CONCEPTUAL
what types of semantic capabilities are feasible in current IT systems
how to incrementally equip a system with semantic features
design of semantic algorithms and queries on top of relational storage or triple storage
NLP systems (natual language processing based entity extraction)
EVALUATION
analysis and design of semantic algorithms and query systems
performance benchmarking (relational storage or triple storage)
semantic publishing of relational database schemas
IMPLEMENTATION
development of semantic algorithms and query systems on top of relational storage or triple storage
semantic publishing of relational databases
semantic messaging and distribution
semantic CMS (content management systems)
performance scaling of semantic middleware