- From: Pat Hayes <phayes@ihmc.us>
- Date: Wed, 16 Sep 2009 15:13:47 -0500
- To: Kingsley Idehen <kidehen@openlinksw.com>
- Cc: Juan Sequeda <juanfederico@gmail.com>, public-lod <public-lod@w3.org>, Semantic Web <semantic-web@w3.org>
How about calling it a Data Link-a-thon ? On Sep 16, 2009, at 1:48 PM, Kingsley Idehen wrote: > Juan Sequeda wrote: >> The objective of this idea is to show that cool things can be done >> with Linked Data, and lets take advantage that the semantic web >> hackers are all together at the same place. > Objective was clear, my gripe was the regressive theme of data > mashing. >> >> In other words, lets rephrase this: a Linked Data Hack-a-thon > Why Hack when you can Mesh? > > Hacking is overrated, overloaded, and easily miscontrued, > seriously :-) > > Do Data Architects, Systems Designers, Data Integrators, and people > with other data oriented technical skill sets not have a look-in > here? I don't think these profiles gravitate to events that carry > the "Hacking" theme. > > Kingsley > > >> >> Juan Sequeda, Ph.D Student >> Dept. of Computer Sciences >> The University of Texas at Austin >> www.juansequeda.com <http://www.juansequeda.com> >> www.semanticwebaustin.org <http://www.semanticwebaustin.org> >> >> >> On Wed, Sep 16, 2009 at 10:20 AM, Kingsley Idehen <kidehen@openlinksw.com >> <mailto:kidehen@openlinksw.com>> wrote: >> >> Juan Sequeda wrote: >> >> Hi everybody, >> >> Chatting with John Goodwin, and idea came up of organizing a >> Linked Data mash-a-thon during ISWC. There is a lot of Linked >> Data out there, enough tools to do cool stuff, and this is the >> biggest semantic web meeting, so why not show the world the >> cool things that can be done with Linked Data, in a short >> period of time. I haven't thought about details, but this >> could run for the whole conference, or have an afternoon >> session where everybody comes in and codes up an mashup. We >> can then showcase what we have done as 1 min lightning talks. >> My objective is to get people out of this community excited >> about Linked Data and what they can do with it. >> >> Anybody interested in participating and/or helping organize. >> >> Juan Sequeda, Ph.D Student >> Dept. of Computer Sciences >> The University of Texas at Austin >> www.juansequeda.com <http://www.juansequeda.com> >> <http://www.juansequeda.com> >> www.semanticwebaustin.org <http://www.semanticwebaustin.org> >> <http://www.semanticwebaustin.org> >> >> Why Mash-a-thon when Linked Data is ultimately about Data Meshing? >> Words matter a great deal when introducing critical stages of >> evolution witning any innovation continuum (which includes the >> Web), really. >> >> You don't need Linked Data for Mashups. The literal realm of Web >> 2.0 technologies handle that fine. >> >> Linked Data is supposed to be about addressing those things aren't >> handled by Mashups -- which are simply about brute force >> presentation layer confined data recombinations, with code at the >> terminal. >> >> I would only be interested in a Linked Data oriented Mesh-a- >> thon :-) >> >> -- >> >> 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 >> >> >> >> >> > > > -- > > > Regards, > > Kingsley Idehen Weblog: http://www.openlinksw.com/blog/~kidehen > President & CEO OpenLink Software Web: http://www.openlinksw.com > > > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------ IHMC (850)434 8903 or (650)494 3973 40 South Alcaniz St. (850)202 4416 office Pensacola (850)202 4440 fax FL 32502 (850)291 0667 mobile phayesAT-SIGNihmc.us http://www.ihmc.us/users/phayes
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