeaways

Semantically Interlinked Online Communities belongs to computer science; place it in that map before memorising details.
Learn the definition first, then one example that makes the definition concrete.
Connect Semantically Interlinked Online Communities to a quantity you can measure, compute or draw — that is where exam questions come from.
Reproduce the core statement of Semantically Interlinked Online Communities from memory before moving on to harder problems.

Reference excerpt

Semantically Interlinked Online Communities Project (SIOC ( SHOK)) is a Semantic Web technology. SIOC provides methods for interconnecting discussion methods such as blogs, forums and mailing lists to each other. It consists of the SIOC ontology, an open-standard machine-readable format for expressing the information contained both explicitly and implicitly in Internet discussion methods, of SIOC metadata producers for a number of popular blogging platforms and content management systems, and of storage and browsing/searching systems for leveraging this SIOC data. The SIOC vocabulary is based on RDF and is defined using RDFS. SIOC documents may use other existing ontologies to enrich the information described. Additional information about the creator of the post can be described using FOAF Vocabulary and the foaf:maker property. Rich content of the post (e.g., an HTML representation) can be described using the AtomOWL or RSS 1.0 Content module. The SIOC project was started in 2004 by John Breslin and Uldis Bojars at DERI, NUI Galway. In 2007, SIOC became a W3C Member Submission.

Example

See also DOAP Online Presence Ontology SKOS XML

References

Further reading John G. Breslin, Uldis Bojārs, Alexandre Passant, Sergio Fernández, Stefan Decker. SIOC: Content Exchange and Semantic Interoperability Between Social Networks. W3C Workshop on the Future of Social Networking, 15–16 January 2009, Barcelona, Spain. Uldis Bojars, John G. Breslin, Vassilios Peristeras, Giovanni Tummarello, Stefan Decker. Interlinking the Social Web with Semantics. IEEE Intelligent Systems, Volume 23, Issue 3 (May/June 2008), pp. 29–40. John G. Breslin, Andreas Harth, Uldis Bojars, Stefan Decker. Towards Semantically Interlinked Online Communities. 2nd European Semantic Web Conference, Heraklion, Greece, May 29 to June 1, 2005, pp. 500–514. LNCS 3532. Andreas Harth, John G. Breslin, Ina O'Murchu, Stefan Decker. Linking Semantically-Enabled Online Community Sites. 1st Workshop on FOAF, Social Networking, and the Semantic Web, Galway, Ireland, Proceedings, September 2004.

External links SIOC Project SIOC Ontology Specification SIOC Applications SIOC Browser SIOC W3C Member Submission

Illustrations

SIOC project logo

Worked examples

Example 1 — a first encounter with Semantically Interlinked Online Communities

Start with the simplest possible case. Write down what Semantically Interlinked Online Communities claims or describes in one sentence, then invent the smallest concrete situation in which that sentence is true. In computer science, the smallest case is usually a single object, a single equation or a single measurement. Check that every symbol or term in your sentence has a meaning in that case.

Example 2 — changing one variable

Take the situation from Example 1 and change exactly one quantity: double it, halve it, or set it to zero. Predict what should happen to Semantically Interlinked Online Communities before you calculate. Comparing your prediction with the result is the fastest way to find out whether you understand the idea or only the words.

Example 3 — an exam-style question

Typical questions about Semantically Interlinked Online Communities ask you to (a) state it precisely, (b) apply it to given data, and (c) explain a limitation. Practise writing all three answers in under five minutes; the third part is what separates a full-mark answer from an average one.

Applications of Semantically Interlinked Online Communities

In research: Semantically Interlinked Online Communities appears in computer science research whenever the underlying quantities have to be modelled precisely. Papers usually cite it as a starting assumption and then explore where it breaks down.
In technology and industry: Engineering practice reuses Semantically Interlinked Online Communities in design rules, simulations and safety margins. Knowing the idea lets you read a specification sheet and understand why the numbers look the way they do.
In the classroom: Semantically Interlinked Online Communities is common in secondary-school and first-year university syllabi. It links to neighbouring topics Ontology (information science), Semantic Web, Social networking services, so understanding it makes those chapters shorter.
In everyday life: Look for Semantically Interlinked Online Communities outside the textbook — in sport, cooking, traffic, electronics or the sky above you. An example you found yourself is remembered far longer than one you were given.

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How to study Semantically Interlinked Online Communities in 20 minutes

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Frequently asked questions

What is Semantically Interlinked Online Communities in simple terms?

Why does Semantically Interlinked Online Communities matter?

Because it connects several computer science ideas at once: it gives you a definition you can apply, a quantity you can calculate, and a way to check whether a result is plausible.

How should I study Semantically Interlinked Online Communities?

Read the excerpt, restate it from memory, then work through the examples and applications listed on this page. The five-step study plan above takes about twenty minutes.

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