In a recent article, IAllenkelhet.no (Norwegian) claims that a survey conducted last year revealed that while 90% of us expect web developers to have expert knowledge about HTML, a mere 35% of the developers actually do. Even fewer know much about WAI or WCAG. Unfortunately, this is probably very close to the truth. I believe [...]
All posts for the month April, 2008
Web Developers Don’t Know HTML
Posted by Trond on April 30, 2008
http://www.topicobserver.com/blog/web-development/2008/web-developers-dont-know-html/
Topic Maps – What Is It Good For
My most recent attempt at Explaining Topic Maps. Bookmark on Delicious Recommend on Facebook Tweet about it Buzz it up Subscribe to the comments on this post Tell a friend
Posted by Trond on April 16, 2008
http://www.topicobserver.com/blog/semantic-web/tm/2008/topic-maps-what-is-it-good-for/
Making Sense of the Semantic Web
The presentation Making Sense of the Semantic Web (by Nova Spivack) is a good introduction to the semantic web and includes some points that might be nice to have when explaining the semantic web and the importance of semantic technologies to newcomers. It’s from The Next Web Conference (found via NRK Beta). Bookmark on Delicious [...]
Posted by Trond on April 10, 2008
http://www.topicobserver.com/blog/semantic-web/2008/making-sense-of-the-semantic-web/
Topic Maps 2008 Day 1 & Day 2
Better late than never… Topic Maps 2008 – Day 1 Alex Wright of New York Times held the opening keynote of Topic Maps 2008. Wright talked about “Hierarchies, Networks, and the web that Wasn’t“. Bookmark on Delicious Recommend on Facebook Tweet about it Buzz it up Subscribe to the comments on this post Tell a [...]
Posted by Trond on April 7, 2008
http://www.topicobserver.com/blog/semantic-web/tm/2008/topic-maps-2008-day-1-day-2/
Topic Maps 2008: Tutorial Day
I am currently at the 2nd International Topic Maps Conference, held in Oslo, Norway; Topic Maps 2008. Today was tutorial day. This is what I got some insight into today (they are all bits and pieces, but I include the notes here for sharing). Open Source Topic Map Portals Arnar Lundesgaard, the lead developer of [...]
Posted by Trond on April 2, 2008
http://www.topicobserver.com/blog/semantic-web/tm/2008/topic-maps-2008-tutorial-day/