Re: datahub.io

On 2/15/18 5:42 AM, Jerven Bolleman wrote:
> Hi All,
>
> I think that datahub.io <http://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

+1

And a big Amen to that !!

Kingsley
>
> On Wed, Feb 14, 2018 at 5:37 PM, Hugh Glaser <hugh@glasers.org
> <mailto: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
>     <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 <mailto: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 <mailto: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 <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 <http://datahub.io>
>     >>>> To my surprise, there was nothing there:
>     >>>> http://datahub.io/search?q=music
>     <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
>     <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 <http://datahub.io> if you
>     want to be included.
>     >>>>
>     >>>> Cheers
>     >>>>
>     >
>     >
>
>     --
>     Hugh
>     023 8061 5652
>
>
>
>
>
> -- 
> Jerven Bolleman
> me@jerven.eu <mailto:me@jerven.eu>


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