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Hi Nicolas:

As soon as any brick-and-mortar business or pub around the corner is 
publishing a one-page description of itself on the Web (or even gets 
listed in a database-driven Web business registry), this business is 
doing e-commerce.

This is the mainstream definition of e-commerce in academia and 
practice: Using the Internet (or other open digital networks) for any 
stage in the business transaction - from search to transactions. There 
are of course different levels of e-commerce, from the the simple 
presentation of features to end-to-end transaction processing. But as 
soon as your business publishes its range of products or services on the 
Web (or even only in the Web of Data), this is e-commerce.

And that is exactly what GoodRelations is designed for: improving search 
and data interoperability for any business that is offering anything on 
the Web.

Hope that clarifies the issue.

Best
Martin




Nicolas Raoul wrote:
> Thank you for your answer!
> I am glad to know I can use it, I will look into that.
>
>   
>>>  Am I right that currently GoodRelations is only for e-commerce and
>>> does not apply to such businesses as hotels, restaurants, and
>>> brick-and-mortar shops?
>>>       
>> No, GoodRelations can be used (and is intended to be used) for exactly those
>> scenarios
>>     
>
> I am happy but confused. The GoodRelations webpage appears very
> misleading to me:
> 1) Motto is "GoodRelations The ontology for E-Commerce"
> 2) "the representational means required for e-commerce on the Semantic Web"
> 3) The general term used for businesses/etc is "Web resources"
> 4) "describing the types of goods and terms and conditions of items
> and services offered on the Web": it is not obvious that "on the Web"
> refers to "describing" and not to "offered".
>
> The Semantic Web describes the world. The tiny pub near my place will
> probably never do any e-commerce, but I want to describe it in the
> Semantic Web. I am glad GoodRelations allows me to do it, but why does
> it mentions e-commerce everywhere?
>
> Cheers,
> Nicolas.
>
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Check out the GoodRelations vocabulary for E-Commerce on the Web of Data!
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Webcast explaining the Web of Data for E-Commerce:
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http://www.heppnetz.de/projects/goodrelations/webcast/

Tool for registering your business:
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http://www.ebusiness-unibw.org/tools/goodrelations-annotator/

Overview article on Semantic Universe:
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http://www.semanticuniverse.com/articles-semantic-web-based-e-commerce-webmasters-get-ready.html

Project page and resources for developers:
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http://purl.org/goodrelations/

Upcoming events:
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Full-day tutorial at ESWC 2009: The Web of Data for E-Commerce in One Day: A Hands-on Introduction to the GoodRelations Ontology, RDFa, and Yahoo! SearchMonkey

http://www.eswc2009.org/program-menu/tutorials/70

Talk at the Semantic Technology Conference 2009: Semantic Web-based E-Commerce: The GoodRelations Ontology

http://www.semantic-conference.com/session/1881/

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