Refinder is the intelligent online collaboration tool for teams to collect and share information. Work together with colleagues, partners and customers. Semantics find the relevant for me, within my organisation, and from the world presented at http://www.meetup.com/Vienna-Semantic-Web-Meetup/events/34524942/ (c) Leo Sauermann, Gnowsis.com info@gnowsis.com http://www.getrefinder.com

1. Refinder
Where things come together
Refinder is the intelligent online collaboration tool for
teams to collect and share information. Work together
with colleagues, partners and customers.
www.getrefinder.com

2. 100% of people use email as social software
To Alex, Claudia@example.com, Mike@othercompany.com, … .. .
Subject Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Project CID Kick-Off
Dear Team members,
Attached is the latest version (including Mike‘s second changes after
Claudia‘s comments) of the minutes from the third project meeting.
Claudia, did you have this question on Clean Energy in Finland? I found
www.reegle.info, its ….
45% of time spent managing information
16% spent on facebook
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3. The Refinder Vision
Intelligent online collaboration to collect and share information
Take Existing Collaborative
Software Processes
Existing Processes Individual Needs
Information Silos Relevant Information
www.getrefinder.com
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4. 1 Enterprise Social Software
2 Meets Semantic Web
.istockphoto.com Linking Open Data cloud diagram, by Richard
4 9.11.2011 Cyganiak and Anja Jentzsch. http://lod-cloud.net/

5. Refinder Technology
SaaS in the Cloud, API, Connectors, RDF, Connectors
Software as a Service
www.getrefinder.com
Web interface
collaborate and
organize
API interface
extend and connect
RDF Data Model Recommender
semantic data store finds relevant data
Social Semantic Desktop connects to LOD
Linking Open Data cloud diagram, by Richard
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6. Recommendations to find relevant data
Refinder helps you to find relevant data for your current task
Input:
“I need information on Renewable Energy Sources
applicable in Finland for Finpower”.
• Refinder is able to find
• Finpower … internal Project known to you;
• Renewable Energy … corporate topic within group;
• Finland … publicly know country covered in snow and skiers.
Using Semantic Technologies Renewable Energy Information
can be retrieved from Reegle.info using integration with Poolparty.semantic-web.at.
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7. Our vision
Build intelligent collaboration tool where things come together
Our vision
• Freedom to collaborate • Semantics find the relevant
• from many applications, • for me
• on many topics, • within my organisation
• with many people • from the world
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8. Thanks,
questions!
@Refinder CEO CTO
Leo.Sauermann Bernhard.Schandl
www.getrefinder.com @gnowsis.com @gnowsis.com
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9. here be dragons!…backup slides
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10. More about the Features
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11. Refinder is an online tool
To start with Refinder, create an account
1 Go to 2 • Register
www.getrefinder.com
Accessible from desktop
and mobile devices.
For coworkers and
external partners
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12. Create a collection to invite teams
Collections are the collaborative workspaces in Refinder
3 Create a collection
For a project, topic, meeting….
4 Invite Team members
Can read/write into a collection
Receive notifications on updates
Internal coworkers or external partners
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13. Where your things come together
Collect information from different sources in one place. Connect people with data.

14. Collect Things With Refinder
Sharing information must be intuitive, easy, and beneficial.
1 Collect bookmarks
Collect websites from your browser
Connectors delicious.com or
sciencedirect.com,
more to come…
2
→
3
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15. Collect and Share Citations
Citations are not isolated but related to project tasks and goals
1 Search on Sciverse
Search results are analyzed and
collections recommended
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16. Collect Things With Refinder
Sharing information must be intuitive, easy, and beneficial.
1 Collect desktop data
Microsoft® Office Outlook®
Import contacts, events, emails, …
Other desktop connectors
available on request.
Support existing work
processes, integrate
existing data easily.
3
2
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18. Comment, Relate, Like, Export
Simple semantic annotations let you add the relevant data
1 • Rate 3 • Recommendations
attention and feedback create relations
2 • Comments 4 • Source
describe context connects to linked data
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19. use cases
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20. Use Case: Collaborative Research
Distribute knowledge work in a team
Consulting Agencies
Teams: 11people, 17people
Task: stay on top on energy-
saving technologies, public Topic:
grants, . buidling
solar
• File-Share, Emails, Web
• External Freelancers
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21. Use Case: Partners and Projects
Document decisions wtih external contractors, cooperation projects with partners
Collecting information for
a project in a collection.
Meeting: Slides, hotel,
participants, open
questions, minutes.
Share it with the project
participants.
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