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What is the SemanticWeb Challenge? How would you explain the SemanticWeb to your grandparents?
We as scientists working in various research areas pertaining to many aspects of the SemanticWeb should be able to give this explanation.
Recently, many interesting issues were presented and discussed at various Semantic Web events (ISWC, IJCAI, AAAI & ECAI workshops). However, these events leave us with the impression that an attractive integrated example of what the Semantic Web can provide does not yet exist. Many of the presentations address only a small aspect of the Semantic Web or are reformulations of other research results.
Although these contributions are positive, the drawback still remains; we as a scientific community cannot yet illustrate what we will deliver to the society in the future. We should come up with these convincing examples.
This is why a SemanticWeb Challenge has been initiated, which will serve several purposes:
* Help us illustrate to society what the SemanticWeb can provide
* Give researchers a benchmark to "compare" research results
* Stimulate current research to a higher final goal
What is the goal?
The overall objective of the challenge is to apply "SemanticWeb Techniques" in order to build an online application that integrates, combines, and deduces information needed to assist users in performing tasks. The challenge will continue for at least five years and will be updated annually, according to the development of the Semantic Web.
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