Linked Data for Development

Tim Davies, Christophe Gueret, Victor de Boer

LD4D at ISWC2012

Big to small data

• Linked Open Development– Transparancy

• Knowledge sharing in rural, developing areas

Three sessions• Part 1:

– Introduce Linked Open Data– Critical Sociological perspectives on LD– Examples in the International Development field

• Part 2:– Why Linked Data for Development– Bringing the Semantic Web and Linked Data to the Base of the Pyramid

• Relevancy• Infrastructure and connectivity• Interfaces

– IATI as Linked Data– Voice-based access to Market data in the Sahel– Distributed data sharing: OLPC and ERS

• Part 3: Handson session!