- From: Bob Ferris <zazi@elbklang.net>
- Date: Fri, 02 Jul 2010 12:45:32 +0200
- To: Ian Davis <lists@iandavis.com>
- CC: Linked Data community <public-lod@w3.org>, Semantic Web <semantic-web@w3.org>
Hi Ian, Am 02.07.2010 12:26, schrieb Ian Davis: > On Fri, Jul 2, 2010 at 11:13 AM, Bob Ferris<zazi@elbklang.net> wrote: >> Hi Ian, >> >>> But now people are seeing some of >>> >>> the data being made available in browseable form e.g. at data.gov.uk >>> or dbpedia and saying, "I want to make one of those". >> >> I don't really believe that people would say after browsing dbpedia "I want >> to make one of those". That's not the User Experience users expect to get. >> Please remember the "Semantic-Web-UI" discussion last time. People are >> tending to use/experience richer visualisations of the >> data/knowledge/information in the background. I hear often, especially in >> the last time, the term 'story telling' - and that's it, I think. > > > Actually there is a class of people that do say that. They want to be > the "dbpedia of X", whatever X is. No matter how much we can criticise > dbpedia for its appearance or data quality, we have to applaud the > fact that it defined a new category of service. You are right, I welcomed it also, when people are saying after they have browsed dbpedia - "I want to make one of those". However, I believe also that the number X representing these people, is much smaller as the number Y of people wanting a richer User Experience. Cheers, Bob
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