follow the stars 25/11/2011
DESCRIPTION
Presentation about iRail Open Data initiatives and The DataTank given at Datasalon, ghentTRANSCRIPT
Follow the starsRESTful publishing of
high level Open Data
Miel Vander Sande (Ghent University – IBBT - MultimediaLab)
Pieter Colpaert (iRail NPO)
Missionary work Spreading
awareness
make your stuff available on the web (whatever format)
Organising events Bringing data
owners & consumers
together
Bringing data owners
& consumers together
make your stuff available on the web (whatever format)
Structure your data (e.g. excel instead of image scan of a table)
Good example Good example Open data in
ViennaOpen data in
Vienna
Structure your data (e.g. excel instead of image scan of a table)
But…
But… we can always do
better we can always do
better
Business intelligence
Business intelligence
Direct access for Apps
Direct access for Apps
Community contact
Community contactAutomatic
documentationAutomatic
documentation
More formats
More formats
Semantics
Semantics
Feedback
Feedback
Versioning
Versioning
Structure your data (e.g. excel instead of image scan of a table)
But…
But… with minimal
effort for the data
owner
with minimal effort
for the data owner
A data adapterImproving the web’s
serendipityImproving the web’s
serendipityPHP 5.3
PHP 5.3
RESTful
RESTful
Distributed
Distributed
Non-proprietary format (e.g. csv instead of excel)
One PUT request One PUT request
Feedback
Feedback
Versioning
Versioning
Non-proprietary format (e.g. csv instead of excel)
Business intelligence
Business intelligence Automatic
documentation
Automatic documentati
on
Web of things ready Identifying real world
objectsIdentifying real world
objects
Use URI to identify, output RDF
Name, FirstnameVander Sande, MielColpaert, Pieter
URI
URI
URI
Metadata
Metadata
Metadata
Elaborating your data Adding
semanticsAdding
semantics
Use URI to identify, output RDF
RDF Serialising
RDF Serialising
Elaborating your data Adding
semanticsAdding
semantics
Use URI to identify, output RDF
With optional basic ontology…
With optional basic ontology… Automatic
enrichmentAutomatic
enrichmentOntology mappingOntology mapping
RDF Serialising
RDF Serialising
Ontology sharing
Ontology sharing
First stable release The 5th of
DecemberThe 5th of
December
Feeling adventurous? Fork us on
Github!Fork us on
Github!
https://github.com/iRail/The-DataTank
https://github.com/iRail/The-DataTank
Credits
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