Comments on: Semantic Web in Action – OpenAmplify http://davidkuhta.com/2010/02/semantic-technologies-in-action-openamplify/ Wed, 04 Jan 2012 23:09:11 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: David Kuhta http://davidkuhta.com/2010/02/semantic-technologies-in-action-openamplify/comment-page-1/#comment-16 David Kuhta Thu, 04 Feb 2010 12:23:52 +0000 http://davidkuhta.com/?p=90#comment-16 Dan, first off thanks for commenting! I agree with you 100% that "<em>Human understanding cannot be exercised by algorithms</em>." After reading your post "Ontologies in Content Mapping" I think OpenAmplify would fit nicely into that category of "Clues to rely on" you describe at the end. I can't say that I was at all familiar with collective content definition or mapping though prior to reading your post, so it was a welcome read. With respect to OpenAmplify though, I wanted to distinguish it from other NLPs on the basis of: its focus not simply being semantic categorization, the benefits it offers in content structuring, and the API from which the semantic web community can draw structured contextual data until a concept like "collective ontology management" can be realized. Look forward to reading more from your blog and expanding my knowledge with your insights on the constructs of the Semantic Web. Dan, first off thanks for commenting! I agree with you 100% that “Human understanding cannot be exercised by algorithms.” After reading your post “Ontologies in Content Mapping” I think OpenAmplify would fit nicely into that category of “Clues to rely on” you describe at the end. I can’t say that I was at all familiar with collective content definition or mapping though prior to reading your post, so it was a welcome read.

With respect to OpenAmplify though, I wanted to distinguish it from other NLPs on the basis of: its focus not simply being semantic categorization, the benefits it offers in content structuring, and the API from which the semantic web community can draw structured contextual data until a concept like “collective ontology management” can be realized.

Look forward to reading more from your blog and expanding my knowledge with your insights on the constructs of the Semantic Web.

]]> By: Dan Stocker http://davidkuhta.com/2010/02/semantic-technologies-in-action-openamplify/comment-page-1/#comment-15 Dan Stocker Thu, 04 Feb 2010 11:14:06 +0000 http://davidkuhta.com/?p=90#comment-15 Being involved in collective content definition, grading and mapping, I got pretty enthused when I read the highlighted section about OpenAmplify bringing human understanding into the loop. But then I read on and checked out their website too, where it turned out that it's 'just' another NLP solution. Human understanding cannot be exercised by algorithms, so I find their tagline a bit misleading. I strongly believe that harnessing actual human understanding through frictionless web apps will greatly improve the semantic web experience. These tools however, need clues to follow up, and advanced NLP such as OpenAmplify are excellent for that purpose. More info on human-driven semantic methods on my blog: http://collectiveweb.wordpress.com/tag/content-mapping/ Being involved in collective content definition, grading and mapping, I got pretty enthused when I read the highlighted section about OpenAmplify bringing human understanding into the loop. But then I read on and checked out their website too, where it turned out that it’s ‘just’ another NLP solution.

Human understanding cannot be exercised by algorithms, so I find their tagline a bit misleading. I strongly believe that harnessing actual human understanding through frictionless web apps will greatly improve the semantic web experience. These tools however, need clues to follow up, and advanced NLP such as OpenAmplify are excellent for that purpose.

More info on human-driven semantic methods on my blog: http://collectiveweb.wordpress.com/tag/content-mapping/

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