- From: Kingsley Idehen <kidehen@openlinksw.com>
- Date: Thu, 03 Apr 2008 15:45:30 -0400
- To: Hugh Glaser <hg@ecs.soton.ac.uk>
- CC: "public-lod@w3.org" <public-lod@w3.org>
Hugh Glaser wrote: > On 03/04/2008 12:41, "Kingsley Idehen" <kidehen@openlinksw.com> wrote: > > >> Hugh Glaser wrote: >> > ... > >>> Hugh >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >> Hugh, >> >> This is an example of many to come, where LOD needs to pitch the value >> of Linked Data to Information Publishers :-) I think they will >> ultimately publish and host their own RDF Linked Data once the intrinsic >> value is clear to them. >> > And when there is also actual extrinsic value? :-) > :-) > But yes, and making it easy for them, possibly by actually doing it for > them, is part of the bootstrap process. > Of course :-) > The thing I am trying to work out is exactly how to make the pitch that fits > with their business model, and where their profit line might come from. > This requires a serious understanding of the detailed business model for the > company in question (which is not necessarily a skill the an academic SW > researcher has!). > Here is my pitch: Make yourself more discoverable on the Web via your data . > We also have similar LOD installations for CORDIS (the EU funding agencies' > DB), NSF (a US funding agency), EPSRC (a UK funding agency), and ACM, among > others. We have now engineered them so that they can be moved to the > Information Publisher if desired. Such organisations sometimes have it as > part of their remit to publicise the results, so they should be easier to > deal with, in theory. > And they benefit in the same way, in line with goals of their Grants :-) > If anyone has a ready conduit to the appropriate place in such > organisations, we would be delighted to talk with them, showing them what > might be done. > Others: Same here :-) Kingsley >> -- >> >> >> Regards, >> >> Kingsley Idehen Weblog: http://www.openlinksw.com/blog/~kidehen >> President & CEO >> OpenLink Software Web: http://www.openlinksw.com >> >> >> >> >> >> > > -- Regards, Kingsley Idehen Weblog: http://www.openlinksw.com/blog/~kidehen President & CEO OpenLink Software Web: http://www.openlinksw.com
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