Leigh DoddsProgramme Manager, Talis Platform@ldodds

Leigh DoddsProgramme Manager Talis Platform@ldodds

Open Data & The Semantic WebLondon Knowledge Lab

13th November 2009

Web Integrated Data

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Micro

Data

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Big

Data

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Open

Data

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Linked

Data

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Linked Open

Data

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Useful

Data

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Integrating with the web creates maximum utility

Three Stages of Web Integration

Stage 1: Publishing Data

Put the Raw Data Online

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Organize It, So It Can Be Found

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License It, So It Can Be Reused

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Wait For Great Things To Happen

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Stage 2: Web Accessible Data

Use Standard Open Formats

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Add a Web API

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Stage 3: Integrate with the Web

Identify Things

Link Them Together

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Wait For (more) Great Things To Happen

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Why Not Link the Data Model to the Web?

Identify Properties of Things

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Is there a uniform way to publish both data & model?

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RDF

RDF is a Web Native Data Model

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Many Ways to Exchange RDF data

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RDF/XML, RDF/JSON, RDFa, ...

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Linked Data?

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Creating Web of Data for People...

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...and Machines
(browsers, crawlers, ...)

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Networked Data creates Network Effects

Linked Data from the
New York Times

Quick Review

There are different styles of data publishing

Deeper web integration increases utility

Deeper web integration generates network effects

Linked Data maximises utility

Lets Make Great Things Happen

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Thanks! Questions?

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