The Linked Data Journey

The Linked Data Journey

Richard WallisTechnology EvangelistTalis

[email protected]

@rjw

Wednesday, 12 January 2011

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Web


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



unqualified links

no such thing as a negative linkWednesday, 12 January 2011


unqualified links

no such thing as a negative link :-(Wednesday, 12 January 2011

Intranet


http://www.flickr.com/photos/articnomad/12528603/

Intranet

the Web behind a firewall



Intranet


built on global innovation



Intranet


built on global innovation⁁open


Semantic Web


2001 - 2007


2001 - 2007

Semantic Web Research

Standards BuildingRDF SPARQL


Linked Data

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


http://tinyurl.com/ldlibraries

http://tinyurl.com/ldlibraries


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


Linked Data


Tim Berners-Lee

Mark Fischetti

Amazon.com

⤵⤵ ⤵ Harper Paperbacks

⤵Author

Author Published by

Sold by

Linked Data

Weaving the Web


Governments


Media

GuardianNYTBBC

Media


BBC Wildlife Finder


•Stunning BBC Video & Audio

BBC Wildlife Finder


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

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

BBC Wildlife Finder




•Linked Data Principles Add your value - link to others

- Description text maintained in Wikipedia

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


The Web of Data


The Web of DataCommercial

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Commercial data linked in


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An internal Web of Data - merging data sets


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Linking out to draw in valuable public resources


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Controlled mixing public & private


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Controlled mixing public & private

Building on global innovation


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Help with all this?

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




Help with all this?


Data.gov.uk




Help with all this?

Community Groups


Data.gov.uk




Help with all this?

Community GroupsLinked Data Meetups


Data.gov.uk




Help with all this?



Open Source

Data.gov.uk




Help with all this?



Open Source

Nodalities

Data.gov.uk

www.talis.com/nodalities




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Help with all this?



Open Source

EventsNodalities

Data.gov.uk




Help with all this?



Training Courses

Open Source

EventsNodalities

Data.gov.uk




Help with all this?



Training CoursesMentoring

Open Source

EventsNodalities

Data.gov.uk




Help with all this?




Open Source

Consultancy

EventsNodalities

Data.gov.uk




Help with all this?




Open Source

Consultancy

Events

Linked Data Hosting

Nodalities

Data.gov.uk




Summary


Summary

Linked Data - building towards a Semantic Web


Summary


Pragmatic implementation of web standards


Summary



New ways of thinking


Summary




Web ready - Web native data


Summary





Merging dissimilar data sets


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Of equal value behind the firewall


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Link in value from internal and external data


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Emerging global data markets


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Emerging global data markets

Early days but rapid progress - help availableWednesday, 12 January 2011

The Linked Data Journey

Richard WallisTechnology EvangelistTalis

[email protected]

@rjw




The Linked Data Journey

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