Re: Europe launches Linked Data support (and how you can benefit from it)

Milton,

> Can this be made to apply to online repositories and digital libraries of e.g.
> Wider Caribbean or American continent spanning projects, which are directly or
> indirectly funded by the EU?

Yes, LATC is open to the entire world. I think there are very valuable
sources you mentioned in your mail and would like to point out in this
context the possibility of joining the LATC Advisory Committee [1] - please
feel free to spread the word and/or joining in yourself.

Cheers,
      Michael

[1] http://latc-project.eu/about/ac

-- 
Dr. Michael Hausenblas
LiDRC - Linked Data Research Centre
DERI - Digital Enterprise Research Institute
NUIG - National University of Ireland, Galway
Ireland, Europe
Tel. +353 91 495730
http://linkeddata.deri.ie/
http://sw-app.org/about.html



> From: ProjectParadigm-ICT-Program <metadataportals@yahoo.com>
> Date: Wed, 1 Sep 2010 09:06:33 -0700 (PDT)
> To: Michael Hausenblas <michael.hausenblas@deri.org>, Juan Sequeda
> <juanfederico@gmail.com>
> Cc: Linked Data community <public-lod@w3.org>
> Subject: Re: Europe launches Linked Data support (and how you can benefit from
> it)
> 
> Dear Michael,
> 
> Can this be made to apply to online repositories and digital libraries of e.g.
> Wider Caribbean or American continent spanning projects, which are directly or
> indirectly funded by the EU?
> 
> The University of Texas in Austin has some excellent materials on the Americas
> that could be linked to additional online resources.
> 
> I was thinking in the line of a project like www.europeana.eu but then for the
> Americas.
> 
> Because the history of the entire American continent is linked to a host of
> European Union nations (England, Netherlands, Portugal, Spain, Denmark and
> France), such a portal site could be an excellent project.
> 
> Milton Ponson
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> --- On Wed, 9/1/10, Juan Sequeda <juanfederico@gmail.com> wrote:
> 
> From: Juan Sequeda <juanfederico@gmail.com>
> Subject: Re: Europe launches Linked Data support (and how you can benefit from
> it)
> To: "Michael Hausenblas" <michael.hausenblas@deri.org>
> Cc: "Linked Data community" <public-lod@w3.org>
> Date: Wednesday, September 1, 2010, 2:22 PM
> 
> Is this only for Europe?
> Juan Sequeda
> +1-575-SEQ-UEDA
> www.juansequeda.com
> 
> 
> 
> On Wed, Sep 1, 2010 at 3:51 AM, Michael Hausenblas
> <michael.hausenblas@deri.org> wrote:
> 
> 
> 
> 
> All,
> 
> 
> 
> I'm happy and proud to announce that the LOD Around The Clock (LATC) Support
> 
> Action [1], an European FP7 project has started today. Our primary goal is
> 
> to support people and institutions to publish and consume Linked Data.
> 
> 
> 
> If you're interested in more details or want to learn how you can
> 
> participate in and benefit from LATC, please contact me. You may also want
> 
> to follow us on Twitter [2].
> 
> 
> 
> Cheers,
> 
>       Michael
> 
> 
> 
> [1] http://latc-project.eu/
> 
> [2] http://twitter.com/latcproject
> 
> 
> 
> --
> 
> Dr. Michael Hausenblas
> 
> LiDRC - Linked Data Research Centre
> 
> DERI - Digital Enterprise Research Institute
> 
> NUIG - National University of Ireland, Galway
> 
> Ireland, Europe
> 
> Tel. +353 91 495730
> 
> http://linkeddata.deri.ie/
> 
> http://sw-app.org/about.html
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