I don't know if it would help but I know that NIST has a department that is
involved with getting out what happens at nist through facebook for instance.
Also some YouTube channels. Maybe they have contacts with journals. (01)
Just a thought. (02)
Sent from my phone (03)
Frederic de Vaulx
Program Manager
Prometheus Computing LLC
301-975-2084 (04)
On Apr 15, 2011, at 12:02, Peter Yim <peter.yim@xxxxxxxx> wrote: (05)
> Great idea, Ali ... I am all for it!
>
>
> Besides putting in the effort to produce a media kit ... we need
> someone who has the expertise, experience, and most importantly (I
> think) the connections to help get the right kind of attention by the
> tech media.
>
> Besides Rex, anyone else who would like to step up and provide support
> (or more importantly, leadership?)
>
> Your list is great ... may I also suggest (these are more doable, just
> effort, experience definitely helps, but probably no connections
> needed):
>
> http://www.wikipedia.org/ - wikipedia article(s)
> http://en.wikipedia.org/ (English) ... but hopefully other languages too
> http://slashdot.org
>
> ... additionally, send the endorsement solicitation to the Communique
> around to ALL relevant mailing lists.
>
> Thank you for the great suggestion! (This has been, traditionally, a
> weak spot for most of us, I believe.)
>
>
> Best. =ppy
> --
>
>
> On Fri, Apr 15, 2011 at 7:42 AM, Ali Hashemi <ali@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>> How would people feel about developing a media kit as a follow up to this
>> year's ontology summit?
>> While there some articles about the semantic web or specific AI technologies
>> have appeared in the (business and technology) press, the term ontology has
>> not really penetrated popular consciousness in a meaningful way. A vital
>> step in expanding the role of ontology in industry is to familiarize the
>> broader background of the audience, so it is not even an issue to get glazed
>> looks or have to continually run through basic background. The least that
>> can be done is to facilitate the reporting of ontology developments -
>> especially if it is picking up steam.
>> As it would apply to the summit, what is newsworthy is the readiness and
>> potential for ontology for industry, as a point of interest to the business
>> and technology press. Ontology is around you, and industry is realizing its
>> value in greater numbers - you should find out what all the fuss is about.
>> To wit, outlets such as:
>>
>> http://wired.com/
>> http://techcrunch.com/
>> http://arstechnica.com/
>> http://technologyreview.com/
>> http://www.physorg.com/
>> http://www.sciencedaily.com/
>> http://eurekalert.com/
>>
>> among others report on similar developments in other technologies, or simply
>> even published papers. (They often also run articles that are little more
>> than verbatim copies of press releases from a university or corporation.)
>> It should be relatively straightforward to provide the requisite material to
>> write a story about the upcoming, emerging wave of ontology (not just
>> semweb) based solutions in industry. What we could provide in such a press
>> kit could include relevant background such as:
>>
>> the communique itself
>> brief about the summit (why, what happened)
>> brief about ontology itself (why all the fuss)
>> brief about the community (i.e. role of ontolog and social networking in
>> bringing people together)
>> links to successful use cases
>> summary of some of the more exciting, promising potential in cutting edge
>> research
>>
>> Optionally, we might even provide a press release demonstrating a possible
>> story that could be told with this information. If there is video being
>> taken at the summit, and if the production values are adequate, the video
>> can be used as supplementary material (or rather, edited 5 minute spurts
>> summarizing key points).
>> Before developing this idea further on this forum - is there interest and a
>> willingness to commit some time/effort to develop and pursue such an add-on?
>> Best,
>> Ali
>>
>> --
>> (•`'·.¸(`'·.¸(•)¸.·'´)¸.·'´•) .,.,
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