By Pim Keizer A simple example of some generic sparql queries for use in a  search engine. Search phrase:    “Adidas”  Instance match Select all instances with label "Adidas".   SELECT * WHERE {     ?resource rdfs:label "Adidas" . }   Find synonyms Select all classes that are of the same type. SELECT ?synonyms WHERE {     ?resource rdfs:label "Adidas" .     ?resource rdf:type ?type .     ?synonyms rdf:type ?type . }   Find other instances [...]

Location & date: Frankfurt – Germany Tuesday, December 15 at 5:00 PM   Description: Zuerst: Die initiale Start-Up Gruppe trifft sich um die nächsten Schritte zu diskutieren. Alle sind herzlich willkommen. Ideen und konkrete Beiträge hoch erwünscht. Dann: Ein Ueberblick über realisierte Semantic Web Applications von verschiedenen Anbietern in der Banken- und Versicherungswelt wird von Leo Keller, Blue Ocean SWS GmbH gegeben   More information: http://www.meetup.com/Frankfurt-Semantic-Web-Meetup/calendar/11992164/http://www.meetup.com/Frankfurt-Semantic-Web-Meetup/calendar/11992164/

December 3rd Protege 4.0 was released. So, what is new in this version? First of all it supports the OWL 2.0 specification, which is approaching approval. Other new features in this release are: support for editing multiple ontologies, menu drag and drop user interface elements, the ability to import from repositories on the web and more. Anyway, you can download it here.