[Sigmakee-sumo] SUMO workshop on 3D Warehouse, 6-8 pm on 8/29

[Rich M. <rd...@cf...>]

I recently attended a seminar on ontology creation, led by Adam Pease.
For my class exercise, I looked at Trimble's 3D Warehouse:

  http://sketchup.google.com/3dwarehouse/

This site contains millions of SketchUp Models, uploaded by volunteers
and (in a few cases) organizations.  It is organized into large numbers
(thousands?) of Collections, eg:

  http://sketchup.google.com/3dwarehouse/cldetails?mid=61a20f92b4d71a00567f368a407ede14&prevstart=0
  http://sketchup.google.com/3dwarehouse/search?q=Brizo&styp=c&scoring=t&btnG=Search&reps=1

Using the search tool, it is possible to find Collection and Model pages
which have particular tags, etc.  However, there are no categories, let
alone any ontology-based navigation.  The collections may have to do with
the nature of the models or merely reflect the interests of a user.  The
tags are simply words, so they may have multiple, conflicting meanings.

Adam and I will be getting together to brainstorm on how ontologies could
be created and used for this and similar (eg, eBay) sites.  If this sounds
interesting, please join us.  The venue is a small Chinese restaurant that
is just off the San Bruno Avenue exit from I280:

 SUMO workshop
 Wednesday, 8/29, 6-8 pm

 AU's Kitchen
 Bayhill Shopping Center
 San Bruno Avenue at Cherry
 San Bruno, CA

 http://www.auskitchen.us/index.html

RSVP: Please send me a note (off-list) if you expect to attend.

-r

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