Web 3.0 / Semantic Web

What it means for academic users, libraries and publishers

Web 3.0 / Semantic Web

What it means for academic users, libraries and publishers

Where has it come from ?

Web 3.0 / Semantic Web

Is it here yet ?

Technology Adoption Curve

2.5%Innovators

2.5%

Innovators

2.5%

Innovators

16%Laggards

34%Late

Majority

34%Early

Majority

13.5%Early

Adopters

Maturity

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Rate

Web 3.0 / Semantic Web

Linked Data

Technical bit Technical bit ahead!ahead!

WARNINGWARNING

Linked DataLinked Data•URIsURIs – a generic means to identify – a generic means to identify

entities or concepts in the worldentities or concepts in the world

•HTTPHTTP – – a simple yet universal a simple yet universal mechanism for retrieving resources, mechanism for retrieving resources, or descriptions of resourcesor descriptions of resources

•RDFRDF – – a generic graph-based data a generic graph-based data model with which to structure and link model with which to structure and link data that describes things in the data that describes things in the worldworld

• SPARQLSPARQL – RDF query language – RDF query languagehttp://www.flickr.com/photos/hryckowian/

RDFResource Description

Framework

TriplesSubject --- Predicate ---> Object

ALPSP --- Held at ---> BIR

ALPSP --- web site ---> alpsp.org

Triple StoreSPARQL Query Language

Linked DataLinked Data

1.1.Use URIs as names for thingsUse URIs as names for things

2.2.Use HTTP URIs so people can look up Use HTTP URIs so people can look up those namesthose names

3.3.When someone looks up a URI, provide When someone looks up a URI, provide useful information, using standards useful information, using standards (RDF, SPARQL)(RDF, SPARQL)

4.4.Include links to other URIs. So they can Include links to other URIs. So they can discover more things.discover more things.

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PrinciplesPrinciples

Tim Berners-Lee

Technical bit Technical bit ahead!ahead!

WARNINGWARNING

Academia ?Academia ?

SilosSilos

VLEVLE LibraryLibraryPublishePublisherr

Shared Reliable Shared Reliable Metadata?Metadata?

How Can How Can Publishers Help?Publishers Help?•Publish your data

•DOI

Then what?Then what?

How Can How Can Publishers Help?Publishers Help?•Take the student to what they want

•Take the student DIRECTLY to what they want

Linked Data?Linked Data?Talis Aspire is built on the Talis Talis Aspire is built on the Talis

PlatformPlatform

•Software as a ServiceSoftware as a Service

•Linked Data PlatformLinked Data Platform

•Robust – standards based – Robust – standards based – scalablescalable

•Open API accessOpen API access

•List Items / Lists / Courses / student List Items / Lists / Courses / student intentionsintentions

•All concepts described in storeAll concepts described in store

•Many relationshipsMany relationships

•Between resourcesBetween resources

•Between CoursesBetween Courses

•Between resources across institutions / storesBetween resources across institutions / stores

Linked Data?Linked Data?

Linked Open DataLinked Open Data•Open access – open licensesOpen access – open licenses

•Student Satisfaction drives Student Satisfaction drives institutionsinstitutions

•Remove barriers to accessRemove barriers to access

•Get out of the wayGet out of the way

•The market will prevailThe market will prevail

•Business models ?Business models ?http://www.flickr.com/photos/

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Web 3.0 / Semantic Web

What it means for academic users, libraries and publishers

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