以文本方式查看主题 - 中文XML论坛 - 专业的XML技术讨论区 (http://bbs.xml.org.cn/index.asp) -- 『 Semantic Web(语义Web)/描述逻辑/本体 』 (http://bbs.xml.org.cn/list.asp?boardid=2) ---- [B][BLUE]Google购买语义网公司Metaweb,迈向语义网技术领域重要一步[/BLUE][/B] (http://bbs.xml.org.cn/dispbbs.asp?boardid=2&rootid=&id=85780) |
-- 作者:Huang -- 发布时间:7/18/2010 4:33:00 PM -- [B][BLUE]Google购买语义网公司Metaweb,迈向语义网技术领域重要一步[/BLUE][/B] 万维网巨头Google公司已经意识到语义网的重要价值,购买了语义网公司Metaweb,其旗舰产品Freebase成为Google的语义搜索技术的基础。详情请见纽约时报上的新闻:
http://www.nytimes.com/external/readwriteweb/2010/07/16/16readwriteweb-google-makes-major-semantic-web-play-acquir-62129.html?emc=eta1 Google Makes Major Semantic Web Play, Acquires Freebase Operators Metaweb The Semantic Web is all about structuring data so that humans and computers can more easily interpret the Web and discover relevant data for a wide variety of purposes. Google, a company built on the ability to advertise based on contextual data, announced today a major acquisition in the Semantic Web space. As of today, Metaweb, maker of Freebase and a leader in the Semantic Web, has joined forces with Google. Freebase is a massive open-structured database of information about almost anything, including books, movies and music. In fact, Google already has a relationship with Freebase, pulling in its information to provide intelligent search results within Google News. With the acquisition of Metaweb, Google can now leverage the company's tools and data even further, especially within basic Web search results. "This is a huge win for the Semantic Web," Alex Iskold, founder and CEO of AdaptiveBlue, the semantic technology company behind GetGlue.com (and occasional ReadWriteWeb contributor), told us. "It could not be bigger, because really, we had the biggest company on the Web buy the biggest player in the Semantic Web space." Google already provides some smart search results, including basic math, sports scores and birthdays of public figures, to name a few. For the most part, however, Google merely serves up links to Web pages; knowing more about what is behind those links could allow the search giant to provide better, more contextual results. To get a better idea of how that could happen, have a look at the video below. Microsoft made a similar purchase when it acquired Powerset two years ago. Since then, Bing has bested Google in terms of providing smart search results, and has been nibbling at its market share for search. In an effort to keep Bing from eating its semantic lunch, Google is taking Metaweb's technology and data under its wing. "What about [colleges on the West Coast with tuition under $30,000] or [actors over 40 who have won at least one Oscar]? These are hard questions, and we've acquired Metaweb because we believe working together we'll be able to provide better answers," writes Jack Menzel, Google's director of product management. Metaweb says that Freebase will remain free and open as always, and will be improved upon due to the Google acquisition. The service's quarterly downloadable data dumps will now be served up weekly, and the company hopes the acquisition will encourage more companies to contribute to Freebase.
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-- 作者:laotao -- 发布时间:7/19/2010 9:44:00 AM -- great news! |
-- 作者:admin -- 发布时间:7/19/2010 9:53:00 AM -- 去年三月,谷歌三位重量级搜索技术专家Alon Halevy、Peter Norvig和Fernando Pereira曾共同撰文《The Unreasonable Effectiveness of Data》(发表于IEEE Intelligent System)低估语义技术的功效,引来一阵拍砖。 当时就有人声称“谷歌不搞语义”,其实在一家商业公司里,存在走不同甚至相反路线的阵营也是很正常的事。 85公里在地球上并算不上多长的路,但这段路如果被铺设在白令海峡上,那么它将贯通美洲大陆和亚欧大陆。
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-- 作者:admin -- 发布时间:7/19/2010 10:07:00 AM -- 转载一篇不错的介绍Metaweb的文章 原文地址:http://www.52nlp.cn/natural-language-processing-company-metaweb 自然语言处理公司巡礼六:Metaweb 在自然语言处理公司Powerset的介绍中,Powerset使用的知识来源除了维基百科外,另一个主要来源就是Freebase,而Freebase的幕后则是“野心勃勃”的Metaweb. Metaweb:创建最大的语义知识库Freebase |
-- 作者:Humphrey -- 发布时间:7/19/2010 10:10:00 AM -- 是的,一直以来谷歌都是走利用数学统计的方法实现近似语义效果的路,而且似乎没有改变的趋势。继微软收购PowerSet一年之后,它终于也坐不住了。不过我还是有些不太理解,谷歌的政策变化还是太突然了些。难道此举预示着传统搜索技术没有进一步的改进余地了?! |
-- 作者:micky -- 发布时间:7/19/2010 2:44:00 PM -- 确实是个好兆头。Google也看到这个前景了。不过,大公司就是不一样,想要发展哪个方向,直接买一个这个方向最好的公司就可以了。 |
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