Things are going well.  We are looking and working towards automation at work.  I am in two sub committee  working towards this goal.  Semantic is part of our focus, but we will work towards defining table and then convert these tables to N3 notations.

It is time to write that paper to submit to ecoop.  Unfortunately I am not done prototyping.

I have updated my report.  I have a high level idea, I need to focus on the details next.

Finally the call for paper has a English version of the submission requirement. http://www.gi-ev.de/fileadmin/redaktion/Autorenrichtlinien/guidelines.pdf

There is finally a call for paper from ecoop regarding Semantic Technologies.  Deadline for submission is April 26th, 2009.  Check out: http://km.aifb.uni-karlsruhe.de/ws/ast2009. 

I have been looking at Semantic Web and automation in the telecom domain.  How do I store a collection of xml files in Semantic Web database.  I am architecting a prototype of an end to end system using Semantic Web, database, servlet and Flex for GUI end.  I need to work out the details.

I have been away on business trip for the week.  Finally, I got some emails from ecoop.  I will have to look through that and select a paper to write.

I am looking at using Semantic Web to do company wide automation.  We are an engineering oriented company producing hardware and software that have finite behavior.  We should be able to specify the specifications and requirements with no grey area, we do not need human to decode information subjectively.  

I gave a short presentation this week to my director, managers and development team about using semantic web in our development process, mainly use it in conjunction with automation. If we could build a model of the hardware using semantic web to capture the behavior, relationship and entities of the hardware, we could use that information in automation to generate documentations, metadata to run our software, test data to test the application and more. I am now tasked to learn more about it and do another presentation in 2 weeks with more details and do a feasibility study.

I have subscribed to ECOOP mailing list. I would like to create a paper on automation using semantic web, anyone who know where to submit this paper or format for it, please advice.

I have another simple iPhone application with events handler working.

Semantic Web

I have been busy learning Objective-C 2.0 Programming Language to do iPhone programming. I am also learning how to use the Mac.
At work, there is an initiative to promote automation. I am formulating a plan to tie Semantic Web into this. I am reading some eBooks about Semantic Web to learn more. I want to use Semantic Web to define behavior and relationship of a telecom hardware. If I could do this, then I could use this data to generate metadata to run the hardware, generate test cases and also produce user specification documentation. If there are any changes to the hardware or behavior of the hardware, you will make changes to the data defined in Semantic Web and use automation to regenerate the needed outputs. You only need to make changes in one place. I will be doing a presentation at work this Thursday to show my draft idea.
Next, I will work on selecting a topic and selecting a conference to submit my paper. Maybe I can find a conference to submit a paper on Semantic Wed and automation to improve companies efficiency.

What is a "Call for paper"?

I am trying to figure what is a "Call for paper".  How should I be writing this paper; who are the audiences, purpose of call for paper...

From Wikipedia: A call for papers (CFP) is a method used in academic and other contexts for collecting book or journal articles or conference presentations. A CFP usually is sent to interested parties, describing the broad theme, the occasion for the CFP, formalities such as what kind of abstract (summary) has to be submitted to whom and a deadline.

A CFP is usually distributed using a mailing list or on specialized online services. Papers are usually submitted using an online abstract or paper management service.

I will need to think about this.

Finally, Hello World running on iPhone

Okay, after having spent 3 days digesting that 52 pages document on how to get an application onto the iPhone, I finally got it working.  There are numerous certificates to sign and many steps to get yourself licensed to develop applications for your own iPhone.  I have to install the iPhone SDK twice and download developer firmware software onto the iPhone. My timing was really bad, apparently iPhone software got updated a few days before the iPhone SDK got release.  So, when I use the older iPhone SDK to develop software for the new iPhone firmware, it did allow me to download my software.  I got notified of the new iPhone SDK today and I installed the SDK and everything just started working.  I am a happy camper for a little while.  A small step in developing iPhone software.     

Received Apple Activation Code

I received my Apple Activation Code within 24 hours of purchasing the iPhone Standard Developer license. Now when I login to iPhone Dev Center, I have an extra link on the webpage to Program Portal. One of the document there is called Program Portal User Guide. I will spend this evening digesting this 52 pages document.

IPhone Development is Pricey

It is expensive to develop for the iPhone. You must have a Mac machine. Next, you must have the right version of Mac OS. You need at least Leopard (10.5.4). I needed to upgrade mine from Tiger to Leopard and that cost $125.68 with student discount.
You can download the iPhone SDK and start development on the provided iPhone Simulator but to download software to your iPhone you need to get at least the Standard developer license and that cost $107.17 with tax. I have just paid Apple for the developer license and I will need to wait to get approval.
I am please to report that I have got the legendary "Hello World" application running on the simulator. So far, the progress is going as planned.

Draft Idea

Recently there has been a lot interest and discussion in the industry for iPhone development. I would like to focus on Mac and iPhone development. The risk I am facing here is they are both new areas to me. If I am successful, the reward for me is I would have learned to develop in the Mac environment for the iPhone.