ContentDesk) February 2, 2006 — Working under the IST programme-funded OntoGrid project, they are catalysing the evolution of the Grid from a distributed network of computers in which the meaning of information is implicit and hidden into a medium that will allow computers as well as humans to interpret and share semantically-enriched data.
By overcoming cross-organisational, cross-industry and cross-country boundaries, and increasing interoperability by making semantic assumptions explicit, the Semantic Grid promises to aid organisations and businesses in any field where input from multiple and potentially highly differentiated actors is required. What we are doing is enriching the Grid with semantics, explains Asuncin Gmez-Prez at the Universidad Politcnica de Madrid, and one of the OntoGrid coordinators. This is a visionary initiative. Few other researchers are working in this area at present.
Grid infrastructure. One will consist of an insurance settlement system linking together the various parties involved in resolving insurance claims as a way to reduce costs, increase cross-organisational collaboration and fight fraud. The other will offer quality analysis for satellite images, allowing users to transparently obtain and analyse information from different data centres.
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