- From: Jeff Schiller <codedread@gmail.com>
- Date: Wed, 14 Oct 2009 09:50:20 -0500
- To: Michael Hausenblas <michael.hausenblas@deri.org>
- Cc: Ian Jacobs <ij@w3.org>, site-comments@w3.org, chairs@w3.org
Um... http://www.w3.org/TR/SVG11/ is now a 404? Please don't break the web! :) Regards, Jeff On Wed, Oct 14, 2009 at 9:18 AM, Michael Hausenblas <michael.hausenblas@deri.org> wrote: > > Ian, > >> We use RDF all over the place internally to manage the site. The RDF >> that we use >> is public: >> >> Group data: >> http://www.w3.org/2000/04/mem-news/public-groups.rdf >> >> Technical reports data: >> http://www.w3.org/2002/01/tr-automation/tr.rdf > > Thanks! This is good news indeed, though seems not to have not been > communicated in an optimal way. I still think we can do more (re events, > specs, authorships, test cases, etc.) - so many wonderful vocabularies such > as DOAP, FOAF, SIOC, etc. just waiting to be used ... :) > >> We don't use RDFa where we have RDF source data. > > Maybe I'm dense, but what are you trying to tell me, here ? > > RDFa is just like RDF/XML a RDF serialisation. And a W3C standard. Over the > past two years we have successfully convinced quite a number of players > (from Drupal over Wordpress to the UK gov) out there that enabling RDFa > support is not only doable but straight-forward and worth it. > >> Of course we could do more (e.g., a sparql endpoint for TR searches), >> and we are likely >> to do more. > > Very good! Looking forward to use yet another W3C standard and hence eating > more of our own dogfood ;) > > Cheers, > Michael > > -- > Dr. Michael Hausenblas > LiDRC - Linked Data Research Centre > DERI - Digital Enterprise Research Institute > NUIG - National University of Ireland, Galway > Ireland, Europe > Tel. +353 91 495730 > http://linkeddata.deri.ie/ > http://sw-app.org/about.html > > > >> From: Ian Jacobs <ij@w3.org> >> Date: Wed, 14 Oct 2009 08:39:32 -0500 >> To: Michael Hausenblas <michael.hausenblas@deri.org> >> Cc: <site-comments@w3.org>, <chairs@w3.org>, W3C Members >> <w3c-ac-members@w3.org> >> Subject: Re: New W3C Web Site Launched >> >> >> On 14 Oct 2009, at 2:50 AM, Michael Hausenblas wrote: >> >>> >>> Ian, >>> >>> Indeed, very nice job re design and usability. However, I think we >>> should >>> also take into account what our 'customers' think [1], [2]: >>> >>> "so, are #semanticweb standards too complicated when even the new >>> #w3c site >>> doesn't use them? #stopsnakeoil" >> >> Hi Michael, >> >> We use RDF all over the place internally to manage the site. The RDF >> that we use >> is public: >> >> Group data: >> http://www.w3.org/2000/04/mem-news/public-groups.rdf >> >> Technical reports data: >> http://www.w3.org/2002/01/tr-automation/tr.rdf >> >> And there's lots more, such as the Talks data. >> >> We don't use RDFa where we have RDF source data. >> >> Of course we could do more (e.g., a sparql endpoint for TR searches), >> and we are likely >> to do more. >> >> Ian >> >>> >>> "@iand apparently all of them: No (obvious) RDF export, no SPARQL >>> API. Just >>> some (broken!) hCalendar items." >>> >>> This is indeed a poor message we send out - why don't we eat our own >>> dogfood? We have a couple of nice standards (RDFa, GRDDL, etc.) in >>> this area >>> and should well be able to demonstrate that we are able to use them, >>> IMHO. >>> >>> Sorry for spoiling the party, but given the broad uptake of semantic >>> technologies in the governmental area (US, UK), the eCommerce domain >>> (GoodRelations), linked data stuff and Google and Yahoo! processing >>> structured data, I can't seriously explain to my colleagues or other >>> W3C >>> customers why we don't have structured data (preferably in RDF) >>> available at >>> the new W3C site. >>> >>> Thoughts, anyone? >>> >>> Cheers, >>> Michael >>> >>> [1] http://twitter.com/bengee/status/4856670048 >>> [2] http://twitter.com/bengee/status/4856830531 >>> >>> -- >>> Dr. Michael Hausenblas >>> LiDRC - Linked Data Research Centre >>> DERI - Digital Enterprise Research Institute >>> NUIG - National University of Ireland, Galway >>> Ireland, Europe >>> Tel. +353 91 495730 >>> http://linkeddata.deri.ie/ >>> http://sw-app.org/about.html >>> >>> >>> >>>> From: Ian Jacobs <ij@w3.org> >>>> Date: Tue, 13 Oct 2009 17:07:47 -0500 >>>> To: W3C Members <w3c-ac-members@w3.org> >>>> Cc: <chairs@w3.org> >>>> Subject: New W3C Web Site Launched >>>> Resent-From: <chairs@w3.org> >>>> Resent-Date: Tue, 13 Oct 2009 22:07:53 +0000 >>>> >>>> Dear Advisory Committee Representatives and Chairs, >>>> >>>> Today W3C launched its new Web site: >>>> http://www.w3.org/ >>>> >>>> We also launched the new Member site: >>>> http://www.w3.org/Member/ >>>> >>>> I hope that you will find the new sites more usable. You will notice >>>> that some pages are missing content; we plan to continue to add >>>> content over time and invite your contributions (especially from >>>> Working Groups). >>>> >>>> I expect that over the next few days we will be fixing bugs in style >>>> sheets, and so forth. Feel free to send comments to site- >>>> comments@w3.org. >>>> >>>> Thank you, >>>> >>>> Ian Jacobs, Head of W3C Communications >>>> >>>> -- >>>> Ian Jacobs (ij@w3.org) http://www.w3.org/People/Jacobs/ >>>> Tel: +1 718 260 9447 >>>> >>>> >>> >>> >> >> -- >> Ian Jacobs (ij@w3.org) http://www.w3.org/People/Jacobs/ >> Tel: +1 718 260 9447 >> > > >
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