Re: datahub.io

Hi All,

I think that datahub.io suffered badly because it is not linked open data
in itself.
And that is why it did not get updated as much as it should have.
I think it shows the weakness of a centralized web, and I hope that the
next gen LOD cloud etc... will use LOD tech itself.

Regards,
Jerven

On Wed, Feb 14, 2018 at 5:37 PM, Hugh Glaser <hugh@glasers.org> wrote:

> Hi.
>
> I guess I am just old, tired, and crochetty ;-)
>
> By the way, I found https://discuss.okfn.org/t/
> upcoming-changes-to-datahub-io/5852 says:
>
> "RufuspollockPresident and FounderAug '17
> Hi Everyone!
>
> We wanted to flag some exciting, upcoming near-term changes for
> datahub.io17:
>
> datahub.io17 is getting rebooted using a new Frictionless Data style data
> platform - initially in alpha mode
> Current datahub.io17 will relocate to old.datahub.io5 where it will be
> permanently available. We will be implementing redirects and all dataset
> URLs (and API urls) on datahub.io17 should continue working through
> redirection to old.datahub.io5
> The switchover will happen in the next week or so
> If you have any questions let us know – and me especially!
>
> Rufus"
>
> and the redirects really are in place (well done!).
> It's the search that doesn't work.
>
> I'll leave it up to others what they might want to do - I will say that
> the original data hub didn't really provide us conveniently with what I
> think LOD wanted, so it would be interesting to see if the new one does.
>
> Cheers
>
> > On 14 Feb 2018, at 16:19, Pieter Colpaert <pieter.colpaert@ugent.be>
> wrote:
> >
> > Hi Hugh,
> >
> > In their defense: this is one of the many open source projects Open
> Knowledge International is trying to maintain for free and in the open.
> They made mistakes in the past, yet let’s cut them some slack.
> >
> > I think a data portal as a starting point for the LOD community is a
> good idea and may help lots of people to get started. We could try to do
> this entirely ourselves for free as well, or could try to join forces with
> another existing community that now also tries to have a sustainable model
> behind it.
> >
> > Needles to say, I prefer the latter. I asked the question on their
> gitter and hope we will get a constructive reply :)
> >
> > Kind regards,
> >
> > Pieter
> >
> >
> > On 14-02-18 17:00, Hugh Glaser wrote:
> >> Ah, thanks, the gutter explains a load - it would have been nice if
> someone had been polite enough to tell us.
> >>
> >> Get involved?
> >> Nah - screw me once, you're the fool, screw me twice, I would be the
> fool.
> >>
> >>> On 14 Feb 2018, at 15:47, Pieter Colpaert <pieter.colpaert@ugent.be>
> wrote:
> >>>
> >>> Hi Hugh,
> >>>
> >>> I was also surprised to see this happening. Apparently Open Knowledge
> International wanted to have a fresh approach to a global data portal.
> >>>
> >>> The gitter is quite active though: https://gitter.im/datahubio/chat
> >>>
> >>> Maybe we should consider making sure there’s good Linked Data support
> on this new datahub and slowly migrate the LOD Cloud’s metadata to that one?
> >>>
> >>> Kind regards,
> >>>
> >>> Pieter
> >>>
> >>>
> >>> On 14-02-18 16:38, Hugh Glaser wrote:
> >>>> Hi there,
> >>>>
> >>>> So I was looking for some music LOD, and of course went to datahub.io
> >>>> To my surprise, there was nothing there:
> >>>> http://datahub.io/search?q=music
> >>>> And nor were any of the datasets that I had so carefully and
> painstakingly put in myself.
> >>>> I did find
> >>>> https://old.datahub.io/dataset?q=music
> >>>> so all is not lost, and I could continue.
> >>>>
> >>>> But can anyone tell me what is happening, please? Did I miss
> something?
> >>>> And where does this leave the LOD Cloud, which still says you should
> put your dataset in datahub.io if you want to be included.
> >>>>
> >>>> Cheers
> >>>>
> >
> >
>
> --
> Hugh
> 023 8061 5652
>
>
>


-- 
Jerven Bolleman
me@jerven.eu