The Linked Data-a-thon starts NOW!

The Linked Data-a-thon starts NOW!

The main goal of the Linked Data-a-thon competition is to develop innovative
applications that showcase the benefits of Linked Data ... in two weeks! The
spirit of this competition is to demonstrate the world what can be done with
Linked Data, that could not be done before the Linked Data era, even in a
short amount of time. The competition starts today, October 1, 2011, and it
closes 14 days later, on October 15, 2011 (midnight hawaii time). During
this time each participating team works locally or remotely to develop a
Linked Data based application that satisfies the following requirements:

   - make use of Linked Data consumed from multiple data sources
   - be accessible from the Web

To enforce the spontaneous, hackathon-like nature of this competition, the
applications must satisfy the following special requirement that is being
announced today:

   - *All applications MUST use the ISWC 2011 Metadata* -
   data.semanticweb.org/conference/iswc/2011/

Other desirable but not mandatory features:

   - provide a user friendly interface
   - has an end-user value
   - show unexpected reuse of Linked Data through automatic discovery
   - be available as Free Software; i.e. you should provide the source code
   as Open Source.

Anybody can participate in this event and the submitted applications will be
presented at the Linked Data-a-thon Gathering on Sunday October 23 during
ISWC 2011. Everybody who participates will have a 5 min slot (depending on
the number of submissions) to present the application. If a participant is
not attending ISWC, they can upload a video or screencast and this will be
showcases to the audience. We also ask that participants publish a report on
the web about the application.

How are the applications going to be evaluated? It will consist of two
parts: First, attendees at the Linked Data gathering will have a chance to
listen to the presentations and vote for their favorite application,
resulting in a ranking of the submissions. In addition to this ranking, a
panel of judges will choose their winners. The final decision will be
determined based on an equally weighted average of the panel voting and the
attendees’ rankings.

This event is sponsored by the LATC - Linked Data Around-The-Clock project,
which will be providing cash prizes! The winners will be announced on
October 26 during the ISWC closing ceremony.

If you are planning to participate, please let us know by filling out the
form: http://bit.ly/ldthon2011

More information: http://iswc2011.semanticweb.org/calls/linked-data-a-thon/

Share the fun and excitement during the Linked Data-a-thon and report your
progress by using the hashtag #ldthon2011.

Juan Sequeda
+1-575-SEQ-UEDA
www.juansequeda.com