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Industry Training Questionnaire STI International (www.sti2.org) is planning training and certification for practitioners in semantic technologies. In order for us to provide the best service possible, please take a few minutes to give us feedback on your requirements and wishes. Thank you in advance!
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1. For what purposes are you interested in using semantics in your company?
Annotation
Improved search
Matching between data
Integration of data
Improved data navigation
Standardization of vocabulary
Consistency checking
Personalisation
Knowledge management
Inference of new knowledge
Other
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2. When do you expect to be using semantic technologies prototypically for evaluation and testing purposes?
Already in use
In the next 12 months
Medium term (1-3 years)
Long term (3+ years)
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3. Do you use or intend to use any of the following tools?
Data Management: Aduna Metadata Server
Data Management: Haystack
Data Management: OWLIM
Data Mangement: Other
Ontology Management: Jena API
Ontology Management: KAON2
Ontology Management: Sesame
Ontology Management: Other
Ontology Repositories: OntStore
Ontology Repositories: RDFPeer
Ontology Repositories: RDF2GO
Ontology Repositories: Other
Data Repositories: Dspace
Data Repositories: Lucene
Data Repositories: Zebra
Data Repositories: Other
Metadata Repositories: AllegroGraph
Metadata Repositories: Kowari
Metadata Repositories: RDFGateway
Metadata Repositories: YARS
Metadata Repositories: Other
Query Answering: Bor
Query Answering: Corese
Query Answering: KAONWeb
Query Answering: Oyster2
Query Answering: Other
Ontology Editor: Altova SemanticWorks
Ontology Editor: IBM Toolkit
Ontology Editor: Protege
Ontology Editor: TopBraid Composer
Ontology Editor: WebODE
Ontology Editor: Other
Ontology Learner: DODDLE
Ontology Learner: OntoLearn
Ontology Learner: Text2Onto
Ontology Learner: Other
Ontology Visualisation: CS AKTive Space
Ontology Visualisation: Longwell
Ontology Visualisation: Protege Tabs, e.g. OntoViz
Ontology Visualisation: Other
Ontology Versioning: DIP ontology versioning
Ontology Versioning: PROMPT
Ontology Versioning: SemVersion
Ontology Versioning: Other
Instance Generation/Editor: GATE
Instance Generation/Editor: KIM
Instance Generation/Editor: Magpie
Instance Generation/Editor: OntoMat-Annotizer
Instance Generation/Editor: Other
Semantic Web Service Tools: IRS-III
Semantic Web Service Tools: OWL-S tools (any)
Semantic Web Service Tools: WSMT
Semantic Web Service Tools: WSMX
Semantic Web Service Tools: Other
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4. When would you foresee the deployment of semantic technologies in your IT infrastructure?
Already in use
In the next 12 months
Medium term (1-3 years)
Long term (3+ years)
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5. Which of the following categories of semantic technology do you foresee that you will need for your use cases?
Ontology repository
Semantic query editor
Ontology browser
Ontology learner
Ontology matcher/merger
Ontology population
Semantic wiki
Instance data repository
Semantic query engine
Ontology editor
Ontology evaluator
Ontology evolution/versioning
Annotation tool
Semantic Web Services
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6. Which level of knowledge modelling do you think will be needed for your semantic systems?
RDF/S
SKOS/other lightweight schemes
OWL-Light
OWL-DLP
OWL/WSML-DL
WSML-Core
OWL/WSML-Full
WSML-Flight/Rule
Some other model
Don't know
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7. Which of the following aspects of deployment are more important to you when using semantic technologies? (from 1 – critical to 5- irrelevant)
Questions 7.1 to 7.10
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7.1. Scalability
1
2
3
4
5
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7.2. Expressiveness
1
2
3
4
5
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7.3. Performance
1
2
3
4
5
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7.4. Extendability
1
2
3
4
5
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7.5. Depreciation
1
2
3
4
5
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7.6. Cost to purchase the technology
1
2
3
4
5
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7.7. Integration into legacy systems
1
2
3
4
5
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7.8. Semantics from legacy data
1
2
3
4
5
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7.9. Acquisition of the ontologies
1
2
3
4
5
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7.10. Formulation of semantic queries
1
2
3
4
5
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8. How many days training per year do you foresee per employee in semantic technologies?
1 day
2-3 days
4-6 days
7+ days
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9. 1. How much would you expect to pay for 1 day's expert training?
Under € 150
€ 151-250
€ 251-500
€ 501-1000
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9.2. How much would you expect to pay for certification (registration & exam)?
Under € 100
€ 101-199
€ 200-299
over € 300
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10. Is it important for you if training is combined with a professional certification in semantic technologies?
Vital
Desirable
Neutral
Undesirable
Irrelevant
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11. Which industry sectors are relevant to the scenarios for semantic deployment in your company?
Media & Communication
Service Industry
Pharmaceutical & Health
Energy Sector
Banking & Finance
Technology Provision
Gov't & Public Sector
Transport & Logistics
Food Industry
Other
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12. How many employees would you estimate to need training in semantics to deploy the technology in your company?
Employees:
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13. Which staff would you send to a training programme?
Programmer
Project leader
Domain expert
Software engineer
IT department head
Ontology expert
14. Optional Information
Your Name:
Your Company:
Your Email:
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