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Semantic Markets

By mills - Posted on April 24th, 2008

What are semantic markets? 
Markets are places where buyers and sellers make transactions, directly or via intermediaries. Semantic markets are where supply and demand for products, services and solutions based on semantic technologies meet.

Semantic Exchange members profile buyers, suppliers, intermediaries, communities, and affinity groups.

Of interest are organizations and individuals who:

  • Adopt, invest in, and buy semantic technology based solutions
  • Supply, research, and develop semantic technology based products, services, solutions, and standards.
  • Comprise the media, provide industry research, deliver training, and education services

What is the structure of semantic markets? 

Semantic Exchange discusses semantic wave markets from horizontal and vertical perspectives. Each present multi-billion dollar opportunities in the near- to mid-term.

Semantic Exchange members profile horizontal and vertical markets. Market briefs may include, but are not limited to: name, short description, industry metadata, drivers, trends, directions, key requirements, customers, suppliers, products and services, competition, market sizing and growth, case studies.

Horizontal markets meet given needs of a wide variety of industries, rather than a specific one.
 
Horizontal market sectors for semantic technologies include:
  • Research and development
  • Information and communication technologies
  • Consumer internet
  • Enterprise horizontal.

Vertical markets meet the needs of a particular industry. A vertical market is a particular industry or group of enterprises for which similar products, services, and solutions are developed and marketed using similar methods and to whom these goods and services are sold. Each industry has both horizontal and vertical needs. Applications requirements are diverse, but vertical applications typically require domain knowledge and industry expertise in order to meet specific needs.

Vertical market sectors include:

  • Advertising, content, entertainment;
  • Defense, intelligence, security;
  • Civilian agencies, state & local government;
  • Education, training;
  • Energy, utilities;
  • Financial services;
  • Health, medical, pharma, life sciences;
  • Information & communications technology;
  • Manufacturing;
  • Professional services;
  • Transportation, logistics;
  • Other services