- From: Kingsley Idehen <kidehen@openlinksw.com>
- Date: Sat, 21 Jun 2008 15:24:54 -0400
- To: Bob DuCharme <bob@snee.com>
- CC: public-lod@w3.org
Bob DuCharme wrote: > Kingsley Idehen wrote: >> Today we have ESPN and co. offering analysis via the traditional >> one-way TV medium. Tomorrow, I envisage a conversation space >> connected by analytic insights from "Joe Public" the analyst. Also, >> what's good for sports applies to Politics, Finance, Soap Operas, and >> other realms. > > What I'd really like to do as a next step is to identify a Linked Open > Data advocate who happens to watch a lot of one of the sports for > which more data is becoming available, and then encourage that person > to get in touch with one of the stats-oriented communities within that > sport to help make these stats available as a SPARQL endpoint. If it > was soccer, Uche would be an obvious candidate, but judging by > http://www.sportsstandards.org/oc the NHL, NFL, or MLB seem to be the > best places to start. > > At the next Boston/Cambridge/semweb/LOD meetup, I suggest you keep you > eye out for Red Sox, Bruins, or Pats-themed clothing... > > Bob > > Bob, I am a major Soccer, Football (NFL), Basketball (NBA), and Baseball (MLB) (play-offs only) fan. Uche and I share Soccer fan DNA amongst other things :-) I've looked at the site you suggested and it provides a number of great data sources for LOD and RDB2RDF projects. We will certainly have a crack at a Linked Data Space based on what's available. -- Regards, Kingsley Idehen Weblog: http://www.openlinksw.com/blog/~kidehen President & CEO OpenLink Software Web: http://www.openlinksw.com
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