Re: Next version of the LOD cloud diagram. Please provide input, so that your dataset is included.

Hello!

On Thu, Sep 2, 2010 at 7:10 PM, Anja Jentzsch <anja@anjeve.de> wrote:
> Hi all,
>
> we are in the process of drawing the next version of the LOD cloud diagram.
> This time it is likely to contain around 180 datasets altogether having a
> size of around 20 billion RDF triples.
>
> For drawing the next version of the LOD cloud, we have started to collect
> meta-information about the datasets to be included on CKAN, a registry of
> open data and content packages provided by the Open Knowledge Foundation.
>
> The list of datasets about which we have already collected information is be
> found here:
>
> http://www4.wiwiss.fu-berlin.de/lodcloud/

I just spotted that BBC Music was missing from this list (Nick Humfrey
will be able to give more detailed stats about it, if needed).
Also, BBC Programmes is around 60M triples now.

Best,
y

>
> In addition to basic meta-information about a dataset such as its size and
> the number of links pointing at other datasets, we also collect additional
> meta-information about the license of the dataset, alternative access
> options like SPARQL endpoints or dataset dumps, and whether there exist a
> voiD description of the dataset or a Semantic Web Sitemap.
>
> So if your dataset is not listed yet and you want to have it included into
> the next version of the LOD cloud, please add it to CKAN until next
> Wednesday (September 8th, 2010).
>
> Also, if we have collected wrong information about your dataset or if your
> dataset is only partially described up till now, it would be great if you
> could add the missing information.
>
> Guidelines about how to add datasets to CKAN as well as about the tags that
> we are using to annotate the datasets are found here:
> http://esw.w3.org/TaskForces/CommunityProjects/LinkingOpenData/DataSets/CKANmetainformation
>
> We thank all contributors in advance for their input and help, which
> hopefully will allow us to draw the next version of the LOD cloud as
> accurate as possible.
>
> Cheers,
>
> Anja Jentzsch, Richard Cyganiak, Chris Bizer
>
>

Received on Monday, 6 September 2010 13:17:02 UTC