Agenda, eGov IG Call, 11 Nov 2009

Agenda, eGov IG Call, 11 Nov 2009

13:00Z (9:00EST, 14:00GMT, 15:00CET)

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Chair: John



1. Scribe



2. Agenda adjustments and next meetings [2mins]

+ next meeting [25 Nov 2009]

+ next scribe



3. Open Actions [10min]



4. What's going on / coming up [30mins]

+ TPAC 2009

+ ISWC

+ Open Knowledge Foundation event [13 Nov 2009, London]

+ Jurix Conference



5. Discussion: Government Linked Data, Techniques and Technologies [45mins]

+ how does linked data support (non-RDF) data consumers?

+ strategies for modelling government data

+ essential metadata for Government Linked Open Data (eg VoiD)

+ expressing rights and licensing information

+ approaches to provenance, authority and trust

+ using RDF for Statistical Data





Who can participate:

http://www.w3.org/2007/eGov/IG/participation




How to participate:

http://www.w3.org/2007/eGov/IG/wiki/Teleconferences




Notes,



On the last group call five areas were discussed, as being the main work areas for the group over this year:



- Government Linked Data, Techniques and Technologies

- Government Linked Data, Strategies and Success Stories

- Best Practices for using Web Technologies to Deliver Government Services

- Best Practices for Long-Term Government Data Management Issues

- Best Practices in Government Use of Social Media



We agreed we would pick up on one each of these over the next set of group calls. This call will be addressing the first of these topics, "Techniques and Technologies for Government Linked Data".



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