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Using a Semantic Web approach to reduce publishing costs
by Gavin Carothers and Charles Greer with commentary by Jean Graef (in blue text)
May, 2009
Here at last is a case study about how a semantic web approach is reducing costs and time delays in an internal business application. In this article, two software engineers at book publisher O'Reilly Media tell how and why they used RDF (Resource Description Framework) to streamline their custom publishing system. To learn more about the tools they selected, hear them describe their experiences, and see a demo of how the system works, sign up for our September teleconference.
In addition to adding comments and notes, I've added italics to call attention to ideas that I think are particularly significant. JLG
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Created on May 27, 2009 l Updated on May 28, 2009
