Stanbol is crucially important to us at Fogbeam Labs, and I have
intended for some time to get more involved in the project.  Time has
been the limiting factor, but I will try to find a way to carve out
some time now.  Especially now that we're wrapping up some other work
that was sort of pre-requisite to the stuff we're doing with Stanbol.


Phil

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On Mon, Mar 20, 2017 at 4:43 AM, Fabian Christ
<christ.fab...@googlemail.com> wrote:
> Hi Stanbolers,
>
> thanks for all the replies. This looks really promising and is a good
> sign that so much interest still exists in using the Stanbol
> technology.
>
> Now, we have to figure out a way to get everyone on board to start
> contributing and taking responsibility for the project.
>
> Best
> Fabian
>
> 2017-02-27 13:14 GMT+01:00 Andrea Nuzzolese <andrea.nuzzol...@istc.cnr.it>:
>> Hi all,
>>
>> first, sorry for the late reply, nevertheless I hope this email could be 
>> helpful to the discussion.
>> At the Semantic Technology Laboratory of the CNR in Italy we have been using 
>> Apache Stanbol since it was born and we are still using it in different 
>> research projects dealing with semantic enhancement of content.
>>
>> Additionally, few months ago we founded a start-up (basically a spin-off of 
>> the CNR) which re-uses many parts of the Stanbol stack within its products.
>> Hence, as a start-up we would be really interested in the future of Apache 
>> Stanbol and we can put some effort by providing some additional developers 
>> to contribute to its evolution.
>>
>> —
>> Andrea Giovanni Nuzzolese, Ph.D.
>> Semantic Technology Laboratory (STLab)
>> Institute for Cognitive Science and Technology (ISTC)
>> National Research Council (CNR)
>> Via Nomentana 56, Roma - Italy
>>
>>> On 24 Feb 2017, at 16:08, A. Soroka <aj...@virginia.edu> wrote:
>>>
>>> Yes, it would certainly be best to have more than one opportunity, with 
>>> such a global group. If you are not available on Monday, Rafa, let's not 
>>> push for that date. Let's find a date to start with that is good for both 
>>> you and Rupert.
>>>
>>> Rupert?
>>>
>>> ---
>>> A. Soroka
>>> The University of Virginia Library
>>>
>>>> On Feb 24, 2017, at 10:00 AM, Rafa Haro <rh...@apache.org> wrote:
>>>>
>>>> Hi,
>>>>
>>>> I wouldn't be available next Monday, but maybe we can organize more than
>>>> one :-). I insist, in order to make any sense out of this we need @Rupert
>>>> to join these meetings. He is, by far, the most experienced Stanbol
>>>> developer and the one with the broader knowledge. Please @Rupert, raise
>>>> your voice man :-)
>>>>
>>>> Cheers,
>>>> Rafa
>>>>
>>>> On Fri, Feb 24, 2017 at 3:33 PM Michal Krajňanský <
>>>> michal.krajnan...@gmail.com> wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> Hi Mr. Soroka,
>>>>>
>>>>> Thank you for quick reply and direct call proposal. It will be my pleasure
>>>>> to meeting you virtually.
>>>>>
>>>>> The suggested time Monday 27th 10AM EST works well, so you may consider it
>>>>> settled. I will try to get involved also the managing director of our
>>>>> department located in Brno, Czech Republic, Matej Dusik.
>>>>>
>>>>> I am looking forward to having a fruitful discussion.
>>>>>
>>>>> Best Regards,
>>>>>
>>>>> Michal Krajnansky
>>>>>
>>>>> On Fri, Feb 24, 2017 at 3:22 PM A. Soroka <aj...@virginia.edu> wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>> We had a few volunteers to begin learning the codebase to take it
>>>>> forward,
>>>>>> and willingness from at least some of the current committers to teach,
>>>>> but
>>>>>> I think we need a bit more organization! :grin:
>>>>>>
>>>>>> I will make a concrete suggestion. Would it be possible to have a video
>>>>>> call (perhaps with Google Hangout) about this on (just throwing out a
>>>>> date
>>>>>> here) this coming week, Monday 27 February, at 10AM EST?
>>>>>>
>>>>>> I would be able to attend. I realize that we are a far-flung group, so
>>>>> I'm
>>>>>> just throwing out that date to get us started. The most important thing,
>>>>> of
>>>>>> course, is to get as many current committers involved as is practical.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> ---
>>>>>> A. Soroka
>>>>>> The University of Virginia Library
>>>>>>
>>>>>>> On Feb 24, 2017, at 8:50 AM, Michal Krajňanský <
>>>>>> michal.krajnan...@gmail.com> wrote:
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Dear Stanbol users,
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> I was wondering, if there were any results of the discussion about the
>>>>>>> Apache Stanbol future.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> I work for a R&D team of Konica Minolta Laboratory Europe, and we have
>>>>>> been
>>>>>>> using Stanbol enhancement pipeline in our prototypes concerning
>>>>>> information
>>>>>>> extraction from unstructured data.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> We are highly interested in the continuing evolutoin of the Stanbol
>>>>>>> project, and willing to actively support it. Is here anyone who could
>>>>>> tell
>>>>>>> us, what would be a good way to approach the existing Stanbol
>>>>>> stakeholders,
>>>>>>> and support the project by active development and possibly via other
>>>>>> ways?
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Michal Krajnansky
>>>>>>> Research Specialist Junior, Konica Minolta Laboratory Europe
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> On Mon, Jan 23, 2017 at 6:14 PM A. Soroka <aj...@virginia.edu> wrote:
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> Perhaps we can start a page for people to put their name down for
>>>>> this?
>>>>>> I
>>>>>>>> couldn't find an Apache wiki site-- is there somewhere the developers
>>>>>> think
>>>>>>>> appropriate?
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> ---
>>>>>>>> A. Soroka
>>>>>>>> Apache Jena / The University of Virginia Library
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> On Jan 23, 2017, at 12:08 PM, Aaron Coburn <acob...@amherst.edu>
>>>>>> wrote:
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> I would also be very interested.
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> We use the entityhub component quite a bit at our institution, and I
>>>>>>>> would be happy to be involved.
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> Aaron Coburn
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> On Jan 22, 2017, at 12:30 PM, Antero Duarte <a.fduar...@gmail.com>
>>>>>>>> wrote:
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> I would definitely be up for that!
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> On Sat, 21 Jan 2017, 3:33 p.m. A. Soroka, <aj...@virginia.edu>
>>>>> wrote:
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>> Ditto. If there are other folks who would be interested in
>>>>>>>> participating
>>>>>>>>>>> in something like this, now would be a good time to raise your
>>>>> voice!
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>> ---
>>>>>>>>>>> A. Soroka
>>>>>>>>>>> The University of Virginia Library
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>> On Jan 21, 2017, at 10:20 AM, Andrew Valencik <and...@affin.io>
>>>>>>>> wrote:
>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>> I think the "mandatory" documentation contribution is a great idea
>>>>>>>> (and
>>>>>>>>>>>> very reasonable). I'd be happy to partake!
>>>>>>>>>>>> On Wed, Jan 18, 2017 at 11:13 AM Rafa Haro <rh...@apache.org>
>>>>>> wrote:
>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>> I wouldn't mind to be involved in that but it would be almost
>>>>>>>>>>> "mandatory"
>>>>>>>>>>>>> to contribute some Developer Documentation as outcome of those
>>>>>>>> meetings
>>>>>>>>>>>>> :-). @Rupert we specially need you here :-)
>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>> On Wed, Jan 18, 2017 at 4:09 PM A. Soroka <aj...@virginia.edu>
>>>>>>>> wrote:
>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> I agree that the barrier to contribution is very high. I recall
>>>>>>>> having
>>>>>>>>>>>>>> issues with the documentation initially and the only
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> available book on Stanbol was not sufficient.
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> If there was renewed interest in bringing on other developers I
>>>>>>>> would
>>>>>>>>>>>>> be
>>>>>>>>>>>>>> interested in investing the time to learn to codebase.
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>> I second this!
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Perhaps (I know it's very difficult to organize synchronous time
>>>>>>>> for a
>>>>>>>>>>>>>> globally-distributed group but perhaps) we could try to
>>>>> organize a
>>>>>>>> boot
>>>>>>>>>>>>>> camp meeting on-line? In other words, those people who (like
>>>>>> Andrew
>>>>>>>> and
>>>>>>>>>>>>>> myself) would be willing to contribute as part of a larger
>>>>> effort
>>>>>>>> could
>>>>>>>>>>>>> get
>>>>>>>>>>>>>> some virtual time with one or more committers/PMC members to
>>>>> take
>>>>>> an
>>>>>>>>>>>>>> in-depth tour of the system from the developer point of view and
>>>>>>>> hear
>>>>>>>>>>>>> about
>>>>>>>>>>>>>> the outstanding architectural issues, maybe start to figure out
>>>>>>>> points
>>>>>>>>>>> of
>>>>>>>>>>>>>> contribution.
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>> I realize this would make a lot of demands on the committers
>>>>>>>> involved,
>>>>>>>>>>>>> but
>>>>>>>>>>>>>> it might be a way to inject some fuel into the effort.
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Just an idea...
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>> ---
>>>>>>>>>>>>>> A. Soroka
>>>>>>>>>>>>>> The University of Virginia Library
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> On Jan 18, 2017, at 9:54 AM, Andrew Valencik <and...@affin.io>
>>>>>>>> wrote:
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Hello!
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> We use Stanbol in production to annotate text with entities as
>>>>>>>> part of
>>>>>>>>>>>>>> some
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> of our data products.
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> We do this via the REST API.
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Originally we were using the content hub to store all the
>>>>>> documents
>>>>>>>>>>> but
>>>>>>>>>>>>>> saw
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> higher than expected failures.
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> The entity engines seem a bit more resilient to varying content
>>>>>>>> types
>>>>>>>>>>> /
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> encoding.
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> I agree that the barrier to contribution is very high.
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> I recall having issues with the documentation initially and the
>>>>>>>> only
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> available book on Stanbol was not sufficient.
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> If there was renewed interest in bringing on other developers I
>>>>>>>> would
>>>>>>>>>>>>> be
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> interested in investing the time to learn to codebase.
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Thanks!
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> On Wed, Jan 18, 2017 at 5:53 AM Raffaele Palmieri <
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> raffaele.palmi...@gmail.com> wrote:
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Dear community,
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> we are using 0.12 version with content hub. I find Stanbol
>>>>> very
>>>>>>>>>>>>>> flexible to
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> enhance content, specially those unstructured ones.
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> For that regards connections with other projects, we have done
>>>>>>>> some
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> thoughts about the use with Apache Marmotta with nosql
>>>>> backends
>>>>>>>> for
>>>>>>>>>>>>> big
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> data scenarios. Also with Apache Manifold to implement
>>>>>> enrichment
>>>>>>>> of
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> existent document repositories, that's a common request.
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Regards,
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Raffaele.
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> 2017-01-16 22:41 GMT+01:00 Antero Duarte <
>>>>> a.fduar...@gmail.com
>>>>>>> :
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Hi there,
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Stanbol is very useful for me! Greatest and easiest tool for
>>>>> us
>>>>>>>> to
>>>>>>>>>>> do
>>>>>>>>>>>>>> NLP
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> and linked data. Has there been any discussion to move
>>>>> towards
>>>>>> a
>>>>>>>>>>>>> nosql
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> storage solution, or is solr still the best thing for us?
>>>>> Also,
>>>>>>>> what
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> about
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> upgrading solr? How much work would be involved in that?
>>>>>> Anyway,
>>>>>>>>>>>>> great
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> tool, really hope this doesn't die!!!
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Regards,
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Antero
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> On Mon, 16 Jan 2017, 4:43 p.m. Bertrand Delacretaz, <
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> bdelacre...@apache.org>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> wrote:
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> On Mon, Jan 16, 2017 at 2:28 PM, Rafa Haro <
>>>>> rh...@apache.org>
>>>>>>>>>>>>> wrote:
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> ...I participated
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> also in the development of the Java client, so I could take
>>>>>> the
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> responsibility of bringing that one as well...
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> FWIW, I won't be involved in decisions about this as I left
>>>>>> the
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Stanbol PMC a while ago - I'm just commenting from a
>>>>> community
>>>>>>>>>>> point
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> of view, as an experienced Apache member.
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> A while ago Stanbol was "larger" and more focused on its
>>>>> core,
>>>>>>>> but
>>>>>>>>>>>>> as
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> its community becomes smaller (IIUC) it's probably good to
>>>>>> bring
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> everyone here, as much as possible, even it it means a
>>>>>> slightly
>>>>>>>>>>> less
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> focused codebase. This can also help recruiting more active
>>>>>>>>>>>>> committers
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> and PMC members by involving them directly here.
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> That might make Stanbol more sustainable, as a community of
>>>>>>>> people
>>>>>>>>>>>>> who
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> need similar functionality.
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> -Bertrand
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> --
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Andrew Valencik
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Data Scientist
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
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>>>>>>>>>>>>> http://twitter.com/valencik>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>> |
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>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>> --
>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>> Andrew Valencik
>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>> Data Scientist
>>>>>>>>>>>>
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>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>
>>
>
>
>
> --
> Fabian
> http://twitter.com/fctwitt

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