Re: ArtistData...

Thanks for the Bucchi-ing... :-P

Have fun,
Chris


On Fri, Nov 21, 2008 at 1:01 AM, Aldo Bucchi <aldo.bucchi@gmail.com> wrote:

> Christopher,
>
> > LinkingOpenData-ed
>
> LOL.
>
> Why not just create the verb... let's get it "LOD'ed" or "loded".
>
> Let's get this database "loded".
> Or, let's LOD this database. ( Link as Open Data ).
>
> Neither "lod" nor "loded" are english words.
>
> Or, you can also try the shorter version:
>
> Could you Open and Link your Data Sources using Open Source OpenLink
> Data Spaces so it adds to the Linked Open Data Cloud?
>
> ...Please?
>
> Best,
> A
>
> PS: OpenLink Data Spaces is built atop Virtuoso, which can actually be
> used for this. The word didn't fit ;)
>
> On Fri, Nov 21, 2008 at 2:27 AM, Christopher Stewart
> <christopher.stewart@gmail.com> wrote:
> > Ho,
> >
> > Quoting M. Mulligan :
> >
> > "We have an API in the works to be completed in Q1 2009. We are also
> > bringing on a VP Tech around the same time, so would you mind touching
> back
> > then and we can talk more about this?  It's a little over my head,
> although
> > I get and support the general idea."
> >
> > Thus an opening and a date for 2009 we have.
> >
> > Have fun,
> > Chris
> >
> >
> > On Wed, Nov 19, 2008 at 10:42 PM, Christopher Stewart
> > <christopher.stewart@gmail.com> wrote:
> >>
> >> Hey,
> >>
> >>> Do they have an API ?
> >>>
> >>> Do they have Feeds that expose public versions of their aggregated
> data?
> >>>
> >>> The above are the critical pieces re. RDF-ization.
> >>
> >> I agree that those are critical pieces, yet I can see neither thus
> far...
> >>
> >> I have directed their co-founder and president (Brenden Mulligan)
> towards
> >> some of the LOD sites. I'll discuss further with him and when/if there's
> >> interest I'll reporting here, or invite him to join the thread...
> >>
> >> Chris
> >>
> >>
> >> On Wed, Nov 19, 2008 at 11:08 AM, Kingsley Idehen <
> kidehen@openlinksw.com>
> >> wrote:
> >>>
> >>> Christopher Stewart wrote:
> >>>>
> >>>> Howdy,
> >>>>
> >>>> I think they could become a significant nexus for artist-related data,
> >>>> and an important agent for the democratization of the semantic
> technologies.
> >>>>
> >>>> A huge amount of artists rely on social networks and music sites for
> >>>> promotion and distribution.
> >>>>
> >>>> Entering contents on such sites is a painfully tedious process (i.e.
> >>>> large number of services / no standards / so very few importers), and
> given
> >>>> the trends it looks as if it's only gonna get worse, until something
> is
> >>>> done. In other words, having the possibility to "post once, publish
> >>>> everywhere" is godsend.
> >>>>
> >>>> Thus the publishing service that ArtistData is offering has the
> >>>> potential to interest a huge amount of artists, and become a vital
> part of
> >>>> their organizations.
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>> For now ArtistData only handle shows, but they have plans to add
> "blogs,
> >>>> news, and more in the upcoming months" (hopefully, "more" means music
> >>>> metadata, photos, videos, contacts, ...).
> >>>>
> >>>> So, assuming that they're successful, then they will become a kind of
> >>>> funnel in which artists pour their contents, and via which music and
> social
> >>>> sites get fed. And once the funnel is made then it's easy to make it
> >>>> available to the general public also. Thus a lot of data will go
> through
> >>>> their hands before reaching their partner sites, and they'll have the
> weight
> >>>> of a huge amount of users behind them, so they'll be in a very good
> position
> >>>> to propose standards (they most probably will have to at some point or
> >>>> another if they want to keep their hair), and generally influence how
> music
> >>>> and social sites handle and represent data on their side.
> >>>>
> >>>> So, to restate my original message in less inspired language, it would
> >>>> surely be interesting to have ArtistData adopt RDF and the semantic
> >>>> technologies.
> >>>>
> >>>> Thus being said, ladies and gents, have a nice day (and might I add a
> >>>> belated happy birthday to K).
> >>>>
> >>>> Take care,
> >>>> Chris
> >>>> __________________________________________________
> >>>>
> >>>> Rock : http://myspace.com/poligraf
> >>>> Micro-Funding : http://poligraf.wordpress.com/
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>> On Wed, Nov 19, 2008 at 4:29 AM, Yves Raimond <yves.raimond@gmail.com
> >>>> <mailto:yves.raimond@gmail.com>> wrote:
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>>    Hello!
> >>>>
> >>>>    > Would be interesting to have the following MusicOntologized and
> >>>>    > LinkingOpenData-ed :
> >>>>    >
> >>>>    > https://www.artistdata.com/us/howitworks
> >>>>
> >>>>    Looks nice - a bit like ping.fm <http://ping.fm>, but for
> >>>>    music-related data :-)
> >>>>    However, I am not sure what there is to RDFize and interlink there,
> >>>> as
> >>>>    the data is posted to multiple sites (e.g. eventful, last.fm
> >>>>    <http://last.fm> etc.) but
> >>>>    not available directly or stored on artistdata.com
> >>>>    <http://artistdata.com>?
> >>>>
> >>>>    I am guessing writing a more complete linked data wrapper to the
> >>>>    last.fm <http://last.fm> api than the one at
> >>>>    http://dbtune.org/last-fm/ could allow us
> >>>>    to interlink data posted through artistdata.com
> >>>>    <http://artistdata.com>?
> >>>>
> >>>>    Cheers!
> >>>>    y
> >>>>
> >>>>    >
> >>>>    > Have fun !
> >>>>    > Chris
> >>>>    >
> >>>>    > __________________________________________________
> >>>>    > Christopher Stewart
> >>>>    >
> >>>>    > Rock : http://myspace.com/poligraf
> >>>>    > Micro-Funding : http://poligraf.wordpress.com/
> >>>>    >
> >>>>    > >
> >>>>    >
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> >>>>
> >>> Chris,
> >>>
> >>> Do they have an API ?
> >>>
> >>> Do they have Feeds that expose public versions of their aggregated
> data?
> >>>
> >>> The above are the critical pieces re. RDF-ization.
> >>>
> >>>
> >>> --
> >>>
> >>>
> >>> Regards,
> >>>
> >>> Kingsley Idehen       Weblog: http://www.openlinksw.com/blog/~kidehen<http://www.openlinksw.com/blog/%7Ekidehen>
> >>> President & CEO OpenLink Software     Web: http://www.openlinksw.com
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>
> >>
> >
> >
>
>
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