the simple power of the link

Richard WallisTechnology Evangelist

Richard Wallis - so who is he?

richard.wallis@oclc.org@rjw

Semantic Tech& BusinessJune 2012

The Simple Power of the Link

Richard Wallis - so who is he?

Richard Wallis - so who is he?

Richard WallisTechnology Evangelist

Richard WallisTechnology Evangelist

Linked Data

Richard WallisTechnology Evangelist

The Simple Power Of The Link

Web?Semantic

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Web?

HTML

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Web?

URL

HTML

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Web?

http

URL

HTML

The

Web?

http

URL

Flash

Javascript

DOM

CSS

Ajax

SEO

Microformats RDFa

JQuery

HTML5

CSS3

XMLJSON

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http URLHTML

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Web?

HTML http URL

Web?

HTML http URL

Text text texttext text linktext. Text, texttext text, text.Text text - texttext - text text text.

Document

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HTML http URL

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Text text texttext text.Text: • link • linkText text, text.Text text - linktext - text text.

Document Document

Web?

HTML http URL

Text text texttext text linktext. Text, texttext text, text.Text text - texttext - text text text.

Text text texttext text.Text: • link • linkText text, text.Text text - linktext - text text.

Document Document

Web?

HTML http URL

Text text texttext text linktext. Text, texttext text, text.Text text - texttext - text text text.

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Document Document

http://example.com/page1

Web?

HTML http URL

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Linking at it’s corehttp://www.flickr.com/photos/leapkye/4407661949

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Linking at it’s core

link

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Powerful

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Semantic

Flying Cars Technology

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Semantic

Got a bad press

Linked DataLinked Data

Linked Data

Built on Semantic Web Standards

Linked Data

Linked Data

Built on Semantic Web Standards

All about identifying and linking things

Linked Data

Thing

Identifying things

Identifying things

Identifying things

1969-059A

Identifying things

spacecraft/1969-059A

1969-059A

Identifying things

spacecraft/1969-059A

nasa.dataincubator.org/spacecraft/1969-059A

1969-059A

Identifying things

spacecraft/1969-059A

nasa.dataincubator.org/spacecraft/1969-059A

http://nasa.dataincubator.org/spacecraft/1969-059A

1969-059A

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spacecraft/1969-059A

nasa.dataincubator.org/spacecraft/1969-059A

http://nasa.dataincubator.org/spacecraft/1969-059A

1969-059A

with URIs

Things have attributeshttp://nasa.dataincubator.org/spacecraft/1969-059A

Things have attributeshttp://nasa.dataincubator.org/spacecraft/1969-059A

28801.0kg

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United States

Cape Canaveral

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http://nasa.dataincubator.org/spacecraft/1969-059A

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name name.../

1969-059A

prefName

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28801.0

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name name

launch

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prefName

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name name

launch16 July 1969⤵date

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prefName

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name name

launch16 July 1969⤵date

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Cape Canaveral

prefName

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⤵⤵⤵mass

28801.0

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name name

launch16 July 1969⤵date

⤵site

N 28° 27' 31''⤵lat

.../1969-059A

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Cape Canaveral

prefName

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28801.0

Apollo 11 CSM

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name name

launch16 July 1969⤵date

⤵site

N 28° 27' 31''

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⤵⤵lat

long

.../1969-059A

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1969-059

Cape Canaveral

prefName

http://nasa.dataincubator.org/spacecraft/1969-059A

⤵⤵⤵mass

28801.0

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name name

launch16 July 1969⤵date

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RDF

N 28° 27' 31''

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long

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prefName

http://nasa.dataincubator.org/spacecraft/1969-059A

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28801.0

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name name

launch16 July 1969⤵date

⤵site

RDF

N 28° 27' 31''

W 80° 31' 59''

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long

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1969-059

Cape Canaveral

<../1969-059A> mass 28801.0 .<../1969-059A> name “Apollo 11 CSM” .<../1969-059A> name “Columbia” .<../1969-059A> prefName “Columbia” .<../1969-059A> launch <../launch/1969-059> .<../launch/1969-059> date 1969-07-16 .<../launch/1969-059> site <..site/capecanaveral> .<..site/capecanaveral> lat “N 28° 27' 31''” .<..site/capecanaveral> long “W 80° 31' 59''” .

prefName

RDF Triple

RDF Triple

Thing attribute value

property

RDF Triple

Thing value

property

RDF Triple

Thing value

Thing property Thing

property

RDF Triple

Thing value

Thing property Thing

../person/A

property

RDF Triple

Thing value

Thing property Thing

../person/A hasParent

property

RDF Triple

Thing value

Thing property Thing

../person/B../person/A hasParent

property

RDF Triple

Thing value

Thing property Thing

../person/B

../person/B

../person/A hasParent

property

RDF Triple

Thing value

Thing property Thing

../person/B

name../person/B

../person/A hasParent

property

“Eric”

RDF Triple

Thing value

Thing property Thing

../person/B

name../person/B

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property

“Eric”

RDF Triple

Thing value

Thing property Thing

../person/B

name../person/B

../person/A hasParent

property

“Eric”

RDF Triple

Thing value

Thing property Thing

name../person/B../person/A hasParent

Merging

RDF TripleMerging

RDF TripleMerging

The same identifier in a different place still identifies the same thing

Linked Data PrinciplesLinked Data Principles

Linked Data PrinciplesLinked Data Principles

1. Use URIs as names for things

Linked Data PrinciplesLinked Data Principles

1. Use URIs as names for things

2. Use HTTP URIs so people can look up those names

Linked Data PrinciplesLinked Data Principles

1. Use URIs as names for things

2. Use HTTP URIs so people can look up those names

3. When someone looks up a URI, provide useful information, using the standards - RDF

Linked Data PrinciplesLinked Data Principles

1. Use URIs as names for things

2. Use HTTP URIs so people can look up those names

3. When someone looks up a URI, provide useful information, using the standards - RDF

4. Include links to other URIs, so that they can discover more

Tim Berners-Lee - 2006

http://bbc.co.uk/nature/species/Mallard

http://bbc.co.uk/nature/species/Mallard SameAs

http://bbc.co.uk/nature/species/Mallard http://dbpedia.org/resource/MallardSameAs

http://bbc.co.uk/nature/species/Mallard http://dbpedia.org/resource/MallardSameAs

http://www.w3.org/2002/07/owl/sameAs

http://bbc.co.uk/nature/species/Mallard http://dbpedia.org/resource/MallardSameAs

primaryTopic http://blx1.bto.org/birdfacts/../bob1860.htm

http://bbc.co.uk/nature/species/Mallard http://dbpedia.org/resource/MallardSameAs

depiction http://open.live.bbc.co.uk/. mallard_1.jpg

primaryTopic http://blx1.bto.org/birdfacts/../bob1860.htm

http://www.flickr.com/photos/jolieodell/4540783805

http://www.flickr.com/photos/jolieodell/4540783805

Data Open and/or LinkedData Open and/or Linked

Data Open and/or Linked

1. Data can be open, while not being linked

Data Open and/or Linked

Data Open and/or Linked

1. Data can be open, while not being linked

2. Data can be linked, while not being open

Data Open and/or Linked

Data Open and/or Linked

1. Data can be open, while not being linked

2. Data can be linked, while not being open

3. Data which is both open and linked is increasingly viable

Data Open and/or Linked

Data Open and/or Linked

Paul Walk - UKLON

1. Data can be open, while not being linked

2. Data can be linked, while not being open

3. Data which is both open and linked is increasingly viable

4. The Semantic Web can only function with data which is both open and linked

Data Open and/or Linked

http://www.flickr.com/photos/ferretsunlimited/499495786

Linked Data

http://www.flickr.com/photos/ferretsunlimited/499495786

Linked Data

Linked Data WebThe

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⤵⤵Richard Wallis - so who is he?

Richard WallisTechnology Evangelist

Richard Wallis - so who is he?

richard.wallis@oclc.org@rjw

Semantic Tech& BusinessJune 2012

The Simple Power of the Link