NASA Uses Semantic Web to Help Power its Constellation Program

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NASA Uses Semantic Web to Help Power its Constellation Program

By SemanticWeb.com on Jun 02, 2009 04:20 PM

Richard MacManus
SemanticWeb.com Contributor

ReadWriteWeb:

Semantic technology company TopQuadrant announced today that NASA is using its semantic application platform, the TopBraid Suite, to "model, organize, integrate and exchange data" within the NASA Constellation Program. The goal of the NASA Constellation Program, announced in 2004, is to explore the solar system - starting with a return to the Moon and ultimately aiming to explore Mars and other destinations.

Part of the reason NASA is using TopQuadrant is to reduce operational costs and shorten development cycles.

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