Show me the data!  Seminar on Innovative Approaches to Turn Statistics into Knowledge 2009 (OECD, US Census Bureau, World Bank) 
				

				
	July 28, 2009 |
	by Aaron 


                                

					(Update 20091005 – I gave the same talk at the US Bureau of Labor Statistics and Barcamp Vancouver 2009, in case you end up on this page from either source)
We recently presented at the Turning Statistics Into Knowledge conference, jointly organized by the US Census Bureau, the OECD and the World Bank, on July 15-16 [...]

					
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					Mulgara RDF Triple-Store 
				

				
	December 30, 2008 |
	by Omar 


                                

					Over the past 4 months I have intermittently been looking into the use of the Mulgara RDF triple store. Mulgara is an open-source RDF triple store that boasts to be able to handle up to 7 Billion nodes and was developed some big players in the semantic web space (Zepheira, Topaz and Fedora Commons). My [...]

					
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					You know you’re about to make it big when… 
				

				
	June 19, 2008 |
	by Omar 


                                

					the defense industry uses your technology. The funny thing about the semantic web conference was the vendor showcases. I went to a few, where a given semantic technology toolkit vendor would showcase how one can make use of their tool or tools. The thing that struck me was that each and every one that I [...]

					
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					Semantic Web Conference 2008 
				

				
	June 19, 2008 |
	by Omar 


                                

					I had the chance to attend the semantic web conference that what held in San Jose May 18th to 22nd. Before I go any further, there may be many of you who are scratching your head thinking “What is the semantic web?” Dictionary.com defines semantics as the following:


Linguistics.

the study of meaning.
the study of linguistic development [...]

					
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