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Hi Nicolas:<br>
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As soon as any brick-and-mortar business or pub around the corner is
publishing a one-page description of itself on the Web (or even gets
listed in a database-driven Web business registry), this business is
doing e-commerce.<br>
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This is the mainstream definition of e-commerce in academia and
practice: Using the Internet (or other open digital networks) for any
stage in the business transaction - from search to transactions. There
are of course different levels of e-commerce, from the the simple
presentation of features to end-to-end transaction processing. But as
soon as your business publishes its range of products or services on
the Web (or even only in the Web of Data), this is e-commerce.<br>
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And that is exactly what GoodRelations is designed for: improving
search and data interoperability for any business that is offering
anything on the Web.<br>
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Hope that clarifies the issue.<br>
<br>
Best<br>
Martin<br>
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Nicolas Raoul wrote:
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<pre wrap="">Thank you for your answer!
I am glad to know I can use it, I will look into that.
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<pre wrap=""> Am I right that currently GoodRelations is only for e-commerce and
does not apply to such businesses as hotels, restaurants, and
brick-and-mortar shops?
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<pre wrap="">No, GoodRelations can be used (and is intended to be used) for exactly those
scenarios
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I am happy but confused. The GoodRelations webpage appears very
misleading to me:
1) Motto is "GoodRelations The ontology for E-Commerce"
2) "the representational means required for e-commerce on the Semantic Web"
3) The general term used for businesses/etc is "Web resources"
4) "describing the types of goods and terms and conditions of items
and services offered on the Web": it is not obvious that "on the Web"
refers to "describing" and not to "offered".
The Semantic Web describes the world. The tiny pub near my place will
probably never do any e-commerce, but I want to describe it in the
Semantic Web. I am glad GoodRelations allows me to do it, but why does
it mentions e-commerce everywhere?
Cheers,
Nicolas.
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martin hepp
e-business & web science research group
universitaet der bundeswehr muenchen
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skype: mfhepp
Check out the GoodRelations vocabulary for E-Commerce on the Web of Data!
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Webcast explaining the Web of Data for E-Commerce:
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<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://www.heppnetz.de/projects/goodrelations/webcast/">http://www.heppnetz.de/projects/goodrelations/webcast/</a>
Tool for registering your business:
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<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://www.ebusiness-unibw.org/tools/goodrelations-annotator/">http://www.ebusiness-unibw.org/tools/goodrelations-annotator/</a>
Overview article on Semantic Universe:
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<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://www.semanticuniverse.com/articles-semantic-web-based-e-commerce-webmasters-get-ready.html">http://www.semanticuniverse.com/articles-semantic-web-based-e-commerce-webmasters-get-ready.html</a>
Project page and resources for developers:
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<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://purl.org/goodrelations/">http://purl.org/goodrelations/</a>
Upcoming events:
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Full-day tutorial at ESWC 2009: The Web of Data for E-Commerce in One Day: A Hands-on Introduction to the GoodRelations Ontology, RDFa, and Yahoo! SearchMonkey
<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://www.eswc2009.org/program-menu/tutorials/70">http://www.eswc2009.org/program-menu/tutorials/70</a>
Talk at the Semantic Technology Conference 2009: Semantic Web-based E-Commerce: The GoodRelations Ontology
<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://www.semantic-conference.com/session/1881/">http://www.semantic-conference.com/session/1881/</a>
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