Position statement given at the JISC Cetis Conference in Aston (Nov 2007). For more details check out the blog entry here: http://hoos-foos.blogspot.com/2007/11/why-semantic-web-hasnt-failed-and-how.html

1. Why the Semantic Web hasn't failed, and how we shouldn't fix it David Millard Learning Societies Lab University of Southampton

2. The Infamous Layer Cake

4. Sound familiar?

5. How do we do it? Be a Semantic Extrovert! Use Popular Ontologies (e.g. FOAF, SKOS) Promote RDF REST Interfaces

6. Why should you do it? Capturing Folksonomies? Mapping Ontologies Automatically? Because Web Literacy is changing e-learning

7. Building Brick by Yellow Brick Build on existing practise Demonstrate real advantage without real sacrifice