- From: Adrian Walker <adriandwalker@gmail.com>
- Date: Fri, 10 Dec 2010 11:26:00 -0500
- To: Kingsley Idehen <kidehen@openlinksw.com>
- Cc: dmbarber@gmail.com, public-lod@w3.org
- Message-ID: <AANLkTi=XYvjbyM77XgWbN0qxUf5t4euDYtx5eJ57OT7V@mail.gmail.com>
Hi Kingsley, You wrote.... *Do you have a service the emits machine readable structured data? Naturally, any of the many RDF formats would do etc..* The service accepts http from Java clients and emits simple XML [1,2] . (One can also use the system from Firefox and IE) HTH, -- Adrian [1] www.reengineeringllc.com/iblClient1.java [2] Internet Business Logic A Wiki and SOA Endpoint for Executable Open Vocabulary English Q/A over SQL and RDF Online at www.reengineeringllc.com Shared use is free, and there are no advertisements Adrian Walker Reengineering On Fri, Dec 10, 2010 at 10:55 AM, Kingsley Idehen <kidehen@openlinksw.com>wrote: > On 12/10/10 10:13 AM, Adrian Walker wrote: > > Hi David -- > > You wrote... > > *My question for this list is whether there are any model projects which > are effectively using semantic technologies not just to make data open, but > also to make the related definitional data more visible and easier to > understand or compare across data sources. * > > There's technology out there on the web that can help. > > The basic idea is to write, say, different definitions of "unemployment", > in executable English. > > Then when a study is done by executing the English, the results can be > explained in English, showing how the definitions were used to transform > data. > > Here's an example: > > www.reengineeringllc.com/EnergyIndependence1.pdf (slides) > > www.reengineeringllc.com/EnergyIndependence1Video.htm (Flash video with > audio) > > The underlying system is live online at the same site. Shared use is free. > > Apologies if you have seen this before, and thanks for comments. > > -- Adrian > > > Adrian, > > Do you have a service the emits machine readable structured data? > Naturally, any of the many RDF formats would do etc.. > > Kingsley > > > Internet Business Logic > A Wiki and SOA Endpoint for Executable Open Vocabulary English Q/A over SQL > and RDF > Online at www.reengineeringllc.com > Shared use is free, and there are no advertisements > > Adrian Walker > Reengineering > > > > > On Fri, Dec 10, 2010 at 9:31 AM, David Barber <dmbarber@gmail.com> wrote: > >> I've had a varied but extensive history of dealing with government data in >> electronic form. This started as a government documents librarian helping >> people find government data in electronic form, continued with sharing it on >> the early Internet, and most recently managing government data as a >> government employee. Throughout this experience one of the major concerns >> associated with expanding electronic access to government data from multiple >> sources has been getting people to recognize and take into account the >> differences in the definitions associated with data elements. This is >> particularly important for historical analysis or comparison of multiple >> governmental units. For example, two governments will define unemployment >> differently and the same government will change its definition over time. >> Unfortunately, it has been my experience that when people want to do such >> longitudinal or multi-government analyses they were often not motivated to >> pay attention to these differences. >> >> My question for this list is whether there are any model projects which >> are effectively using semantic technologies not just to make data open, but >> also to make the related definitional data more visible and easier to >> understand or compare across data sources. It is my hope that the >> technologies associated with linked open data can make this type of >> information more useful than when it was buried in the back of government >> documents. >> >> Thanks in advance for any pointers to such efforts. >> >> David Barber >> > > > > -- > > Regards, > > Kingsley Idehen > President & CEO > OpenLink Software > Web: http://www.openlinksw.com > Weblog: http://www.openlinksw.com/blog/~kidehen <http://www.openlinksw.com/blog/%7Ekidehen> > Twitter/Identi.ca: kidehen > > > > > >
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