- From: David Wood <david@3roundstones.com>
- Date: Fri, 10 May 2013 10:47:01 -0400
- To: Luca Matteis <lmatteis@gmail.com>
- Cc: Kingsley Idehen <kidehen@openlinksw.com>, Linked Data community <public-lod@w3.org>
- Message-Id: <891C8B2B-EF0E-464E-B8FF-7B9614A89E28@3roundstones.com>
On May 10, 2013, at 10:02, Luca Matteis <lmatteis@gmail.com> wrote: > I actually think this is a issue of lack of clarity regarding Linked Data. I didn't know anything about Linked Data around 1 year ago, and most of my colleagues still don't understand what it is exactly, even if they are highly technical people We as a community need to spread the word in a more simple and compelling way [1]. > > 1. https://plus.google.com/111691116675501589298/posts/e5gK7etRuYo Yes, I completely agree, Luca. That's one reason we are working on the Linked Data book for Web developers: http://manning.com/dwood/ Regards, Dave -- http://about.me/david_wood > > > On Fri, May 10, 2013 at 3:45 PM, David Wood <david@3roundstones.com> wrote: > On May 10, 2013, at 09:39, Luca Matteis <lmatteis@gmail.com> wrote: > >> Actually I don't see Linked Data mentioned specifically. They mostly talk of Open Data and the "Project Open Data": http://project-open-data.github.io/ >> >> This interesting project also doesn't seem to mention Linked Data, which scares me a little. > > I understand your concern, but having the White House say "machine-readable" and "open formats" is huge. Linked Data is both, so it fits. > > Regards, > Dave > -- > http://about.me/david_wood > > > >> >> On Fri, May 10, 2013 at 3:16 PM, David Wood <david@3roundstones.com> wrote: >> On May 10, 2013, at 09:06, Kingsley Idehen <kidehen@openlinksw.com> wrote: >> >> > On 5/10/13 7:45 AM, David Wood wrote: >> >> On May 9, 2013, at 19:24, Kingsley Idehen <kidehen@openlinksw.com> wrote: >> >> >> >>> On 5/9/13 6:23 PM, David Booth wrote: >> >>>> FYI. Progress! Note that they mention "machine-readable formats like CSV, XML, and JSON". Now, how can we get these organizations to provide that information in Turtle, or provide mappings from those formats to RDF so that the semantics will be clear and information will be easier to link with other information? >> >>> Yes, a lot of progress. >> >>> >> >>> Remember, sometimes less is more, Turtle and RDF wouldn't add any critical value to consumers of the directive. Ultimately, this is actually about Open Data and Linked Data [1]. The narrative was deftly crafted by politicians who are masters of abstract communication. >> >> Actually, it was crafted by Deloitte and Microsoft who hope to make money on the newly released data. It is still progress ;) >> > >> > And they are instances subClasses with a lot of political attributes :-) >> >> Yeah, good point :) >> >> >> > >> > BTW -- the best practices section is all about Open Data and Linked Data [1]. >> >> Good stuff. >> >> Regards, >> Dave >> -- >> http://about.me/david_wood >> >> >> > >> > >> > Links: >> > >> > 1. https://twitter.com/kidehen/status/332508521314799618 -- thread about this matter (read from the bottom up). >> > >> > Kingsley >> >> >> >> Regards, >> >> Dave >> >> -- >> >> http://about.me/david_wood >> >> >> >> >> >>> The only downside for me was the hour I lost trying to the get the PDF [2][3] transformed into HTML via the plethora of PDF to HTML converters out there. >> >>> >> >>> Links: >> >>> >> >>> 1. https://twitter.com/kerfors/status/332528853098561538 -- thread that developed around the announcement >> >>> 2. http://www.whitehouse.gov/sites/default/files/omb/memoranda/2013/m-13-13.pdf -- PDF >> >>> 3. http://www.pdf.investintech.com/preview/35b2ec7e-b8c9-11e2-8a0e-003048d80846/index.html -- Converted PDF . >> >>> >> >>> >> >>> Kingsley >> >>>> On a related note, there will be a workshop on "RDF as a Universal Healthcare Exchange Language" at the upcoming SemTech conference in San Francisco: >> >>>> http://semtechbizsf2013.semanticweb.com/sessionPop.cfm?confid=70&proposalid=5296 >> >>>> >> >>>> -------- Original Message -------- >> >>>> Subject: We're making a lot more data open to the public >> >>>> Date: Thu, 09 May 2013 16:05:11 -0500 >> >>>> From: Todd Park, The White House <info@messages.whitehouse.gov> >> >>>> Reply-To: info@messages.whitehouse.gov >> >>>> To: david@dbooth.org >> >>>> >> >>>> We're making a lot more data open to the public >> >>>> The White House Thursday, May 9, 2013 >> >>>> >> >>>> Hi, all -- >> >>>> >> >>>> Earlier today, President Obama signed an Executive Order directing his >> >>>> administration to take historic steps to make government-held data more >> 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