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2006年度上期
未踏ソフトウェア創造事業 採択案件評価書
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１．担当ＰＭ
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David J. Farber （カーネギーメロン大学 特別優秀教授）
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２．採択者氏名
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開発代表者
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松村 郁生 （京都大学 大学院 情報学研究科 修士課程 １年 ）
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共同開発者
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宮浦 宏暢 （京都大学 大学院 情報学研究科 修士課程 １年 ）
尾曽越 雅文 （京都大学 大学院 情報学研究科 修士課程 １年 ）
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３．プロジェクト管理組織
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株式会社トランス・ニュー・テクノロジー
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５．テーマ名
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End-user Initiated
Light-weight Semantic Web Services Platform
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７．テーマ概要
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Lots of systems that is spread
in the Internet now are made being assume to be used by a human being and
the functional description and a practical process is inconsistent and it
is roughly impossible to say a computer understands and uses this. Against
it, Web Services which are designed on the bases of a unified standard and
can be invoked by computers has been spread. Still more, Semantic Web
Services (SWS) in which these Web Services are automatically discovered /
composed / executed. However, the SWS are still in a stage of research and
have not been spread widely.
The aim of this project is to dramatically increase utilization
efficiency of the Web by letting the SWS spread and automate searching and
processing of information on the Web for end-users. To achieve this, we
grasp the SWS as more light-weight and construct a web-based platform
“Patchservice” which encourage the end-user initiated spread of the SWS.
Former (Semantic) Web Services have not been spread easily because
special knowledge has been needed to produce Web Services (and their
semantics). By producing services (and their semantics) in the end-user
initiated manner, the Patchservice realize positive feedback that services
and their semantics increase leveraged by user increase and user increase
leveraged by services and their semantics. We hope for explosive spread of
the SWS brought by the Patchservice.
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８．採択理由
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The momentum that
semantic webs have received in the past year has been impressive. I have
acted as an advisor to two companies that have just received significant venture
funding. The proposal to focus on end user initiated services gives an
interesting alternative to the classic approach and could yield not only
a useful set of ideas and user results but also the potential of starting
a major new direction.
I believe it is a valid comment on the part of the proposer that
currently there is an excessive amount of knowledge required to produce
such services for users. If their claim that their approach will
dramatically cut down on such specialized knowledge then it may indeed
lead to an explosion of the use of such systems like the PC did to the
use of computers. This is an example of a very interesting idea
which could run into problems due to its size and large number of pieces
and an aggressive schedule. I think my experience in dealing with such
projects will help define what can be done to structure the system to
gave the maximum operational features and the maximum extendibility in
the allocated time.
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９．開発目標
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The goal of the project
was to dramatically increase utilization efficiency of the Web by letting
semantic web service spread, and to automate searching and processing of
information on the Web for end-users.
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１０．進捗概要
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I was very satisfied with
the overall progress of the project. The group fulfilled the promised scope
of the activity in a professional and timely manner throughout the project.
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１１．成果
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Their software seems to
the limits of my inspection to be operational and there is a very
reasonable chance that it could be picked up by a company or venture group
and made into a valuable commercial product.
One of the
main goals of the proposed activity was to enable end user creation of
semantic webs. I believe they have accomplished this demonstration.
Semantic Web systems are a rapidly evolving field with many applications in
the widely distributed IT areas of corporations. Systems like the one
developed.
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１２．プロジェクト評価
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The group has utilized
the IPA effort to make a major step in to productization. They have
presented a realistic estimate of future directions and resources necessary
to attain them.
I feel that
this group not only produced an effort that IPA can be proud of but also
matured considerably since the initial meeting we had at the beginning of
the project.
Their final
presentation was also remarkably professional and solid.
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１３．今後の課題
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As mentioned in the
sections above, I believe the project is ready to be developed into a commercial
product and could be picked up by a company or venture group.
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