Re: Deserted Island Sem Web reading list

Dear Denny,

The deserted island (in the global IT infrastructure) is the metaphor for exactly a place for which "access to internet AND academic publications in a library AND science journals in a library AND off-the-shelf paperbacks via online vendors" does not apply.


And unfortunately the poor souls in exactly such a predicament cannot get a raft to leave.

This is the fate of billions of people around the world in terms of the available IT infrastructure to them.


Milton Ponson
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________________________________
 From: Denny Vrandečić <denny.vrandecic@wikimedia.de>
To: ProjectParadigm-ICT-Program <metadataportals@yahoo.com> 
Cc: "public-lod@w3.org" <public-lod@w3.org>; semantic-web <semantic-web@w3.org> 
Sent: Wednesday, September 12, 2012 4:53 PM
Subject: Re: Deserted Island Sem Web reading list
 
I have the feeling that if you are on a deserted island, the Semantic
Web might not be the most urgent topic to learn about.

My suggestion would be to take some books that teach you how to build
and navigate a raft, return to a place with a reasonable internet
connection, and learn by building applications using data found in the
LOD cloud.
Once you are there, "Programming the Semantic Web", "Learning SPARQL",
"A Semantic Web Primer", "Foundations of Semantic Web Technologies",
"About Face 3" should amount to a good start.

Cheers,
Denny

2012/9/12 ProjectParadigm-ICT-Program <metadataportals@yahoo.com>:
> We are working on creating shortlists of books that are recommended for
> mastering complex issues in ICT for development (ICT4DEV).
>
> Because access to internet AND academic publications in a library AND
> science journals in a library AND off-the-shelf paperbacks via online
> vendors is a luxury only the USA, the European Union and a select group of
> other countries have to offer to its citizens I am asking the input of the
> list subscribers on the Ultimate List for Semantic Web and Linked Data for a
> deserted island. Only ten (10) titles are allowed.
>
> These ten books must cover all issues related to and/or relevant to linked
> data and the semantic web.
>
> Recommendations and additional pointers are welcome. If we can do with less
> than 10 books I'd like to hear, if more than 10 are absolutely in order,
> too.
>
> Milton Ponson
> GSM: +297 747 8280
> PO Box 1154, Oranjestad
> Aruba, Dutch Caribbean
> Project Paradigm: A structured approach to bringing the tools for
> sustainable development to all stakeholders worldwide by creating ICT tools
> for NGOs worldwide and: providing online access to web sites and
> repositories of data and information for sustainable development
>
> This email and any files transmitted with it are confidential and intended
> solely for the use of the individual or entity to whom they are addressed.
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