Ode to an OWL

(ending of the layer cake talk from about a decade ago — https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pv9fpW6bhdo)

So many thanks for lending me your ears

I’ll see you here again In ten more years

…

(around ten years later)

So now I’m older, and not given in to quite as childish a rhyme – so today I present a sonnet entitled

(by Jim Hendler)

Some say Semantic Web has gone away

ChatGPT and LLMs -the rage

Creating tons of texts to fill a page

Have knowledge-based AI outlived its day?

But look deeply at what these models do

A litany of errors does emerge

This poem’s to celebrate, it’s not a dirge

I’m thrilled with the great work that you all do.

For Knowledge graphs, ontologies, and schemes

We still need as way to reach AI

And thus I’m glad you all have found a home

here in this work ISWC explores these themes

Our vision stays alive – and thus say I

I’ll see you ten years hence with a new poem.