- From: Kingsley Idehen <kidehen@openlinksw.com>
- Date: Wed, 16 Sep 2009 16:36:41 -0400
- To: Brian Manley <brian.manley@gmail.com>
- CC: Juan Sequeda <juanfederico@gmail.com>, public-lod <public-lod@w3.org>, Semantic Web <semantic-web@w3.org>
Brian Manley wrote: > On Sep 16, 2009, at 11:48 AM, 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 :-) >> > > Kingsley, I find it rather ironic that someone whose cryptic, > buzzword-overloaded, often unparsable messages here, on his blog and > on twitter would complain about misconstrued terms or > less-than-crystal-clear communication. As context improves on the Web my messages will be clearer. The great thing is that I won't even have to edit (bar typos), they'll just get clearer :-) > > If Juan wants to call it a Mashup, Hack-a-thon, or whatever...who cares? Some do, its an event aimed at an audience. And audience in this context is supposed to imply: burgeoning pool of Linked Data meme enthusiasts. > >> 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. >> > > Hell yeah, "hacking" is great term to use. Don't be such a stick in > the mud. ;) I am a proud "stick in the mud" re. this matter. I would like this community to pay attention to "inclusion". Kingsley > >> 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 >> >> >> >> >> > > -- Regards, Kingsley Idehen Weblog: http://www.openlinksw.com/blog/~kidehen President & CEO OpenLink Software Web: http://www.openlinksw.com
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