RE: [Eurostat dataset] riese = linked data + RDFa

Paola,
 
Sorry for the delay - we had quite a lot to do with 
gathering and addressing the feedback we got so far
regarding the riese launch ;) 
 
(btw, thanks to all the nice people out there for giving
us detailed feedback, bug reports and the like; most appreciated)
 
You're right, currently there is only (compared to the overall
Eurostat data available) a tiny bit online - try, for example
one of the following:
 
http://riese.joanneum.at/data/mf200rt/ <http://riese.joanneum.at/data/mf200rt/> 
http://riese.joanneum.at/data/bp_curac/ <http://riese.joanneum.at/data/bp_curac/> 
http://riese.joanneum.at/data/euro_mf/ <http://riese.joanneum.at/data/euro_mf/> 
http://riese.joanneum.at/data/dba10000/ <http://riese.joanneum.at/data/dba10000/> 
http://riese.joanneum.at/data/er012/ <http://riese.joanneum.at/data/er012/> 
http://riese.joanneum.at/data/em044/ <http://riese.joanneum.at/data/em044/> 

The riese Semantic Web application has been developed using 
SWI-Prolog (conversion) and PHP and Javascript (templates),
with some parts done in YUI [1], it has been tested in IE7 and FF2.
 
I actually have to thank you a lot, because your question triggered
a new (experimental) feature we plan to introduce in the next release:
so called 'data updates'. The idea here is to use a feed format in RDF/OWL,
(AtomOwl [2]) to signal when new data has arrived (cf. [3] for example);
this is of especial importance as soon as we support the 'live' updates 
(Eurostat updates it data twice a day and we pland to be in sync, somehow :)
 
Cheers,
  Michael
 
[1] http://developer.yahoo.com/yui/ <http://developer.yahoo.com/yui/> 
[2] http://bblfish.net/work/atom-owl/2006-06-06/AtomOwl.html <http://bblfish.net/work/atom-owl/2006-06-06/AtomOwl.html> 
[3] http://riese.joanneum.at/updates/ <http://riese.joanneum.at/updates/> 
 
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From: semantic-web-request@w3.org on behalf of editor@content-wire.com
Sent: Thu 2008-01-31 13:23
To: semantic-web@w3.org
Subject: Re: [Eurostat dataset] riese = linked data + RDFa




Dear Michel
A semantic application for humans, how refreshing
I want to congratulate on the effort, the interface is nice and friendly
It even says 'humans welcome', things must be changing...

I tried a clickin a few buttons and it retuned 'no data found' but I will
look
again (always in a hurry, bad connection etc)
Has it been fully populated or is it my browser again?
I will try to give you more feedback later
Well done, hopefully it will become established practice
is it optimized for any browser in particular?

cheers
PDM


----- Original Message -----
From: "Hausenblas, Michael" <michael.hausenblas@joanneum.at>
To: <semantic-web@w3.org>; "Linking Open Data"
<linking-open-data@simile.mit.edu>; "RDFa" <public-rdf-in-xhtml-tf@w3.org>;
"SWD WG" <public-swd-wg@w3.org>
Sent: Thursday, January 31, 2008 4:54 PM
Subject: [Eurostat dataset] riese = linked data + RDFa




[[ Apologies in case you receive multiple copies of this announcement ]]


The 'riese' awakes: We are happy being able to announce the alpha
release
of riese (RDFizing and Interlinking the EuroStat Data Set Effort):

  http://riese.joanneum.at/

To the best of our knowledge this is the first approach deploying
linked data with XHTML+RDFa. With 'riese' we aim at serving both humans
(with a nice GUI) and machines (with RDF-based metadata) from a single
source.

Although we currently only serve some 5 million RDF triples, the goal
is to have the entire Eurostat dataset (3 billion triples) online, along
with millions of high-quality interlinks. The interlinking in 'riese'
is hybrid: On the one hand we use standard template-based interlinking
for, e.g. geonames interlinking, on the other hand we offer an interface
to add semantic links in a Wiki manner, called User Contributed
Interlinking (UCI).

Regarding Semantic Web technologies, the following is an excerpt of what
has been used to build 'riese':

 + linked data [1]
 + XHTML+RDFa [2]
 + SKOS [3]
 + SW crawling sitemap extension [4]


Enjoy 'riese' and please contact us for feature requests or bug reports
at:

  riese@joanneum.at


The riese-team,

Wolfgang, Yves & Michael


PS: In case you wonder what 'riese' means: it's a pun - 'riese'
    is the German word for giant ;)

[1]
http://esw.w3.org/topic/SweoIG/TaskForces/CommunityProjects/LinkingOpenD
ata
[2] http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml-rdfa-primer/
[3] http://www.w3.org/TR/skos-reference/
[4] http://sw.deri.org/2007/07/sitemapextension/

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 Michael Hausenblas, MSc.
 Institute of Information Systems & Information Management
 JOANNEUM RESEARCH Forschungsgesellschaft mbH
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    phone: +43-316-876-1193 (fax:-1191)
   e-mail: michael.hausenblas@joanneum.at
      web: http://www.joanneum.at/iis/

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