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<h2><em>This Interest Group is Now Closed</em></h2>

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<p><strong><em>This Interest Group is now closed</em></strong>: its official charter expired on the 31st of March, 2008. Note, however, that some of the activities started by this Interest Group have not been stopped, but go on independently instead. These are:</p>

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<li>Gathering and maintaining <a href="http://www.w3.org/2001/sw/sweo/public/UseCases/">Semantic Web Use Cases and Case Studies</a>. Please use the separate mailing list (<a href="mailto:member-sw-case-studies@w3.org"><code>member-sw-case-studies@w3.org</code></a>) if you want to submit a new entry to that list; you may want to consult the <a href="http://www.w3.org/2001/sw/sweo/public/UseCases/submit.html">general description on submission</a>.</li>
	<li>Maintaining the <a href="http://www.w3.org/2001/sw/SW-FAQ">Semantic Web Frequently Asked Questions</a> collection</li>
<li>The <a href="http://esw.w3.org/topic/SweoIG/TaskForces/CommunityProjects/LinkingOpenData">Linking Open Data</a> community project with a separate, public mailing list (<code>public-lod@w3.org</code>, with public <a href="http://lists.w3.org/Archives/Public/public-lod/">archives</a>). See the <a href="http://lists.w3.org/Archives/Public/public-lod/">archives</a> for subscription information.</li>
<li>The former interest group mailing list (<code>public-sweo-ig@w3.org</code>, with public <a href="http://lists.w3.org/Archives/Public/public-sweo-ig/">archives</a>) has been converted into a general mailing list for Semantic Web related education and outreach issues. See the <a href="http://lists.w3.org/Archives/Public/public-sweo-ig/">archives</a> for subscription information.</li>
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<h2>Introduction</h2>
	
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<p>The Semantic Web Education and Outreach (SWEO) Interest Group has been established to 
develop strategies and materials to increase awareness among the Web community of 
the need and benefit for the Semantic Web, and educate the Web community 
regarding related solutions and technologies.</p>
	
<p>The scope of SWEO group includes:</p>
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   <li>the development and collection of use and business cases, stemming from both user and vendor companies, and documenting the value of Semantic Web technologies</li>
   <li>identifying possible vertical markets and application areas for the Semantic Web</li>
    <li>production of clear guidelines for tutorials, presentations, teaching materials, FAQ-s, etc, targeted at different audiences</li>
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<h3>Wednesday, April 2nd 2008</h3>	<div class="bPost" lang="en-EU">
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		22:15:19, Categories: <strong><a href="/blog/SWEO/?cat=45" title="Browse category">Event calendar</a></strong>		</div>
		<h3 class="bTitle">Closing of the SWEO Interest Group</h3>
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						The W3C SWEO Interest Group came to the end of it's charter at the end of March with a flurry of activity. Very recently completed items include the publication of the paper <a href="http://www.w3.org/TR/cooluris/">Cool URIs for the Semantic Web</a> by Leo Sauermann and Richard Cyganiak, and a <a href="http://www.w3.org/2001/sw/sweo/public/BusinessCase">Semantic Web Business Case paper and presentation</a> by Jeff Pollock.

Although it is the end of this SWEO, many of the resources that were created will continue to be developed. These include both the <a href="http://knowee.org/">knowee</a> and <a href="http://esw.w3.org/topic/SweoIG/TaskForces/CommunityProjects/LinkingOpenData">Linking Open Data</a> Community Projects, the <a href="http://www.w3.org/2001/sw/sweo/public/Info/">Information Gathering</a> task, and the <a href="http://esw.w3.org/topic/SweoIG/SW-FAQ">FAQ document</a>. In addition, the <a href="http://www.w3.org/2001/sw/sweo/public/UseCases/">collection of Semantic Web case studies</a> will continue to be developed, so please go to the Web site to see how you can submit one today! 

Other notable achievements include the creation of the <a href="http://www.w3.org/2007/10/sw-logos.html">Semantic Web logo</a> by Benji Nowack in collaboration with W3C’s Communications Team, and the creation of a <a href="http://esw.w3.org/topic/SweoIG/TaskForces/Collateral_Material_%28Semantic_Web_Flyer%29">Semantic Web flyer</a> by Dunja Ewinger and Paula-Lavinia Patranjan.

It’s been fun working with such a great group of people in SWEO, and it’s been wonderful to see the increase in use of Semantic Web technologies since the group begun. To facilitate continuing communication about education and outreach, the SWEO mailing list has been converted into a public mailing list, and the #sweo <a href="http://cgi.w3.org/member-bin/irc/irc.cgi">IRC channel</a> will be maintained.
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<h3>Monday, March 31st 2008</h3>	<div class="bPost" lang="en-EU">
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		20:16:41, Categories: <strong><a href="/blog/SWEO/?cat=45" title="Browse category">Event calendar</a></strong>		</div>
		<h3 class="bTitle">SWEO Information Gathering </h3>
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						One of the goals of SWEO was to enable the gathering of information about resources that relate to the Semantic Web and to ensure they are easy for others to find and utilize. The resources of interest consisted of lists of tools, products, code, demos, papers, and books. 

The project consisted of identifying existing information, converting it into RDF, importing it into a triple store, and then syndicating it. The work was coordinated by Leo Sauermann, with Kingsley Idehen and OpenLink Software providing the user interface and implementation, and Danny Ayers and other members of SWEO helping to gather resources. 

The <a href="http://www.w3.org/2001/sw/sweo/public/Info/">Information Gathering </a>project has now been completed and consists of a service for hosting the data, a form for uploading data, and a mechanism for retrieving RDF dumps. A portal could easily be created on this environment, so that users could browse for resources of interest and add comments.

Please use this resource to publish details on the lists that you have been collating or any collateral or tools that you may have developed.

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		19:34:38, Categories: <strong><a href="/blog/SWEO/?cat=45" title="Browse category">Event calendar</a></strong>		</div>
		<h3 class="bTitle">Community Project knowee</h3>
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						Just in time for the end of SWEO, the Community Project "knowee" is happy to announce the availability of an <a href="http://knowee.org/blog/2008/03/29/knowee-alpha">alpha release</a>. The project aims at creating an online contact organizer by combining W3C-recommended Semantic Web technologies like RDF and SPARQL with trends such as microformats and OpenID. You can read more about knowee on the <a href="http://knowee.org/">project website</a>. knowee is the result of work that has been led by Benji Nowack.
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<h3>Sunday, March 23rd 2008</h3>	<div class="bPost" lang="en-EU">
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		08:08:57, Categories: <strong><a href="/blog/SWEO/?cat=45" title="Browse category">Event calendar</a></strong>		</div>
		<h3 class="bTitle">Last Call: Cool URIs for the Semantic Web</h3>
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						The <a href="http://www.w3.org/2001/sw/sweo/">Semantic Web Education and Outreach (SWEO) Interest Group</a> has published the Last Call Working Draft of <a href="http://www.w3.org/TR/2008/WD-cooluris-20080321/">Cool URIs for the Semantic Web</a>. URIs (Uniform Resource Identifiers) are very important to the Semantic Web, providing both the core of the framework itself and the link between RDF and the Web. Please send comments about this document to <a href="mailto:public-sweo-ig@w3.org">public-sweo-ig@w3.org</a> (with <a href="http://lists.w3.org/Archives/Public/public-sweo-ig/">public archive</a>) before the 28 March 2008. 					</div>
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<h3>Monday, February 4th 2008</h3>	<div class="bPost" lang="en-EU">
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		15:21:57, Categories: <strong><a href="/blog/SWEO/?cat=45" title="Browse category">Event calendar</a></strong>		</div>
		<h3 class="bTitle">SWEO Extended </h3>
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						SWEO was chartered to run until the end of January, however we have been granted an extension of two months. The goal of the extension is to allow us to complete some ongoing activities. These include finishing the Cool URIs document, completing a business focused presentation, and enhancing the collection of Semantic Web case studies.					</div>
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<h3>Tuesday, December 18th 2007</h3>	<div class="bPost" lang="en-EU">
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		<h3 class="bTitle">Cool URIs for the Semantic Web (First Public Draft)</h3>
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						SWEO has released a first Working Draft of a document explaining the effective use of URIs to enable the growth of the Semantic Web. The <a href="/TR/2007/WD-cooluris-20071217/">“Cool URIs for the Semantic Web”</a> discusses two strategies for choosing URIs for the Semantic Web, gives pointers to several Web sites that use these solutions, and briefly discusses why several other alternatives are less effective. Comments on this draft are requested by 21 January, to be integrated into a final document at the end of the Group’s charter.					</div>
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<h3>Friday, November 2nd 2007</h3>	<div class="bPost" lang="en-EU">
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		15:42:53, Categories: <strong><a href="/blog/SWEO/?cat=45" title="Browse category">Event calendar</a></strong>		</div>
		<h3 class="bTitle">SWEO F2F Meeting</h3>
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						W3C's <a href="http://www.w3.org/2001/sw/sweo/">Semantic Web Education and Outreach Interest Group (SWEO)</a> had it's <a href="http://www.w3.org/2007/10/24-sweo-minutes.html"> 3rd F2F meeting</a> last week. The event was well attended with many participants from SWEO, as well as a number of guests from other W3C activities. The meeting provided an opportunity to review our progress over the last year. Items of note included publishing a <a href="http://www.w3.org/2001/sw/SW-FAQ">FAQ document</a>, developing a site that collates <a href="http://www.w3.org/2001/sw/sweo/public/UseCases/">Semantic Web case studies</a>, and the creation of a new set of <a href="http://www.w3.org/2007/10/sw-logos.html">Semantic Web logos</a>. During the F2F, we reviewed ongoing activities, and discussed approaches for raising the visibility of upcoming technologies such as RDFa, SPARQL, POWDER and SKOS. The day was wrapped up with a fun dinner at the Cambridge Brewing Company.					</div>
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<h3>Wednesday, October 10th 2007</h3>	<div class="bPost" lang="en-EU">
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		15:25:57, Categories: <strong><a href="/blog/SWEO/?cat=43" title="Browse category">General</a></strong>		</div>
		<h3 class="bTitle">Semantic Web logos</h3>
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						<img src="http://www.w3.org/Icons/SW/sw-cube.png" alt="Semantic Web box with peeled-back lid" title="SW Box" /> 

W3C has launched a <a href="http://www.w3.org/2007/10/sw-logos.html">new set of Semantic Web Logos</a> today, developed by the <a href="http://www.w3.org/2001/sw/sweo/">Semantic Web Education and Outreach Interest Group</a> and the Communication Team of W3C. The <a href="http://www.w3.org/Icons/SW/sw-cube.png">peeled back lid in the logo</a> invites you to Open Your Data to the Semantic Web! 					</div>
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