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Semantic Web is a lot of fun
A couple of weeks ago, W3C has released a few logos for the Semantic Web.
As usual, in the open Web, the information went out a bit quickly. The usage policy on the logos is too restrictive for the Semantic Web community. They expressed it in a really entertaining way. The policy says:
The logo may not be used to disparage W3C, its Member organizations, services, or products.
Hey, that leaves a lot of room for parody! Semantic Web hackers prove once again that they have a lot of humor.
- Shelley Powers created a tasty one with the Semantic Web logo running after the microformats logo.
- Danny Ayers played with a shy blue man. It made me think about the roman empire troops tactic: testudo. He made another version with his kitty. The cat is out of the box.
- Laurian Gridinoc made a headache version of the famous cubic game. I wondered if someone tried to create to solve the cube with owl rules.
- Joe Gregorio goes underwater and dive into the mysteries of la
wyers.
Ian Jacobs will send an email to the Semantic Web mailing-list with the new policy this week. We listened your comments and we opened the box, but you will tell us what you think about it.
Update 23 October 2007: The new policy for Semantic Web logos has been proposed to the semanticweb mailing-list. Do you have a comment? Answer on the thread or here in the comments.
Filed by Karl Dubost on October 22, 2007 1:08 AM in Opinions & Editorial, Semantic Web, W3C Life
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I should work it into the 'tetris' slide somehow too ...
Joe Gregorio's allusion is to the movie '2001: A Space Odyssey' line "My God! It's full of stars!". It's an astronaut in space, not a diver underwater.
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I saw Danny's the day he posted it, and initially assumed he was just playing with SVG like Sam always does, thanks for letting me know! :-)