LinkedUp Vidi Competition – the shortlist

Dear All,

*We are very pleased to be able to announce the shortlist for the 
LinkedUp Vidi Competition <http://linkedup-challenge.org> - the second 
in our series of three competitions in the LinkedUp Challenge!*

We asked for tools and demos that analyse or integrate open web data for 
educational purposes. We received fourteen submissions with innovative 
ideas in areas such as agriculture, arts and medicine. It was not an 
easy task but we have selected nine submissions for the shortlist 
<http://linkedup-project.eu/2014/03/27/vidi-competition-the-shortlist/>. 
These are:

Open Track

  * AGRIS – exploiting bibliographic records to create rich Linked Open
    Data page
  * DBLPXplorer: Interactive Graphical Interfaces for the Computer
    Science Bibliography
  * Konnektid - Social Learning Anytime, Anywhere
  * LODStories: Learning About Art by Building Multimedia Stories
  * Rhizi.net
  * Solvonauts : an open educational search engine
  * TuvaLabs - Data Literacy Skills for a Brighter Future

Focused Track: Simplificator

  * The electronic Discharge Letter (eDL) mobile app
  * Visualization of Labour Conflicts in the Netherlands for last 700 years

Details about the submissions and our choices are given on our blog 
<http://linkedup-project.eu/2014/03/27/vidi-competition-the-shortlist/>.

All nine tools will be presented during the LinkedUp Vidi Competition 
Presentations and Awards 
<http://linkedup-project.eu/linkedup-eswc-workshop/> at the European 
Semantic Web Conference (ESWC 2014) to be held in in Anissaras, Crete, 
Greece (25th – 29th May).

Congratulations to our shortlist!

Marieke

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Marieke Guy
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