1. Semantic Web Technologies
Brief Readings Discussion
Class work: Research topics and Project discussion
Discussion: Collaboration & Social Software

2. Semantic Collaboration?
How can software help with forming & keeping a community?
How can semantic technologies help?
Organize the information in easier to act upon formats
Make accessing community information easier on multiple channels & methods

3. Let’s look at some examples
Eventful
Upcoming
Sourceforge
Del.icio.us - popular
Digg
Others
Slashdot
Metafilter
LiveJournal
MySpace
What do these have in common?

4. An Architecture of Participation
The (semantic) Web representing a free market
No solution is forced on anyone
(Informed) choice is key
Creating custom solutions to a problem
Sharing your results
Does SWT make everyone a potential “developer community” member?
Taken from O'Reilly, Tim. (2003) The Architecture of Participation. O'Reilly Developer Weblogs, April 6, 2003.

5. An Attitude of Participation
Mix and Re-Mix is key (Mashups)
Things that aren’t from the center are still used & appreciated
Are SWT standards helping or hurting?
Standards are multiple
Big organizations control them
People creatively adapt them
“View Source” for HTML
Amazon Web Services
The balance of control is delicate - just like with any community
Sponsorship, Venture Capital, Social Capital, Social Good
What’s the most useful participation tool?

6. Social Bookmarking Tools
How are you using them?
What powers them?
Utility
Reputation
Are these a Community?
Who agrees on the metadata?
Does agreement mean you’ve joined?
What are some Reasons for Tagging?
Is tagging what makes it social?
What about Privacy?
None vs. too much

7. Tools Diagram
What’s missing here?

8. Social Tools for Specific Groups
Study of Connotea
Who is the group?
What’s different about them?
What are other groups that could work this way?
“Second-Order Effects”
Tag Convergence
(Implicit) Recommendation
Portal Pages (managing interest)
Community?