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May Brisbane WSG meeting

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Date: Tuesday 12 May, 2009

Event Details

When: Tuesday, 12 May 2009

Time: 6:30pm for 7pm start

Cost: $5 per head to cover cost of pizza

Where: Southbank Institute
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There is some parking on campus shown on the map as being under A & B block - entrance from Glenelg St. There is also parking under G & H block that is accessed from Merivale Street. People would then need to go up to ground level and walk through to C1206 which is in C Block in the Indigenous building - ground floor. The Southbank bus and railway stations are nearby.

First presentation: Ivan Herman, W3C

Topic 1: Introduction and applications of semantic web

This presentation is an introduction to the the main ideas behind the Semantic Web, also known as Web of Data. The talk gives motivation and highlights real life problems that have led to this line of research and development. The presentation also includes application examples on how this technology is used by different organizations and institutions.

Ivan Herman graduated as a mathematician at the Eötvös Loránd University of Budapest, Hungary, in 1979. Ivan joined the W3C Team as Head of W3C Offices in January 2001 while maintaining his position at Centre for Mathematics and Computer Sciences . He served as Head of Offices until June 2006, when he was asked to take the Semantic Web Activity Lead position, which is now his principal work at W3C. Since autumn 2007 Ivan is also a member of SWSA (Semantic Web Science Association), the committee responsible for the International Semantic Web Conferences series. More details on http://www.w3.org/People/ivan or http://www.ivan-herman.net

Second presentation: Michael(tm) Smith, W3C

Topic 2: HTML5, XHTML2: Learning from history about how to drive the future of the Web

For several years (up until 2007), W3C efforts at producing the next major version of a markup language for the Web focused exclusively on work to develop the XHTML2 language. But since 2007, the W3C has once again turned its attention back to HTML -- the original language of the Web (and the language in which all existing Web content is still written) -- as represented by the HTML5 specification. This talk takes a look at both the HTML5 and XHTML2 work, while providing details about the history behind the development of both languages, and insights into where the fit in the future of the Web.

Michael(tm) Smith joined the W3C in 2007 as part the W3C Mobile Web Initiative. He's now involved with work on standards closely related to browsing technologies; in particular, the phenomenon known as HTML5, as well as other standards related to APIs for Web applications. He's been based in Tokyo since 2001. Prior to joining the W3C, he worked forOpera Software, and prior to that, for Openwave Systems — most of that time involved with design, development, testing, and deployment of software for mobile operators.