Semantically Enabled Personal Information Management with Cluug.com
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This document discusses Cluug, a personal information management system that uses semantic technologies to understand information items like emails, files, contacts etc. and connect them. It identifies entities, extracts metadata, and allows users to relate items to projects and tasks for recommendations. The Cluug platform provides APIs for developers to integrate extraction and recommendation services. Future versions will add social sharing and desktop syncing capabilities.
Semantically Enabled Personal Information Management with Cluug.com
- 1. Semantically Enabled Personal Information Management with Cluug.com Bernhard Schandl CTO, Gnowsis.com
- 2. The usual situation Email Calendar Contacts Files
- 3. The usual situation Email Calendar Contacts Files
- 4. Isn’t a (desktop) search engine enough? Search ok
- 9. Key Activities Filing Finding Organizing
- 10. PIM Tools • PIM Suites: Outlook, Thunderbird, Apple, ... • Mind mapping: MindManager, Freemind, ... • Note taking: Evernote, OneNote, ... • (Desktop) Search Engines: Windows, Google, Spotlight, ...
- 11. What is missing? • Storage, but no management • No “intelligence” • Information silos • Data, but no context • Items do not connect • Things go in but don’t come out
- 12. The Missing Link Email Calendar Contacts Files
- 13. The Missing Link Email Calendar Contacts Files
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- 18. • Cluug identifies, reads, and understands your information items: Emails, Files, Contacts, Appointments, Web pages, ...
- 19. • Cluug identifies, reads, and understands your information items: Emails, Files, Contacts, Appointments, Web pages, ... • Cluug allows you to connect them to each other and to relate them to Projects, Tasks, Topics,
- 20. • Cluug identifies, reads, and understands your information items: Emails, Files, Contacts, Appointments, Web pages, ... • Cluug allows you to connect them to each other and to relate them to Projects, Tasks, Topics, • Cluug gives you recommendations for potentially relevant items — no need to
- 21. Cluug Platform • The Cluug Platform is a SaaS Service on the Web — using Cluug means having an account for this platform. • Metadata (and fulltext, if applicable) are extracted and sent to the platform — analysis, recommendations, storage, indexes are done there. • The Cluug Web application provides search, navigation, and annotation.
- 23. Semantic Technologies in Cluug • “Things” are identified by URIs. • RDF is the core data exchange format. • RDF-based tools like Aperture for content extraction. • Things are analyzed and matched against already existing things. • External data sources are used to recommend new, unknown items and entities.
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- 25. Cluug and Linked Data • Cluug uses Linked Data sources (e.g., DBpedia) to discover potentially interesting entities. • Cluug provides a Linked Data view on a person’s entire information sphere: • Things have stable, globally valid URIs. • RDF descriptions are available. • Things are linked to each other, and to external data sources.
- 26. Cluug Integration • Cluug integrates tightly into end user applications. • This integration significantly increases the individual’s productivity — the need to search and navigate is reduced. • Desktop: Windows Explorer, Outlook, MS Office, Web Browser, ... • Web 2.0 platforms • Mobile platforms
- 30. Connecting Data and Things • Cluug provides a model for the representation of physical data that is associated to logical things. • Data can be directly referenced and accessed in their native applications. • For items that have no “native” URL, Cluug provides a URL schema and an extensible URL handler.
- 33. Cluug for Developers • Cluug provides two APIs: • Extractor & Recommender API: integrate content analysis, extraction, and recommendation components. • Connector & Client API: talk to Cluug services from applications, create and update things, search, get recommendations. • Both are based on REST principles, RDF serialization, OAuth authentication. • Clients for Python, C# (Java and PHP upcoming).
- 34. Current State • Cluug is currently in transition from alpha to beta. • We will start to give away connectors for Explorer, Outlook, and Firefox soon. • Contact us if you want to participate! • Your feedback is highly appreciated!
- 35. Roadmap • Cluug Version 2: Social Services • Create groups and invite people • Share selected things with your colleagues • Links, recommendations, annotations across all things from groups you are member of • Cluug Version 3: Desktop Sync Services
- 36. What We Search For • Do you have analysis / extraction / recommendation services that rock? • Do you have applications that you would like connect to Cluug? • Do you want to develop applications or services on top of Cluug data? • Do you want to evaluate Cluug in your organization? Let us know!
- 37. Thank you! Bernhard Schandl CTO & Research ✉ bernhard.schandl@gnowsis.com twitter.com/besbes http://www.gnowsis.com twitter.com/gnowsiscom http://www.cluug.com twitter.com/cluug
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