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- Date: Thu, 17 Sep 2009 08:09:58 +0100 (GMT+01:00)
- To: Kingsley Idehen <kidehen@openlinksw.com>
- Cc: Brian Manley <brian.manley@gmail.com>, Juan Sequeda <juanfederico@gmail.com>, public-lod <public-lod@w3.org>, Semantic Web <semantic-web@w3.org>
kingsley, from a marketing perspective the first question one has to ask: who is the audience? if you call it mesh-up, many people think: oh, that's a typo. if you call it hack-a-thon some people feel attracted from outside of the ld-community. so, who shall he the audience of this event? juan, I think that hackers play a crucial role if we want to see our community growing, great idea! - andreas Am 16.09.2009 um 22:37 schrieb Kingsley Idehen <kidehen@openlinksw.com>: > Brian Manley wrote: >> On Sep 16, 2009, at 11:48 AM, Kingsley Idehen wrote: >> >>> Juan Sequeda wrote: >>>> The objective of this idea is to show that cool things can be >>>> done with Linked Data, and lets take advantage that the semantic >>>> web hackers are all together at the same place. >>> Objective was clear, my gripe was the regressive theme of data >>> mashing. >>>> >>>> In other words, lets rephrase this: a Linked Data Hack-a-thon >>> Why Hack when you can Mesh? >>> >>> Hacking is overrated, overloaded, and easily miscontrued, >>> seriously :-) >>> >> >> Kingsley, I find it rather ironic that someone whose cryptic, >> buzzword-overloaded, often unparsable messages here, on his blog >> and on twitter would complain about misconstrued terms or less-than- >> crystal-clear communication. > As context improves on the Web my messages will be clearer. The > great thing is that I won't even have to edit (bar typos), they'll > just get clearer :-) >> >> If Juan wants to call it a Mashup, Hack-a-thon, or whatever...who >> cares? > Some do, its an event aimed at an audience. And audience in this > context is supposed to imply: burgeoning pool of Linked Data meme > enthusiasts. >> >>> Do Data Architects, Systems Designers, Data Integrators, and >>> people with other data oriented technical skill sets not have a >>> look-in here? I don't think these profiles gravitate to events >>> that carry the "Hacking" theme. >>> >> >> Hell yeah, "hacking" is great term to use. Don't be such a stick in >> the mud. ;) > I am a proud "stick in the mud" re. this matter. I would like this > community to pay attention to "inclusion". > > > > Kingsley >> >>> Kingsley >>> >>> >>>> >>>> Juan Sequeda, Ph.D Student >>>> Dept. of Computer Sciences >>>> The University of Texas at Austin >>>> www.juansequeda.com <http://www.juansequeda.com> >>>> www.semanticwebaustin.org <http://www.semanticwebaustin.org> >>>> >>>> >>>> On Wed, Sep 16, 2009 at 10:20 AM, Kingsley Idehen <kidehen@openlinksw.com >>>> <mailto:kidehen@openlinksw.com>> wrote: >>>> >>>> Juan Sequeda wrote: >>>> >>>> Hi everybody, >>>> >>>> Chatting with John Goodwin, and idea came up of organizing a >>>> Linked Data mash-a-thon during ISWC. There is a lot of Linked >>>> Data out there, enough tools to do cool stuff, and this is >>>> the >>>> biggest semantic web meeting, so why not show the world the >>>> cool things that can be done with Linked Data, in a short >>>> period of time. I haven't thought about details, but this >>>> could run for the whole conference, or have an afternoon >>>> session where everybody comes in and codes up an mashup. We >>>> can then showcase what we have done as 1 min lightning talks. >>>> My objective is to get people out of this community excited >>>> about Linked Data and what they can do with it. >>>> >>>> Anybody interested in participating and/or helping organize. >>>> >>>> Juan Sequeda, Ph.D Student >>>> Dept. of Computer Sciences >>>> The University of Texas at Austin >>>> www.juansequeda.com <http://www.juansequeda.com> >>>> <http://www.juansequeda.com> >>>> www.semanticwebaustin.org <http://www.semanticwebaustin.org> >>>> <http://www.semanticwebaustin.org> >>>> >>>> Why Mash-a-thon when Linked Data is ultimately about Data >>>> Meshing? >>>> Words matter a great deal when introducing critical stages of >>>> evolution witning any innovation continuum (which includes the >>>> Web), really. >>>> >>>> You don't need Linked Data for Mashups. The literal realm of Web >>>> 2.0 technologies handle that fine. >>>> >>>> Linked Data is supposed to be about addressing those things >>>> aren't >>>> handled by Mashups -- which are simply about brute force >>>> presentation layer confined data recombinations, with code at the >>>> terminal. >>>> >>>> I would only be interested in a Linked Data oriented Mesh-a- >>>> thon :-) >>>> >>>> -- >>>> >>>> Regards, >>>> >>>> Kingsley Idehen Weblog: >>>> http://www.openlinksw.com/blog/~kidehen >>>> <http://www.openlinksw.com/blog/%7Ekidehen> >>>> President & CEO OpenLink Software Web: http://www.openlinksw.com >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>> >>> >>> -- >>> >>> >>> Regards, >>> >>> Kingsley Idehen Weblog: http://www.openlinksw.com/blog/~kidehen >>> President & CEO OpenLink Software Web: http://www.openlinksw.com >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >> >> > > > -- > > > Regards, > > Kingsley Idehen Weblog: http://www.openlinksw.com/blog/~kidehen > President & CEO OpenLink Software Web: http://www.openlinksw.com > > > > >
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