Making Semantic Web applications more usable and enjoyable.

This is a resource for people who are interested in design, usability, information architecture and software development; people who also see the importance of thinking about the impact of the Semantic Web and open Linked Data. Explore the presentations, follow the example links, and try things for yourself. Then apply them in your projects. Then tell your friends.

The Semantic Web is Different from Web 1.0 and 2.0

There is a significant amount of power and opportunity that has come from the simple act of naming the relationships between items of data - whether the data are individual items in data sets or full Web pages. We want to put that power in the hands of users, and make their experience easy and effective.

What will you find here?

Links to examples of interesting interfaces and applications
Many pointers to tools and sites from open source or academic communities that you can access and use free
Explanations in plain English
Some reasons why it is really important to think about usable design now, in the early stages of the Semantic Web

What won't you find here?

Marketing hype
Lots of detailed technical jargon
Technology for technology's sake

Tutorial User Interfaces for the Semantic Web

June 22, 2010

Duane Degler led a half-day tutorial exploring new concepts in user interfaces, challenges for UI design raised by the Semantic Web, and simple methods that support interaction design. Semantic Technology Conference 2010, San Francisco.

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PresentationFaceted Search UI Design

October 15, 2010

Duane Degler will explore the different styles of facet interfaces that are emerging, along with the types of things designers and usability specialists need to consider when creating or evaluating those interfaces.

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