Re: [White House announcement] We're making a lot more data open to the public

Actually I don't see Linked Data mentioned specifically. They mostly talk
of Open Data and the "Project Open Data":
http://project-open-data.github.io/

This interesting project also doesn't seem to mention Linked Data, which
scares me a little.


On Fri, May 10, 2013 at 3:16 PM, David Wood <david@3roundstones.com> wrote:

> On May 10, 2013, at 09:06, Kingsley Idehen <kidehen@openlinksw.com> wrote:
>
> > On 5/10/13 7:45 AM, David Wood wrote:
> >> On May 9, 2013, at 19:24, Kingsley Idehen <kidehen@openlinksw.com>
> wrote:
> >>
> >>> On 5/9/13 6:23 PM, David Booth wrote:
> >>>> FYI. Progress!  Note that they mention "machine-readable formats like
> CSV, XML, and JSON".  Now, how can we get these organizations to provide
> that information in Turtle, or provide mappings from those formats to RDF
> so that the semantics will be clear and information will be easier to link
> with other information?
> >>> Yes, a lot of progress.
> >>>
> >>> Remember, sometimes less is more, Turtle and RDF wouldn't add any
> critical value to consumers of the directive. Ultimately, this is actually
> about Open Data and Linked Data [1]. The narrative was deftly crafted by
> politicians who are masters of abstract communication.
> >> Actually, it was crafted by Deloitte and Microsoft who hope to make
> money on the newly released data.  It is still progress ;)
> >
> > And they are instances subClasses with a lot of political attributes :-)
>
> Yeah, good point :)
>
>
> >
> > BTW -- the best practices section is all about Open Data and Linked Data
> [1].
>
> Good stuff.
>
> Regards,
> Dave
> --
> http://about.me/david_wood
>
>
> >
> >
> > Links:
> >
> > 1. https://twitter.com/kidehen/status/332508521314799618 -- thread
> about this matter (read from the bottom up).
> >
> > Kingsley
> >>
> >> Regards,
> >> Dave
> >> --
> >> http://about.me/david_wood
> >>
> >>
> >>> The only downside for me was the hour I lost trying to the get the PDF
> [2][3] transformed into HTML via the plethora of PDF to HTML converters out
> there.
> >>>
> >>> Links:
> >>>
> >>> 1. https://twitter.com/kerfors/status/332528853098561538 -- thread
> that developed around the announcement
> >>> 2.
> http://www.whitehouse.gov/sites/default/files/omb/memoranda/2013/m-13-13.pdf-- PDF
> >>> 3.
> http://www.pdf.investintech.com/preview/35b2ec7e-b8c9-11e2-8a0e-003048d80846/index.html-- Converted PDF .
> >>>
> >>>
> >>> Kingsley
> >>>> On a related note, there will be a workshop on "RDF as a Universal
> Healthcare Exchange Language" at the upcoming SemTech conference in San
> Francisco:
> >>>>
> http://semtechbizsf2013.semanticweb.com/sessionPop.cfm?confid=70&proposalid=5296
> >>>>
> >>>> -------- Original Message --------
> >>>> Subject:     We're making a lot more data open to the public
> >>>> Date:     Thu, 09 May 2013 16:05:11 -0500
> >>>> From:     Todd Park, The White House <info@messages.whitehouse.gov>
> >>>> Reply-To:     info@messages.whitehouse.gov
> >>>> To:     david@dbooth.org
> >>>>
> >>>> We're making a lot more data open to the public
> >>>> The White House     Thursday, May 9, 2013
> >>>>
> >>>> Hi, all --
> >>>>
> >>>> Earlier today, President Obama signed an Executive Order directing his
> >>>> administration to take historic steps to make government-held data
> more
> >>>> accessible to the public and to entrepreneurs and others as fuel for
> >>>> innovation and economic growth.
> >>>>
> >>>> *Here's what you need to know:*
> >>>>
> >>>>  * The Executive Order declares that information is a valuable
> resource
> >>>>    and strategic asset for the nation.
> >>>>  * Newly generated government data will be required to be made
> >>>>    available in open, machine-readable format by default -- enhancing
> >>>>    their accessibility and usefulness, and ensuring privacy and
> security.
> >>>>  * These executive actions will allow entrepreneurs and companies to
> >>>>    take advantage of this information -- fueling economic growth in
> >>>>    communities across the Nation.
> >>>>
> >>>> *Watch this short video and find out more about today's announcement:
> >>>> <
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> >*
> >>>>
> >>>> *Watch the video
> >>>> <
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> >*
> >>>>
> >>>> Thank you again for your continued support, and we look forward to
> >>>> seeing the growing public good that will be created by entrepreneurs,
> >>>> researchers, and innovators like you as you use an expanding supply of
> >>>> open data to fuel new products and services, launch new businesses,
> and
> >>>> fuel job growth across America.
> >>>>
> >>>> All the best,
> >>>>
> >>>> Todd
> >>>>
> >>>> Todd Park
> >>>> Chief Technology Officer
> >>>> Office of Science and Technology Policy
> >>>> The White House
> >>>>
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> >>> Regards,
> >>>
> >>> Kingsley Idehen
> >>> Founder & CEO
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