- From: Axel Ngonga <ngonga@informatik.uni-leipzig.de>
- Date: Wed, 01 Jun 2011 18:05:47 +0200
- To: public-lod@w3.org
Well the screenshot clearly shows that it is a typo. How can the release of 2.3 come about 11 months BEFORE the beta? Cheers, Axel > Thanks Misha > > I agree > > I took a screenshot, attached, for future reference. > > Since SILK according to the information provided in the link was > released last year, and LOD2 funding started after the release date, I > am just asking for a clarification (or clearer project information?). > > It is important for these clarifications to be made in public fora, > and that people concerned are kept in the loop, for the benefit for > everyone involved > > Look forward to learn more about SILK and LOD2! > > Cheers > > PDM > > On Wed, Jun 1, 2011 at 4:35 PM, Mischa Tuffield<mmt04r@ecs.soton.ac.uk> wrote: >> Hi, >> I don't usually write to this list, and have no idea what SILK is about >> (Sorry SILK people!), but I found the below email to be incredibly harsh. >> Look at the git history of the project (which was 1 click way from the email >> I am referring to below!), it does seem to be in active development, with a >> number of committers: >> http://www.assembla.com/code/silk/git/node/logs?page=1 (apache license 2.0) >> And the page DOES seem to reflect this: >> http://www4.wiwiss.fu-berlin.de/bizer/silk/ >> Perhaps there was a bug in the HTML(?), I don't know - but I would give >> people the benefit of the doubt before pointing fingers in public. I do >> think a personal email to Robert would probably have sufficed, but perhaps I >> am just that way inclined. >> I have recently unsubscribed from a few of the SW based mailing lists >> because of trolling and people being incredibly rude - and I hope I don't >> have to remove myself from any others. The Semantic Web community is full of >> a great number of nice, helpful, intelligent people, and I find it a >> pleasure and an honour to be involved with this international community of >> awesome.... Lots of people put lots of time and effort into writing open >> specs and open-source code - and i don't see how finger pointing helps >> anyone! >> Mischa >> http://mmt.me.uk/ >> On 1 Jun 2011, at 16:16, Paola Di Maio wrote: >> >> Robert >> >> thanks lot for the update, I look forward to be trying it out >> >> I see from this page >> http://www4.wiwiss.fu-berlin.de/bizer/silk/ >> >> that SILK V 2.4, announced on this list today was actually released >> last year: See the snippet below >> >> 2010-06-01: Version 2.4 released including the new Silk Workbench, a >> web application which guides the user through the process of >> interlinking different data sources. >> >> I also seem to understand from the project page that much of LOD2 >> software are tools developed in previous years (ie, nothing new!) >> >> Am I reading something wrong? >> >> In the past decade or so, millions of euros of tax payers money have >> been paid for projects for which the codebase had already been >> developed, either by funded projects from prior calls( ie, for which >> the tax payer had already paid ) or by other companies. >> >> In essence, as it has been already pointed out, the public has been >> paying for the same semantic web tools to be rebranded over and over, >> and each time it has costed lots of public money, and each time it has >> not delivered the semantic web functionality the public is waiting for >> (ie, a useable web based application layer) >> >> Since LOD2 has become a funded EU project in September 2010, I would >> be grateful if you could explain what part of the tool/functionality >> has been developed after September 2010, and for what part of this >> development is the public funding being used for >> >> >> Thanks a lot in advance >> >> PDM >> >> >> >> >> On Wed, Jun 1, 2011 at 3:35 PM, Robert Isele<robertisele@googlemail.com> >> wrote: >> >> Hi all, >> >> we are happy to announce version 2.4 of the Silk - Link Discovery >> >> Framework for the Web of Data. >> >> The central idea of the Web of Data is to interlink data items using >> >> RDF links. However, in practice most data sources are not sufficiently >> >> interlinked with related data sources. The Silk Link Discovery >> >> Framework addresses this problem by providing tools to generate links >> >> between data items based on user-provided link specifications. It can >> >> be used by data publishers to generate links between datasets as well >> >> as by Linked Data consumers to augment Web data with additional RDF >> >> links. >> >> Link specifications can either be written manually or developed using >> >> the new Silk Workbench. The Silk Workbench, is a web application which >> >> guides the user through the process of interlinking different data >> >> sources. It’s being shipped with the 2.4 version of Silk. >> >> The Silk Workbench offers the following features: >> >> - It enables the user to manage different sets of data sources and >> >> linking tasks. >> >> - It offers a graphical editor which enables the user to easily create >> >> and edit link specifications. >> >> - As finding a good linking heuristics is usually an iterative >> >> process, the Silk Workbench makes it possible for the user to quickly >> >> evaluate the links which are generated by the current link >> >> specification. >> >> - It allows the user to create and edit a set of reference links used >> >> to evaluate the current link specification. >> >> The Silk Link Discovery Framework includes three applications to >> >> execute the link specifications which address different use cases: >> >> 1. Silk Single Machine is used to generate RDF links on a single >> >> machine. The datasets that should be interlinked can either reside on >> >> the same machine or on remote machines which are accessed via the >> >> SPARQL protocol. Silk Single Machine provides multithreading and >> >> caching. In addition, the performance can be further enhanced using an >> >> optional blocking feature. >> >> 2. Silk Server can be used as an identity resolution component within >> >> applications that consume Linked Data from the Web. Silk Server >> >> provides an HTTP API for matching instances from an incoming stream of >> >> RDF data while keeping track of known entities. It can be used for >> >> instance together with a Linked Data crawler to populate a local >> >> duplicate-free cache with data from the Web. >> >> 3. Silk MapReduce is used to generate RDF links between datasets using >> >> a cluster of multiple machines. Silk MapReduce is based on Hadoop and >> >> can for instance be run on Amazon Elastic MapReduce. Silk MapReduce >> >> enables Silk to scale out to very big datasets by distributing the >> >> link generation to multiple machines. >> >> More information about the Silk framework, the Silk Link Specification >> >> Language, as well as several examples that demonstrate how Silk is >> >> used to set links between different data sources in the LOD cloud is >> >> found at: >> >> http://www4.wiwiss.fu-berlin.de/bizer/silk/ >> >> The Silk framework is provided under the terms of the Apache License, >> >> Version 2.0 and can be downloaded from >> >> http://www4.wiwiss.fu-berlin.de/bizer/silk/releases/ >> >> The development of Silk was supported by Vulcan Inc. as part of its >> >> Project Halo (www.projecthalo.com) and by the EU FP7 project LOD2 - >> >> Creating Knowledge out of Interlinked Data (http://lod2.eu/, Ref. No. >> >> 257943). >> >> Thanks to Christian Becker, Michal Murawicki and Andrea Matteini for >> >> contributing to the Silk Workbench. >> >> Happy linking, >> >> Robert Isele, Anja Jentzsch and Chris Bizer >> >> >> >> >>
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