- From: Patrick Sinclair <metade@gmail.com>
- Date: Thu, 17 Sep 2009 02:11:31 +0100
- To: Juan Sequeda <juanfederico@gmail.com>
- Cc: public-lod <public-lod@w3.org>, Semantic Web <semantic-web@w3.org>
- Message-ID: <afa703b70909161811i61bdd156k9d870ae50c717cbe@mail.gmail.com>
Hi Juan, You can count me in on a Linked Data hack event - it will be awesome to spend some hours at ISWC with other Linked Data enthusiasts building interesting apps and hacks on top of Linked Data! What can I do to help? Patrick 2009/9/16 Juan Sequeda <juanfederico@gmail.com> > Hi Tony, > > On Wed, Sep 16, 2009 at 4:43 PM, Tony Shaw <anthonypetershaw@yahoo.com>wrote: > >> By whatever name is decided, I would be happy to contribute to a cash >> prize if it would provide some momentum to the competition. >> >> That would be awesome! Thanks!! > > >> I'm also willing to facilitate a similar exercise at Enterprise Data World >> 2010 and/or SemTech 2010. We're very much trying to get the enterprise data >> community more engaged in semantic technologies and linked data, and a >> competition like this would help draw attention to the possibilities. >> >> > This would be interesting. Would love to hear what you have in mind. > >> However I agree with the comment that (most) corproate data architects and >> integrators probably won't jump into a coding exercise during a conference, >> especially if they are novices. We'd have to bring in more experienced >> Semweb hackers. But if there were 3 or 4 teams competing and we could demo >> their results in the final plenary, I think that would make for a compelling >> showcase of Linked Data/SemWeb capabilities. >> > > and I agree too!.. that is why this type of event wouldn't be for them. It > would be for the "hackers" that can easily code something up in a > hours/couple of days. In April after WWW, Olaf Hartig and I got together for > a couple hours and came up with a linked data mashup using SQUIN. That is > why I thought, if the knowledgeable people of the technology and the tools > are together, lets have some fun, and at the same time showcase stuff for > the rest of the world. > > The data is out there. Tools exist. Can't we spend a couple hours and do > something quick and dirty? Let's get the rest of the world excited of what > you can do with linked data. If we can do it quick and dirty (and cool) in a > few hours, imagine what others can start doing. > >> >> Tony Shaw >> Semantic Universe & >> Wilshire Conferences >> >> ------------------------------ >> *From:* Pat Hayes <phayes@ihmc.us> >> *To:* Kingsley Idehen <kidehen@openlinksw.com> >> *Cc:* Juan Sequeda <juanfederico@gmail.com>; public-lod < >> public-lod@w3.org>; Semantic Web <semantic-web@w3.org> >> *Sent:* Wednesday, September 16, 2009 1:13:47 PM >> *Subject:* Re: Linked Data Mash-a-thon >> >> 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> >> >> <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<http://www.openlinksw.com/blog/%7Ekidehen> >> > 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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