Continuing iGlue’s recent success, we’re proud to announce that one of the most read newspapers in the UK have covered iGlue in their tech section. The Guardian has written a lengthly piece on how iGlue is beginning to revolutionise the way we search our information, along with profiling the company and its founder and iGlue boss, Peter Vasko. Here’s the piece…
Creative Bits, a site dedicated to the best of design and the web has just put up a lovely piece on iGlue and our forthcoming launch, please check it out and let us know what you think of it all. We’ll be posting more articles on here in the near future as the press appears.
View the article here
In 2001, Tim Berners Lee wrote an article for Scientific American magazine that opened up a new discussion about how the web needed to be more interlinked as it increased to a gargantuan size. Their theory was based upon the following criteria:
To date, the World Wide Web has developed most rapidly as a medium of documents for people rather than of information that can be manipulated automatically. By augmenting Web pages with data targeted at computers and by adding documents solely for computers, we will transform the Web into the Semantic Web.
■ Computers will find the meaning of semantic data by following hyperlinks to definitions of key terms and rules for reasoning about them logically. The resulting infrastructure will spur the development of automated Web services such as highly functional agents.
■ Ordinary users will compose Semantic Web pages and add new definitions and rules using off-the-shelf software that will assist with semantic markup.
The article is a fascinating read from one of the foremost proponents of Semantic Web, and made all the more fascinating as it’s from way back in 2001.
Please click the link to download the PDF. All rights are owned by Scientific American.
Just to see how far we’ve come, here’s a link to what Nigel Shadbolt was demoing in the previous video from all the way back in 2003…
An interesting, and not heavy, video of the roots of Nigel Shadbolt’s work in semantic web with some great old references to research work done over many years of continuous study.
In the previous months we’ve been working hard to encapsulate just what it is that iGlue does in as simple terms of possible. Our award winning trip to Geek’n'Rolla in London really helped us to sell ourselves, and more importantly really explain iGlue to people who aren’t immersed in the tech world on a 24 hour basis. As a result, we’ve created this movie which we hope gives everyone a clear understanding of what we’re doing right now. Enjoy… http://blog.iglue.hu/docs/iGlueShortPrezi/
A very eloquent explanation of why Tim Berners Lee was frustrated with the amount of data on the web and its inability to find a relationship between it. This, for us, is a very simple explanation of why semantic linking of content and sources can be useful for business but also for everyday life, not least when searching for information on the increasingly huge web….
A very interesting article we just found on the BBC. One of the BBC’s biggest issue is its wealth of content is becoming harder to find. As one of the biggest websites in the world, BBC teams have begun to consider how semantic technology can be used to provide users with additional relevant information about other BBC content. In short, an ability to provide connections between what were previously separate pieces of content allows the BBC to save money whilst simultaneously enhancing the user experience for its licence fee payers.
For more in depth info please check here:
In orded to solicit error reporting from our Beta testers, and to make the process more enjoyable, we developed a new interface called iGlue-Bug.
This easy-to-use, small, Flex-based program allows testers to report errors discovered in the program, and provides a medium through which ideas, suggestions and improvements can be relayed to the development team.
A few words about using iGlue-Bug:
To activate iGlue-Bug simply click on the iGlue logo found in Ice Cube’s upper left-hand corner; then simply click on the iGlue-Blog link in the drop-down menu:
This will activate the reporting interface beginning with its HOME page
HOME
The first page contains a brief description of iGlue-Bug.
REPORT A BUG
OPINION/OTHER Tab
If you are not looking to report any specific errors, but would like to send us feedback, suggestions, feature requests or constructive critisism, simply click on ’Opinion/Other’ and fill out the form found there. We are eager to receive/read any and all feedback on iGlue to make this product a better user experience.
You can also communicate with us about iGlue, Ice Cube or any other topic on the iGlue Blog (www.iglue.com/blog) or via email iglue@iglue.com.
We have arrived to the next important step - we have upgraded ICe Cube, the module of IGlue that appears on outer sites, and at the same time we have started the beta-testing of the new version.
Keys, at a limited number, are still available and can be registered for on the following web site: www.iglue.com .
Those with beta-keys can find our new demo on: www.iglue.com/demo2/.
In the first phase, we ask the testers’ help to specify and refine the features of Ice Cube, the module shown on external annotated web pages.
The most important components of the iGlue system are:
Compatibility
For compatibility we have exchanged the previous java script base to a flash/flex basis, by doing so we have greatly enhanced the compatibility with the different browsers and opened up the possibility of building in new features.
Currently the module runs under the following browsers:
he minimum requirement for the operation of the module is Flash Player version 9 and to its optimal operation we recommend version 10, which can be downloaded from the following site: http://get.adobe.com/flashplayer/
What’s coming up in the future?
After the testing phase of the Ice Cube module is complete, we will open up the collaborative database in order to test its searching and extension capabilities with the help of the community.
We would like to wish you a good time experimenting, and we hope that with your help, we will together create a truly exciting and useful application!
Be among the first ones to experience the possibilities provided by our new data organization system (in the first round max. 1000 users).
We would like to use your ideas, expectations and comments to develop the functions of iGlue.
