the linked data journey - observations of a fellow traveller

The Linked Data JourneyObservations of a fellow traveller

Richard WallisTechnology EvangelistTalis

richard.wallis@talis.com

Tuesday, 14 September 2010

The Linked Data Journey

Library of Congress: Fred Hultstrand and F.A. Pazandak Photograph Collection

Started some time ago...Tuesday, 14 September 2010

The Web of Documents

A global network of linked documents

A place where anyone can say anything about anything

A vast collection of human-readable knowledge (and opinion)

Documents are linked, but links are not qualified

Network of Linked Documents

unqualified links

Network of Linked Documents

unqualified links

no such thing as a negative linkTuesday, 14 September 2010

Semantic Web

2001 - 2007

Semantic Web Research

Standards BuildingRDF SPARQL

Linked Data

http://blog.ted.com/2009/03/13/tim_berners_lee_web/

A global network of linked documents

A vast collection of human-readable knowledge (and opinion)

Documents are linked, but links are not qualified

A global network of linked statements

A vast collection of machine-readable knowledge (and opinion)

Statements are linked, and links are qualified

The Web of Data

Semantic Web

Tim Berners-Lee Weaving

the Web

Mark Fischetti

Amazon.com

⤵⤵ ⤵ Harper Paperbacks

⤵Author

Author Published by

Sold by

Semantic Web

Tim Berners-Lee Weaving

the Web

Mark Fischetti

Amazon.com

⤵⤵ ⤵ Harper Paperbacks

⤵Author

Author Published by

Sold by

Linked Data

Governments

GuardianNYTBBC

Initial BBC Data Publishing

•BBC Backstage team - Outward looking

•BBC Backstage team - Outward looking•Publish Music & Programme data as RDF/SPARQL

•BBC Backstage team - Outward looking•Publish Music & Programme data as RDF/SPARQL•“Test the Water” — who/how — used/reused

•BBC Backstage team - Outward looking•Publish Music & Programme data as RDF/SPARQL•“Test the Water” — who/how — used/reused•Talis support

–Crawling / Harvesting–RDF Triple Stores–Open access APIs / SPARQL–Demonstrations

BBC Wildlife Finder

•Stunning BBC Video & Audio

BBC Wildlife Finder

•Stunning BBC Video & Audio•Rich content from other sources

BBC Wildlife Finder

– DBPedia — Animal Diversity Web — Arkive — IUCN Red List

BBC Wildlife Finder

•Linked Data Principles Add your value - link to others

BBC Wildlife Finder

- Description text maintained in Wikipedia

BBC Wildlife Finder

• Linked Data Practice- Embed links

BBC Wildlife Finder

• Linked Data Practice- Embed links - Publish RDF

BBC Wildlife Finder

• Follow-your-nose navigation

BBC Wildlife Finder

• Follow-your-nose navigation• SEO Goodness!

BBC Wildlife Finder

GuardianNYTBBC

Other Examples

So how do I do it!

at a timeOne Step

OneStep

Get your data out

for othersto consume and share

... by ‘data’ I mean ...

... by ‘data’ I mean ...Metadata - about your data

Categories/Ontologies

Subject headings

Links to assets

Subject headings

Links to assetsPermanent

TwoStep

Get your data in

to an open linkable standard format

open linkablestandard format

open linkable standardformat

URIs for identifiers

http://example.com/asset/12345

Wrapped in RDF

ThreeStep

Link it all about!

weave it in to the web of data

Author WikipediaPerson⤵⤵

New York Times

TopicSame As Same As

New York Times

Gene GeneSymbol⤵

Disease Associateddisease Symbol

New York Times

Add value to your/other sites/data

Gene GeneSymbol⤵

New York Times

Gene GeneSymbol⤵

Create serendipitous connections

New York Times

Lead people to your resources

Gene GeneSymbol⤵

Create serendipitous connections

The Data Publishing

Three-Step

The Data Publishing

Three-Step

Get your data outfor others to share

The Data Publishing

Three-Step

Get your data into linkable standard format

The Data Publishing

Three-Step

Get your data into RDF

The Data Publishing

Three-Step

Get your data in

Link it all aboutthe web of data

to RDF

Help with all this?

http://www.flickr.com/photos/stawarz/3300414267

Help with all this?

Community Groups

Linked Data Meetups

Open Source

Help with all this?

Community Groups

Linked Data Meetups

Open Source

Nodalities

Help with all this?

Community Groups

Linked Data Meetups

Open Source

Nodalities

www.talis.com/nodalities

Help with all this?

Community Groups

Linked Data Meetups

Training CoursesMentoring

Open Source

Consultancy

Events

Linked Data Hosting

Nodalities

The Linked Data JourneyStill early days

Many fellow travellers

Learn from others

Try it first

Learn from others

Try it first

One step at a time

Learn from others

Try it first

One step at a time

Open World Thinking

Learn from others

Try it first

One step at a time

Open World Thinking

Visualisation gets the message over

Learn from others

Try it first

One step at a time

Open World Thinking

Potential is enormous

Learn from others

Try it first

One step at a time

Open World Thinking

Potential is enormous

Help availableTuesday, 14 September 2010

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