]> <div id="magicdomid27"><span class="author-g-6mr641egcblkvz122zhy">Over recent years the Linked Open Data paradigm has gained momentum as a lightweight approach of publishing data resources to and reusing data from the web - be it for commercial or commons-oriented purposes.</span></div> <div id="magicdomid28"><span class="author-p-59"> </span></div> <div id="magicdomid29"><span class="author-g-6mr641egcblkvz122zhy">PUBLINK</span><span class="author-p-59"> is the </span><strong>Linked Open Data Consultancy</strong><span class="author-p-59"> backed by the consortia of the EU-FP7 <a href="undefined/">LOD2 (Integrated Project)</a> and <a href="http://latc-project.eu">LATC (Support Action)</a> projects. </span><span class="author-p-59"><span class="author-g-6mr641egcblkvz122zhy"><span class="author-p-59">In order to lower the entrance barrier for potential data publishers, the LOD2 and LATC consortia offer the free </span><strong><span class="author-g-6mr641egcblkvz122zhy">PUBLINK</span></strong><strong></strong><strong>Linked Open Data Consultancy</strong><span class="author-p-59"><span class="author-p-59"> to up to 5 selected organizations supporting them with the publishing of Linked Open Data with an overall effort of 10-20 days of support from highly skilled Linked Data professionals.</span></span></span></span></div> <div id="magicdomid30"><span class="author-p-59"> </span></div> <div id="magicdomid31"> <ul class="list-bullet1"> <li><span class="author-p-59">Are you a government or government-related organization (administration, research center, agency, …) and in possession of large amounts of data?</span></li> </ul> </div> <div id="magicdomid32"> <ul class="list-bullet1"> <li><span class="author-p-59">Is your organization obliged to publish data?</span></li> </ul> </div> <div id="magicdomid33"> <ul class="list-bullet1"> <li><span class="author-p-59">Do you have valuable data but lack the financial or technical means to distribute it?</span></li> </ul> </div> <div id="magicdomid34"> <ul class="list-bullet1"> <li><span class="author-p-59">Are you convinced that linking, merging or mapping your data with other data sources will increase its value?</span></li> </ul> </div> <div id="magicdomid35"> <ul class="list-bullet1"> <li><span class="author-p-59">Do you face inter-organizational data integration challenges?</span></li> </ul> </div> <div id="magicdomid36"> <ul class="list-bullet1"> <li><span class="author-p-59">Do you want or need your data to be re-used?</span></li> </ul> </div> <div id="magicdomid37"> <ul class="list-bullet1"> <li><span class="author-p-59">Do you already publish tons of data in HTML, spreadsheets, PDFs or proprietary formats?</span></li> </ul> </div> <div id="magicdomid38"><span class="author-p-59"> </span></div> <div id="magicdomid39"><span class="author-p-59">If you answered YES! to two or more of these questions, you have to continue reading.</span></div> <div id="magicdomid40"><span class="author-p-59"><br /></span></div> <div id="magicdomid41"> <h2><span class="author-p-59 b"><strong>What is Linked Open Data?</strong></span></h2> </div> <div id="magicdomid42"><span class="author-p-59">The Internet as we know it is merely a virtual library where documents are linked to each other, it is a web of documents for humans to read. The W3C-hosted Linking Open Data initiative (LOD, </span><span class="author-p-59 url"><a href="http://esw.w3.org/SweoIG/TaskForces/CommunityProjects/LinkingOpenData">http://esw.w3.org/SweoIG/TaskForces/CommunityProjects/LinkingOpenData</a>)</span><span class="author-p-59"> now aims to extend the ‘web of documents’ with a ‘web of data’ by publishing and interlinking open data sources on the Web based on well-established standards such as RDF and URIs. </span></div> <div id="magicdomid43"><span class="author-p-59"> </span></div> <div id="magicdomid44"><span class="author-p-59">A web comprising linked data in addition to linked documents brings the advantage that the content becomes machine-readable. Computer and software can interpret the meaning of web content instead of just offering it to the user to read. As a result, more intelligent search engines can combine information from different sources, mash-ups integrating heterogeneous information can be more easily built and many more, currently unforeseen creative uses of information on the web become possible.</span></div> <div id="magicdomid47"><span class="author-p-59">With more than 20 billion facts already published as Linked Open Data (LOD) the Data Web is not just a vision, but becoming reality right now. For example, all BBC programming, Wikipedia as a structured knowledge base (DBpedia) and statistical information  from Eurostat and the US census are, in addition to hundred of other datasets, readily available on the Web of Data.<br />  <br /></span> <h2><span class="author-p-59 b"><strong>Why become a Linked Open Data Starter?</strong></span></h2> </div> <div id="magicdomid50"><span class="author-p-59">The Linked Open Data Starter Service:</span></div> <div id="magicdomid51"> <ul class="list-bullet1"> <li><span class="author-p-59">Is the basis for data integration/mapping/linking on the Internet.</span></li> </ul> </div> <div id="magicdomid52"> <ul class="list-bullet1"> <li><span class="author-p-59">Puts you in pole position for data publishing.</span></li> </ul> </div> <div id="magicdomid53"> <ul class="list-bullet1"> <li><span class="author-p-59">Empowers the world around you.</span></li> </ul> </div> <div id="magicdomid54"> <ul class="list-bullet1"> <li><span class="author-p-59">Is the ultimate extension of your role as knowledge center, regulator, publisher.</span></li> </ul> </div> <div id="magicdomid55"> <ul class="list-bullet1"> <li><span class="author-p-59">Guarantees a huge leap forward in your data distribution strategy without any risks.</span></li> </ul> </div> <div id="magicdomid58"><span class="author-p-59">You will benefit from the technological, juridical, marketing, project and communication experience of the multi-disciplinary LOD2 and LATC teams to make your first steps into the linked open data space a success.<br /> <br /></span></div> <div id="magicdomid59"> <h2><span class="author-p-59 b"><strong>What is the PUBLINK </strong></span><strong><span class="author-p-59"> </span></strong><strong>Linked Open Data Consultancy</strong><span class="author-p-59 b"><strong>?</strong></span></h2> </div> <p><span class="author-p-59">It is a service provided by the EU-supported projects LOD2 and LATC. The ultimate aim of both projects is to lift the emerging Web of Data to the next level. Besides research, development and deployment in the areas linked data management, interlinking, enrichment as well as browsing and authoring LOD2 and LAT</span><span class="author-g-746j1ifo4too1u92">C</span><span class="author-p-59"> aim to substantially extend the publication and use of Linked Data within and beyond the focus domains of E-Government, Media and Enterprise </span><span class="author-g-746j1ifo4too1u92">D</span><span class="author-p-59">ata. PUBLINK</span><span class="author-p-59"> is a service designed to give you maximum value with a minimum of risks. Through a standardized phased approach it allows you to migrate your data to the Internet in a smooth way at your pace.</span></p> <div id="magicdomid62"><span class="author-p-59"> </span></div> <div id="magicdomid63"><span class="author-p-59 i"><em>PUBLINK</em></span><span class="author-p-59 i"><em> Pathfinder</em></span></div> <div id="magicdomid64"><span class="author-p-59">In a one-day workshop the LOD2/LATC team will crawl through your data together with you. You should have your data or samples of it available and a rough idea of what you want to do with it. At the end of the day the LOD2 team will, together with you, have:</span></div> <div id="magicdomid65"> <ul class="list-bullet1"> <li><span class="author-p-59">Defined a high-level specification</span></li> </ul> </div> <div id="magicdomid66"> <ul class="list-bullet1"> <li><span class="author-p-59">Defined a high-level plan for next steps,</span></li> </ul> </div> <div id="magicdomid67"> <ul class="list-bullet1"> <li><span class="author-p-59">Defined a high-level technical architecture,</span></li> </ul> </div> <div id="magicdomid68"> <ul class="list-bullet1"> <li><span class="author-p-59">Assessed risks and challenges,</span></li> </ul> </div> <div id="magicdomid69"> <ul class="list-bullet1"> <li><span class="author-p-59">Identified possible non-technical issues to work on (copyright, privacy, security, …).</span></li> </ul> </div> <div id="magicdomid70"><span class="author-p-59"> </span></div> <div id="magicdomid71"><span class="author-p-59 i"><em>PUBLINK</em></span><span class="author-p-59 i"><em> Kickstart</em></span></div> <div id="magicdomid72"><span class="author-p-59">In a 2-to-5-day mini-project the LOD2/LATC team will support you to bring your data to the internet as linked open data. </span><span class="author-p-59">Basically</span><span class="author-p-59">, you have two options here and you can either select one of them or both:</span></div> <div id="magicdomid73"> <ul class="list-bullet1"> <li><span class="author-p-59 i"><em>PUBLINK</em></span><span class="author-p-59 i"><em> RDF</em></span><span class="author-p-59">: Linked Data at its core is in fact nothing more than the data published as RDF and then linked to each other. </span></li> </ul> </div> <div id="magicdomid75"> <ul class="list-bullet1"> <li><span class="author-p-59 i"><em>PUBLINK</em></span><span class="author-p-59 i"><em> SPARQL endpoint</em></span><span class="author-p-59">: SPARQL is the query language for RDF data, like SQL for relational data bases. SPARQL is designed to answer technical queries for RDF data. </span><span class="author-p-59"><br />To query an RDF Store, a SPARQL endpoint is needed. This is the gateway to the RDF Store through which queries are executed. The web service accepts other formats as well and transforms them into SPARQL.<br /></span><span class="author-p-59">The SPARQL endpoint provides a means for machine-to-machine communication so that the public presence of ESCO data can be fully exploited, and foresees the needs of future web applications.</span><span class="author-p-59"><br />Here are examples of existing SPARQL endpoints: </span><span class="author-p-59 url"><a href="http://esw.w3.org/topic/SparqlEndpoints">http://esw.w3.org/topic/SparqlEndpoints</a></span></li> </ul> </div> <div id="magicdomid80"><span class="author-p-59"> </span></div> <div id="magicdomid82"><span class="author-p-59 b"><strong>Target organizations for Linked Open Data Starters</strong></span><span class="author-p-59"> include (but are not limited to):</span></div> <div id="magicdomid84"> <ul class="list-bullet1"> <li><span class="author-p-59">Government administrations or agencies, regional, national or European</span></li> </ul> </div> <div id="magicdomid85"> <ul class="list-bullet1"> <li><span class="author-p-59">Knowledge center (health, infrastructure, chemical, tax, financial, social, economic, biological, education, labour, …)</span></li> </ul> </div> <div id="magicdomid86"> <ul class="list-bullet1"> <li><span class="author-p-59">Bureau for statistics</span></li> </ul> </div> <div id="magicdomid87"> <ul class="list-bullet1"> <li><span class="author-p-59">Research centers</span></li> </ul> </div> <div id="magicdomid88"> <ul class="list-bullet1"> <li><span class="author-p-59">Enterprises aiming to publish Linked Data</span></li> </ul> </div> <div id="magicdomid89"><span class="author-p-59"> </span></div> <div id="magicdomid90"> <h2><span class="author-p-59 b"><strong>How to apply for the PUBLINK?</strong></span></h2> </div> <div id="magicdomid92"><span class="author-p-59">In order to apply for PUBLINK, please send the following information (max. 2 pages) to <a href="mailto:publink@lod2.eu">publink@lod2.eu</a>:</span></div> <div id="magicdomid93"> <ul class="list-bullet1"> <li><span class="author-p-59">Brief profile of your organization</span></li> </ul> </div> <div id="magicdomid94"> <ul class="list-bullet1"> <li><span class="author-p-59">Description of the data you aim to publish (quality, quantity, current format)</span></li> </ul> </div> <div id="magicdomid95"> <ul class="list-bullet1"> <li><span class="author-p-59">Potential stakeholders benefiting from publishing your data</span></li> </ul> </div> <div id="magicdomid96"> <ul class="list-bullet1"> <li><span class="author-p-59">Envisioned involvement from your side – will you designate staff for supporting the PUBLINK project and being responsible for the maintenance of the data when the PUBLINK project will have terminated<br /></span></li> </ul> </div> <div id="magicdomid97"> <ul class="list-bullet1"> <li><span class="author-p-59">Envisioned licensing model (in general PUBLINK is aimed at publishing under open licenses</span><span class="author-g-z122zz122zl53pxg1t3akwin">, see</span><span class="author-p-59 url"><a href="http://opendefinition.org/">http://opendefinition.org)</a></span></li> </ul> </div> <div id="magicdomid99"><span class="author-p-59">After assessment of your application and a possible discussion with you on the value and feasibility of your application, we will select up to five PUBLINK projects for execution.<em><br /><br /></em></span></div> <div id="magicdomid101"> <h2><span class="author-p-59 i">Timeline</span></h2> </div> <div id="magicdomid102"> <ul class="list-bullet1"> <li><span class="author-p-59">Application deadline:                   December 20th, 2010</span></li> </ul> </div> <div id="magicdomid103"> <ul class="list-bullet1"> <li><span class="author-p-59">Notification of acceptance:         January 30th, 2011</span></li> </ul> </div> <div id="magicdomid104"> <ul class="list-bullet1"> <li><span class="author-p-59">PUBLINK pathfinder period:    February & March 2011</span></li> </ul> </div> <div id="magicdomid105"> <ul class="list-bullet1"> <li><span class="author-p-59">PUBLINK</span><span class="author-p-59"> kickstart period:          April till June 2011</span></li> </ul> </div> <div id="magicdomid106"><span class="author-p-59"> </span></div> <div id="magicdomid107"><span class="author-p-59">For successful PUBLINK projects we will, of course, offer individually negotiable options for a continuing collaboration between (members of) the LOD2 / LATC consortia and your organization.<br /><br /></span></div> <div id="magicdomid110"> <h2><span class="author-p-59 b"><strong>Why work with the LOD2/LATC team?</strong></span></h2> </div> <div id="magicdomid111"><span class="author-p-59">The <a href="WikiArticle/Consortium.html">LOD2 </a>and <a href="http://latc-project.eu">LATC </a>teams </span><span class="author-g-t5ul9s4qh4h1xj6m">are comprised of key individuals instrumental to the creation and bootstrap of Linked Open Data community. These teams </span><span class="author-p-59">have presence </span><span class="author-g-t5ul9s4qh4h1xj6m">across</span><span class="author-p-59"> many European countries. </span><span class="author-g-t5ul9s4qh4h1xj6m">Naturally, they </span><span class="author-p-59">combine years of hands-on experience</span><span class="author-g-t5ul9s4qh4h1xj6m"> with regards to development and deployment</span><span class="author-p-59"> of industrial strength solutions </span><span class="author-g-t5ul9s4qh4h1xj6m">covering</span><span class="author-p-59">:</span></div> <div id="magicdomid112"> <ul class="list-bullet1"> <li><span class="author-p-59">Linked Open Data</span></li> </ul> </div> <div id="magicdomid113"> <ul class="list-bullet1"> <li><span class="author-p-59">Semantic Technology</span></li> </ul> </div> <div id="magicdomid114"> <ul class="list-bullet1"> <li><span class="author-p-59">Publishing</span></li> </ul> </div> <div id="magicdomid115"> <ul class="list-bullet1"> <li><span class="author-p-59">Search</span></li> </ul> </div> <div id="magicdomid116"> <ul class="list-bullet1"> <li><span class="author-p-59">Advanced database technology</span></li> </ul> </div> 4 <div id="magicdomid27"><span class="author-g-6mr641egcblkvz122zhy">Over recent years the Linked Open Data paradigm has gained momentum as a lightweight approach of publishing data resources to and reusing data from the web - be it for commercial or commons-oriented purposes.</span></div> <div id="magicdomid28"><span class="author-p-59"> </span></div> <div id="magicdomid29"><span class="author-g-6mr641egcblkvz122zhy">PUBLINK</span><span class="author-p-59"> is the </span><strong>Linked Open Data Consultancy</strong><span class="author-p-59"> backed by the consortia of the EU-FP7 <a href="undefined/">LOD2 (Integrated Project)</a> and <a href="http://latc-project.eu">LATC (Support Action)</a> projects. </span><span class="author-p-59"><span class="author-g-6mr641egcblkvz122zhy"><span class="author-p-59"> In order to lower the entrance barrier for potential data publishers, the LOD2 and LATC consortia offer the free </span><strong><span class="author-g-6mr641egcblkvz122zhy">PUBLINK</span></strong><strong><span class="author-p-59"> </span></strong><strong>Linked Open Data Consultancy</strong><span class="author-p-59"><span class="author-p-59"> to up to 5 selected organizations supporting them with the publishing of Linked Open Data with an overall effort of 10-20 days of support from highly skilled Linked Data professionals.</span></span></span></span></div> <div id="magicdomid30"><span class="author-p-59"> </span></div> <div id="magicdomid31"> <ul class="list-bullet1"> <li><span class="author-p-59">Are you a government or government-related organization (administration, research center, agency, …) and in possession of large amounts of data?</span></li> </ul> </div> <div id="magicdomid32"> <ul class="list-bullet1"> <li><span class="author-p-59">Is your organization obliged to publish data?</span></li> </ul> </div> <div id="magicdomid33"> <ul class="list-bullet1"> <li><span class="author-p-59">Do you have valuable data but lack the financial or technical means to distribute it?</span></li> </ul> </div> <div id="magicdomid34"> <ul class="list-bullet1"> <li><span class="author-p-59">Are you convinced that linking, merging or mapping your data with other data sources will increase its value?</span></li> </ul> </div> <div id="magicdomid35"> <ul class="list-bullet1"> <li><span class="author-p-59">Do you face inter-organizational data integration challenges?</span></li> </ul> </div> <div id="magicdomid36"> <ul class="list-bullet1"> <li><span class="author-p-59">Do you want or need your data to be re-used?</span></li> </ul> </div> <div id="magicdomid37"> <ul class="list-bullet1"> <li><span class="author-p-59">Do you already publish tons of data in HTML, spreadsheets, PDFs or proprietary formats?</span></li> </ul> </div> <div id="magicdomid38"><span class="author-p-59"> </span></div> <div id="magicdomid39"><span class="author-p-59">If you answered YES! to two or more of these questions, you have to continue reading.</span></div> <div id="magicdomid40"><span class="author-p-59"><br /></span></div> <div id="magicdomid41"> <h2><span class="author-p-59 b"><strong>What is Linked Open Data?</strong></span></h2> </div> <div id="magicdomid42"><span class="author-p-59">The Internet as we know it is merely a virtual library where documents are linked to each other, it is a web of documents for humans to read. The W3C-hosted Linking Open Data initiative (LOD, </span><span class="author-p-59 url"><a href="http://esw.w3.org/SweoIG/TaskForces/CommunityProjects/LinkingOpenData">http://esw.w3.org/SweoIG/TaskForces/CommunityProjects/LinkingOpenData</a>)</span><span class="author-p-59"> now aims to extend the ‘web of documents’ with a ‘web of data’ by publishing and interlinking open data sources on the Web based on well-established standards such as RDF and URIs. </span></div> <div id="magicdomid43"><span class="author-p-59"> </span></div> <div id="magicdomid44"><span class="author-p-59">A web comprising linked data in addition to linked documents brings the advantage that the content becomes machine-readable. Computer and software can interpret the meaning of web content instead of just offering it to the user to read. As a result, more intelligent search engines can combine information from different sources, mash-ups integrating heterogeneous information can be more easily built and many more, currently unforeseen creative uses of information on the web become possible.</span></div> <div id="magicdomid47"><span class="author-p-59">With more than 20 billion facts already published as Linked Open Data (LOD) the Data Web is not just a vision, but becoming reality right now. For example, all BBC programming, Wikipedia as a structured knowledge base (DBpedia) and statistical information  from Eurostat and the US census are, in addition to hundred of other datasets, readily available on the Web of Data.<br />  <br /></span> <h2><span class="author-p-59 b"><strong>Why become a Linked Open Data Starter?</strong></span></h2> </div> <div id="magicdomid50"><span class="author-p-59">The Linked Open Data Starter Service:</span></div> <div id="magicdomid51"> <ul class="list-bullet1"> <li><span class="author-p-59">Is the basis for data integration/mapping/linking on the Internet.</span></li> </ul> </div> <div id="magicdomid52"> <ul class="list-bullet1"> <li><span class="author-p-59">Puts you in pole position for data publishing.</span></li> </ul> </div> <div id="magicdomid53"> <ul class="list-bullet1"> <li><span class="author-p-59">Empowers the world around you.</span></li> </ul> </div> <div id="magicdomid54"> <ul class="list-bullet1"> <li><span class="author-p-59">Is the ultimate extension of your role as knowledge center, regulator, publisher.</span></li> </ul> </div> <div id="magicdomid55"> <ul class="list-bullet1"> <li><span class="author-p-59">Guarantees a huge leap forward in your data distribution strategy without any risks.</span></li> </ul> </div> <div id="magicdomid58"><span class="author-p-59">You will benefit from the technological, juridical, marketing, project and communication experience of the multi-disciplinary LOD2 and LATC teams to make your first steps into the linked open data space a success.<br /> <br /></span></div> <div id="magicdomid59"> <h2><span class="author-p-59 b"><strong>What is the PUBLINK </strong></span><strong><span class="author-p-59"> </span></strong><strong>Linked Open Data Consultancy</strong><span class="author-p-59 b"><strong>?</strong></span></h2> </div> <p><span class="author-p-59">It is a service provided by the EU-supported projects LOD2 and LATC. The ultimate aim of both projects is to lift the emerging Web of Data to the next level. Besides research, development and deployment in the areas linked data management, interlinking, enrichment as well as browsing and authoring LOD2 and LAT</span><span class="author-g-746j1ifo4too1u92">C</span><span class="author-p-59"> aim to substantially extend the publication and use of Linked Data within and beyond the focus domains of E-Government, Media and Enterprise </span><span class="author-g-746j1ifo4too1u92">D</span><span class="author-p-59">ata. PUBLINK</span><span class="author-p-59"> is a service designed to give you maximum value with a minimum of risks. Through a standardized phased approach it allows you to migrate your data to the Internet in a smooth way at your pace.</span></p> <div id="magicdomid62"><span class="author-p-59"> </span></div> <div id="magicdomid63"><span class="author-p-59 i"><em>PUBLINK</em></span><span class="author-p-59 i"><em> Pathfinder</em></span></div> <div id="magicdomid64"><span class="author-p-59">In a one-day workshop the LOD2/LATC team will crawl through your data together with you. You should have your data or samples of it available and a rough idea of what you want to do with it. At the end of the day the LOD2 team will, together with you, have:</span></div> <div id="magicdomid65"> <ul class="list-bullet1"> <li><span class="author-p-59">Defined a high-level specification</span></li> </ul> </div> <div id="magicdomid66"> <ul class="list-bullet1"> <li><span class="author-p-59">Defined a high-level plan for next steps,</span></li> </ul> </div> <div id="magicdomid67"> <ul class="list-bullet1"> <li><span class="author-p-59">Defined a high-level technical architecture,</span></li> </ul> </div> <div id="magicdomid68"> <ul class="list-bullet1"> <li><span class="author-p-59">Assessed risks and challenges,</span></li> </ul> </div> <div id="magicdomid69"> <ul class="list-bullet1"> <li><span class="author-p-59">Identified possible non-technical issues to work on (copyright, privacy, security, …).</span></li> </ul> </div> <div id="magicdomid70"><span class="author-p-59"> </span></div> <div id="magicdomid71"><span class="author-p-59 i"><em>PUBLINK</em></span><span class="author-p-59 i"><em> Kickstart</em></span></div> <div id="magicdomid72"><span class="author-p-59">In a 2-to-5-day mini-project the LOD2/LATC team will support you to bring your data to the internet as linked open data. </span><span class="author-p-59">Basically</span><span class="author-p-59">, you have two options here and you can either select one of them or both:</span></div> <div id="magicdomid73"> <ul class="list-bullet1"> <li><span class="author-p-59 i"><em>PUBLINK</em></span><span class="author-p-59 i"><em> RDF</em></span><span class="author-p-59">: Linked Data at its core is in fact nothing more than the data published as RDF and then linked to each other. </span></li> </ul> </div> <div id="magicdomid75"> <ul class="list-bullet1"> <li><span class="author-p-59 i"><em>PUBLINK</em></span><span class="author-p-59 i"><em> SPARQL endpoint</em></span><span class="author-p-59">: SPARQL is the query language for RDF data, like SQL for relational data bases. SPARQL is designed to answer technical queries for RDF data. </span><span class="author-p-59"><br />To query an RDF Store, a SPARQL endpoint is needed. This is the gateway to the RDF Store through which queries are executed. The web service accepts other formats as well and transforms them into SPARQL.<br /></span><span class="author-p-59">The SPARQL endpoint provides a means for machine-to-machine communication so that the public presence of ESCO data can be fully exploited, and foresees the needs of future web applications.</span><span class="author-p-59"><br />Here are examples of existing SPARQL endpoints: </span><span class="author-p-59 url"><a href="http://esw.w3.org/topic/SparqlEndpoints">http://esw.w3.org/topic/SparqlEndpoints</a></span></li> </ul> </div> <div id="magicdomid80"><span class="author-p-59"> </span></div> <div id="magicdomid82"><span class="author-p-59 b"><strong>Target organizations for Linked Open Data Starters</strong></span><span class="author-p-59"> include (but are not limited to):</span></div> <div id="magicdomid84"> <ul class="list-bullet1"> <li><span class="author-p-59">Government administrations or agencies, regional, national or European</span></li> </ul> </div> <div id="magicdomid85"> <ul class="list-bullet1"> <li><span class="author-p-59">Knowledge center (health, infrastructure, chemical, tax, financial, social, economic, biological, education, labour, …)</span></li> </ul> </div> <div id="magicdomid86"> <ul class="list-bullet1"> <li><span class="author-p-59">Bureau for statistics</span></li> </ul> </div> <div id="magicdomid87"> <ul class="list-bullet1"> <li><span class="author-p-59">Research centers</span></li> </ul> </div> <div id="magicdomid88"> <ul class="list-bullet1"> <li><span class="author-p-59">Enterprises aiming to publish Linked Data</span></li> </ul> </div> <div id="magicdomid89"><span class="author-p-59"> </span></div> <div id="magicdomid90"> <h2><span class="author-p-59 b"><strong>How to apply for the PUBLINK?</strong></span></h2> </div> <div id="magicdomid92"><span class="author-p-59">In order to apply for PUBLINK, please send the following information (max. 2 pages) to <a href="mailto:publink@lod2.eu">publink@lod2.eu</a>:</span></div> <div id="magicdomid93"> <ul class="list-bullet1"> <li><span class="author-p-59">Brief profile of your organization</span></li> </ul> </div> <div id="magicdomid94"> <ul class="list-bullet1"> <li><span class="author-p-59">Description of the data you aim to publish (quality, quantity, current format)</span></li> </ul> </div> <div id="magicdomid95"> <ul class="list-bullet1"> <li><span class="author-p-59">Potential stakeholders benefiting from publishing your data</span></li> </ul> </div> <div id="magicdomid96"> <ul class="list-bullet1"> <li><span class="author-p-59">Envisioned involvement from your side – will you designate staff for supporting the PUBLINK project and being responsible for the maintenance of the data when the PUBLINK project will have terminated<br /></span></li> </ul> </div> <div id="magicdomid97"> <ul class="list-bullet1"> <li><span class="author-p-59">Envisioned licensing model (in general PUBLINK is aimed at publishing under open licenses</span><span class="author-g-z122zz122zl53pxg1t3akwin">, see</span><span class="author-p-59"> </span><span class="author-p-59 url"><a href="http://opendefinition.org/">http://opendefinition.org)</a></span></li> </ul> </div> <div id="magicdomid99"><span class="author-p-59">After assessment of your application and a possible discussion with you on the value and feasibility of your application, we will select up to five PUBLINK projects for execution.<em><br /><br /></em></span></div> <div id="magicdomid101"> <h2><span class="author-p-59 i">Timeline</span></h2> </div> <div id="magicdomid102"> <ul class="list-bullet1"> <li><span class="author-p-59">Application deadline:                   December 20th, 2010</span></li> </ul> </div> <div id="magicdomid103"> <ul class="list-bullet1"> <li><span class="author-p-59">Notification of acceptance:         January 30th, 2011</span></li> </ul> </div> <div id="magicdomid104"> <ul class="list-bullet1"> <li><span class="author-p-59">PUBLINK pathfinder period:    February & March 2011</span></li> </ul> </div> <div id="magicdomid105"> <ul class="list-bullet1"> <li><span class="author-p-59">PUBLINK</span><span class="author-p-59"> kickstart period:          April till June 2011</span></li> </ul> </div> <div id="magicdomid106"><span class="author-p-59"> </span></div> <div id="magicdomid107"><span class="author-p-59">For successful PUBLINK projects we will, of course, offer individually negotiable options for a continuing collaboration between (members of) the LOD2 / LATC consortia and your organization.<br /><br /></span></div> <div id="magicdomid110"> <h2><span class="author-p-59 b"><strong>Why work with the LOD2/LATC team?</strong></span></h2> </div> <div id="magicdomid111"><span class="author-p-59">The <a href="WikiArticle/Consortium.html">LOD2 </a>and <a href="http://latc-project.eu">LATC </a>teams </span><span class="author-g-t5ul9s4qh4h1xj6m">are comprised of key individuals instrumental to the creation and bootstrap of Linked Open Data community. These teams </span><span class="author-p-59">have presence </span><span class="author-g-t5ul9s4qh4h1xj6m">across</span><span class="author-p-59"> many European countries. </span><span class="author-g-t5ul9s4qh4h1xj6m">Naturally, they </span><span class="author-p-59">combine years of hands-on experience</span><span class="author-g-t5ul9s4qh4h1xj6m"> with regards to development and deployment</span><span class="author-p-59"> of industrial strength solutions </span><span class="author-g-t5ul9s4qh4h1xj6m">covering</span><span class="author-p-59">:</span></div> <div id="magicdomid112"> <ul class="list-bullet1"> <li><span class="author-p-59">Linked Open Data</span></li> </ul> </div> <div id="magicdomid113"> <ul class="list-bullet1"> <li><span class="author-p-59">Semantic Technology</span></li> </ul> </div> <div id="magicdomid114"> <ul class="list-bullet1"> <li><span class="author-p-59">Publishing</span></li> </ul> </div> <div id="magicdomid115"> <ul class="list-bullet1"> <li><span class="author-p-59">Search</span></li> </ul> </div> <div id="magicdomid116"> <ul class="list-bullet1"> <li><span class="author-p-59">Advanced database technology</span><span class="author-g-t5ul9s4qh4h1xj6m"><br /></span></li> </ul> </div> 1 <div id="magicdomid27"><span class="author-g-6mr641egcblkvz122zhy">Over recent years the Linked Open Data paradigm has gained momentum as a lightweight approach of publishing data resources to and reusing data from the web - be it for commercial or commons-oriented purposes.</span></div> <div id="magicdomid28"><span class="author-p-59"> </span></div> <div id="magicdomid29"><span class="author-g-6mr641egcblkvz122zhy">PUBLINK</span><span class="author-p-59"> is the </span><strong>Linked Open Data Consultancy</strong><span class="author-p-59"> backed by the consortia of the EU-FP7 <a href="undefined/">LOD2 (Integrated Project)</a> and <a href="http://latc-project.eu">LATC (Support Action)</a> projects. </span><span class="author-p-59"><span class="author-g-6mr641egcblkvz122zhy"><span class="author-p-59"> In order to lower the entrance barrier for potential data publishers, the LOD2 and LATC consortia offer the free </span><strong><span class="author-g-6mr641egcblkvz122zhy">PUBLINK</span></strong><strong></strong><strong>Linked Open Data Consultancy</strong><span class="author-p-59"><span class="author-p-59"> to up to 5 selected organizations supporting them with the publishing of Linked Open Data with an overall effort of 10-20 days of support from highly skilled Linked Data professionals.</span></span></span></span></div> <div id="magicdomid30"><span class="author-p-59"> </span></div> <div id="magicdomid31"> <ul class="list-bullet1"> <li><span class="author-p-59">Are you a government or government-related organization (administration, research center, agency, …) and in possession of large amounts of data?</span></li> </ul> </div> <div id="magicdomid32"> <ul class="list-bullet1"> <li><span class="author-p-59">Is your organization obliged to publish data?</span></li> </ul> </div> <div id="magicdomid33"> <ul class="list-bullet1"> <li><span class="author-p-59">Do you have valuable data but lack the financial or technical means to distribute it?</span></li> </ul> </div> <div id="magicdomid34"> <ul class="list-bullet1"> <li><span class="author-p-59">Are you convinced that linking, merging or mapping your data with other data sources will increase its value?</span></li> </ul> </div> <div id="magicdomid35"> <ul class="list-bullet1"> <li><span class="author-p-59">Do you face inter-organizational data integration challenges?</span></li> </ul> </div> <div id="magicdomid36"> <ul class="list-bullet1"> <li><span class="author-p-59">Do you want or need your data to be re-used?</span></li> </ul> </div> <div id="magicdomid37"> <ul class="list-bullet1"> <li><span class="author-p-59">Do you already publish tons of data in HTML, spreadsheets, PDFs or proprietary formats?</span></li> </ul> </div> <div id="magicdomid38"><span class="author-p-59"> </span></div> <div id="magicdomid39"><span class="author-p-59">If you answered YES! to two or more of these questions, you have to continue reading.</span></div> <div id="magicdomid40"><span class="author-p-59"><br /></span></div> <div id="magicdomid41"> <h2><span class="author-p-59 b"><strong>What is Linked Open Data?</strong></span></h2> </div> <div id="magicdomid42"><span class="author-p-59">The Internet as we know it is merely a virtual library where documents are linked to each other, it is a web of documents for humans to read. The W3C-hosted Linking Open Data initiative (LOD, </span><span class="author-p-59 url"><a href="http://esw.w3.org/SweoIG/TaskForces/CommunityProjects/LinkingOpenData">http://esw.w3.org/SweoIG/TaskForces/CommunityProjects/LinkingOpenData</a>)</span><span class="author-p-59"> now aims to extend the ‘web of documents’ with a ‘web of data’ by publishing and interlinking open data sources on the Web based on well-established standards such as RDF and URIs. </span></div> <div id="magicdomid43"><span class="author-p-59"> </span></div> <div id="magicdomid44"><span class="author-p-59">A web comprising linked data in addition to linked documents brings the advantage that the content becomes machine-readable. Computer and software can interpret the meaning of web content instead of just offering it to the user to read. As a result, more intelligent search engines can combine information from different sources, mash-ups integrating heterogeneous information can be more easily built and many more, currently unforeseen creative uses of information on the web become possible.</span></div> <div id="magicdomid47"><span class="author-p-59">With more than 20 billion facts already published as Linked Open Data (LOD) the Data Web is not just a vision, but becoming reality right now. For example, all BBC programming, Wikipedia as a structured knowledge base (DBpedia) and statistical information  from Eurostat and the US census are, in addition to hundred of other datasets, readily available on the Web of Data.<br />  <br /></span> <h2><span class="author-p-59 b"><strong>Why become a Linked Open Data Starter?</strong></span></h2> </div> <div id="magicdomid50"><span class="author-p-59">The Linked Open Data Starter Service:</span></div> <div id="magicdomid51"> <ul class="list-bullet1"> <li><span class="author-p-59">Is the basis for data integration/mapping/linking on the Internet.</span></li> </ul> </div> <div id="magicdomid52"> <ul class="list-bullet1"> <li><span class="author-p-59">Puts you in pole position for data publishing.</span></li> </ul> </div> <div id="magicdomid53"> <ul class="list-bullet1"> <li><span class="author-p-59">Empowers the world around you.</span></li> </ul> </div> <div id="magicdomid54"> <ul class="list-bullet1"> <li><span class="author-p-59">Is the ultimate extension of your role as knowledge center, regulator, publisher.</span></li> </ul> </div> <div id="magicdomid55"> <ul class="list-bullet1"> <li><span class="author-p-59">Guarantees a huge leap forward in your data distribution strategy without any risks.</span></li> </ul> </div> <div id="magicdomid58"><span class="author-p-59">You will benefit from the technological, juridical, marketing, project and communication experience of the multi-disciplinary LOD2 and LATC teams to make your first steps into the linked open data space a success.<br /> <br /></span></div> <div id="magicdomid59"> <h2><span class="author-p-59 b"><strong>What is the PUBLINK </strong></span><strong><span class="author-p-59"> </span></strong><strong>Linked Open Data Consultancy</strong><span class="author-p-59 b"><strong>?</strong></span></h2> </div> <p><span class="author-p-59">It is a service provided by the EU-supported projects LOD2 and LATC. The ultimate aim of both projects is to lift the emerging Web of Data to the next level. Besides research, development and deployment in the areas linked data management, interlinking, enrichment as well as browsing and authoring LOD2 and LAT</span><span class="author-g-746j1ifo4too1u92">C</span><span class="author-p-59"> aim to substantially extend the publication and use of Linked Data within and beyond the focus domains of E-Government, Media and Enterprise </span><span class="author-g-746j1ifo4too1u92">D</span><span class="author-p-59">ata. PUBLINK</span><span class="author-p-59"> is a service designed to give you maximum value with a minimum of risks. Through a standardized phased approach it allows you to migrate your data to the Internet in a smooth way at your pace.</span></p> <div id="magicdomid62"><span class="author-p-59"> </span></div> <div id="magicdomid63"><span class="author-p-59 i"><em>PUBLINK</em></span><span class="author-p-59 i"><em> Pathfinder</em></span></div> <div id="magicdomid64"><span class="author-p-59">In a one-day workshop the LOD2/LATC team will crawl through your data together with you. You should have your data or samples of it available and a rough idea of what you want to do with it. At the end of the day the LOD2 team will, together with you, have:</span></div> <div id="magicdomid65"> <ul class="list-bullet1"> <li><span class="author-p-59">Defined a high-level specification</span></li> </ul> </div> <div id="magicdomid66"> <ul class="list-bullet1"> <li><span class="author-p-59">Defined a high-level plan for next steps,</span></li> </ul> </div> <div id="magicdomid67"> <ul class="list-bullet1"> <li><span class="author-p-59">Defined a high-level technical architecture,</span></li> </ul> </div> <div id="magicdomid68"> <ul class="list-bullet1"> <li><span class="author-p-59">Assessed risks and challenges,</span></li> </ul> </div> <div id="magicdomid69"> <ul class="list-bullet1"> <li><span class="author-p-59">Identified possible non-technical issues to work on (copyright, privacy, security, …).</span></li> </ul> </div> <div id="magicdomid70"><span class="author-p-59"> </span></div> <div id="magicdomid71"><span class="author-p-59 i"><em>PUBLINK</em></span><span class="author-p-59 i"><em> Kickstart</em></span></div> <div id="magicdomid72"><span class="author-p-59">In a 2-to-5-day mini-project the LOD2/LATC team will support you to bring your data to the internet as linked open data. </span><span class="author-p-59">Basically</span><span class="author-p-59">, you have two options here and you can either select one of them or both:</span></div> <div id="magicdomid73"> <ul class="list-bullet1"> <li><span class="author-p-59 i"><em>PUBLINK</em></span><span class="author-p-59 i"><em> RDF</em></span><span class="author-p-59">: Linked Data at its core is in fact nothing more than the data published as RDF and then linked to each other. </span></li> </ul> </div> <div id="magicdomid75"> <ul class="list-bullet1"> <li><span class="author-p-59 i"><em>PUBLINK</em></span><span class="author-p-59 i"><em> SPARQL endpoint</em></span><span class="author-p-59">: SPARQL is the query language for RDF data, like SQL for relational data bases. SPARQL is designed to answer technical queries for RDF data. </span><span class="author-p-59"><br />To query an RDF Store, a SPARQL endpoint is needed. This is the gateway to the RDF Store through which queries are executed. The web service accepts other formats as well and transforms them into SPARQL.<br /></span><span class="author-p-59">The SPARQL endpoint provides a means for machine-to-machine communication so that the public presence of ESCO data can be fully exploited, and foresees the needs of future web applications.</span><span class="author-p-59"><br />Here are examples of existing SPARQL endpoints: </span><span class="author-p-59 url"><a href="http://esw.w3.org/topic/SparqlEndpoints">http://esw.w3.org/topic/SparqlEndpoints</a></span></li> </ul> </div> <div id="magicdomid80"><span class="author-p-59"> </span></div> <div id="magicdomid82"><span class="author-p-59 b"><strong>Target organizations for Linked Open Data Starters</strong></span><span class="author-p-59"> include (but are not limited to):</span></div> <div id="magicdomid84"> <ul class="list-bullet1"> <li><span class="author-p-59">Government administrations or agencies, regional, national or European</span></li> </ul> </div> <div id="magicdomid85"> <ul class="list-bullet1"> <li><span class="author-p-59">Knowledge center (health, infrastructure, chemical, tax, financial, social, economic, biological, education, labour, …)</span></li> </ul> </div> <div id="magicdomid86"> <ul class="list-bullet1"> <li><span class="author-p-59">Bureau for statistics</span></li> </ul> </div> <div id="magicdomid87"> <ul class="list-bullet1"> <li><span class="author-p-59">Research centers</span></li> </ul> </div> <div id="magicdomid88"> <ul class="list-bullet1"> <li><span class="author-p-59">Enterprises aiming to publish Linked Data</span></li> </ul> </div> <div id="magicdomid89"><span class="author-p-59"> </span></div> <div id="magicdomid90"> <h2><span class="author-p-59 b"><strong>How to apply for the PUBLINK?</strong></span></h2> </div> <div id="magicdomid92"><span class="author-p-59">In order to apply for PUBLINK, please send the following information (max. 2 pages) to <a href="mailto:publink@lod2.eu">publink@lod2.eu</a>:</span></div> <div id="magicdomid93"> <ul class="list-bullet1"> <li><span class="author-p-59">Brief profile of your organization</span></li> </ul> </div> <div id="magicdomid94"> <ul class="list-bullet1"> <li><span class="author-p-59">Description of the data you aim to publish (quality, quantity, current format)</span></li> </ul> </div> <div id="magicdomid95"> <ul class="list-bullet1"> <li><span class="author-p-59">Potential stakeholders benefiting from publishing your data</span></li> </ul> </div> <div id="magicdomid96"> <ul class="list-bullet1"> <li><span class="author-p-59">Envisioned involvement from your side – will you designate staff for supporting the PUBLINK project and being responsible for the maintenance of the data when the PUBLINK project will have terminated<br /></span></li> </ul> </div> <div id="magicdomid97"> <ul class="list-bullet1"> <li><span class="author-p-59">Envisioned licensing model (in general PUBLINK is aimed at publishing under open licenses</span><span class="author-g-z122zz122zl53pxg1t3akwin">, see</span><span class="author-p-59 url"><a href="http://opendefinition.org/">http://opendefinition.org)</a></span></li> </ul> </div> <div id="magicdomid99"><span class="author-p-59">After assessment of your application and a possible discussion with you on the value and feasibility of your application, we will select up to five PUBLINK projects for execution.<em><br /><br /></em></span></div> <div id="magicdomid101"> <h2><span class="author-p-59 i">Timeline</span></h2> </div> <div id="magicdomid102"> <ul class="list-bullet1"> <li><span class="author-p-59">Application deadline:                   December 20th, 2011</span></li> </ul> </div> <div id="magicdomid103"> <ul class="list-bullet1"> <li><span class="author-p-59">Notification of acceptance:         January 30th, 2012</span></li> </ul> </div> <div id="magicdomid104"> <ul class="list-bullet1"> <li><span class="author-p-59">PUBLINK pathfinder period:    February & March 2012</span></li> </ul> </div> <div id="magicdomid105"> <ul class="list-bullet1"> <li><span class="author-p-59">PUBLINK</span><span class="author-p-59"> kickstart period:          April till June 2012</span></li> </ul> </div> <div id="magicdomid106"><span class="author-p-59"> </span></div> <div id="magicdomid107"><span class="author-p-59">For successful PUBLINK projects we will, of course, offer individually negotiable options for a continuing collaboration between (members of) the LOD2 / LATC consortia and your organization.<br /><br /></span></div> <div id="magicdomid110"> <h2><span class="author-p-59 b"><strong>Why work with the LOD2/LATC team?</strong></span></h2> </div> <div id="magicdomid111"><span class="author-p-59">The <a href="WikiArticle/Consortium.html">LOD2 </a>and <a href="http://latc-project.eu">LATC </a>teams </span><span class="author-g-t5ul9s4qh4h1xj6m">are comprised of key individuals instrumental to the creation and bootstrap of Linked Open Data community. These teams </span><span class="author-p-59">have presence </span><span class="author-g-t5ul9s4qh4h1xj6m">across</span><span class="author-p-59"> many European countries. </span><span class="author-g-t5ul9s4qh4h1xj6m">Naturally, they </span><span class="author-p-59">combine years of hands-on experience</span><span class="author-g-t5ul9s4qh4h1xj6m"> with regards to development and deployment</span><span class="author-p-59"> of industrial strength solutions </span><span class="author-g-t5ul9s4qh4h1xj6m">covering</span><span class="author-p-59">:</span></div> <div id="magicdomid112"> <ul class="list-bullet1"> <li><span class="author-p-59">Linked Open Data</span></li> </ul> </div> <div id="magicdomid113"> <ul class="list-bullet1"> <li><span class="author-p-59">Semantic Technology</span></li> </ul> </div> <div id="magicdomid114"> <ul class="list-bullet1"> <li><span class="author-p-59">Publishing</span></li> </ul> </div> <div id="magicdomid115"> <ul class="list-bullet1"> <li><span class="author-p-59">Search</span></li> </ul> </div> <div id="magicdomid116"> <ul class="list-bullet1"> <li><span class="author-p-59">Advanced database technology</span><span class="author-g-t5ul9s4qh4h1xj6m"><br /></span></li> </ul> </div> 1 <ol> <li><a href="http://www.umweltbundesamt.at/en/">Umweltbundesamt GmbH</a>(Environment Agency Austria), Austria <p>Team contact: <a href="mailto:Bastiaan.Deblieck@tenforce.com">Bastiaan Deblieck</a>, Tenforce, Belgium</p> <p>Abstract:<br />The Federal Environmental Agency of Austria (UBA) is the leading expert organisation for all environmental issues and media. It works for the conservation of nature and the environment and thus contributes to the sustainable development of society. Its core tasks include the monitoring, management and evaluation of environmental data.</p> <p>The UBA intends to learn how Linked Open Data can help them to aggregate, share and publish data. As the UBA primarily deals with measurements, statistics, research results and geolocation, they face the following specific challenges:</p> <ul> <li>how to align meta-data</li> <li>how to connect data in general</li> <li>how to geolocate the data</li> </ul> </li> <li><a href="http://www.london.gov.uk/who-runs-london/greater-london-authority">Greater London Authority</a>, U.K. <p>Team contact: <a href="mailto:Hwilliams@openlinksw.com">Hugh Williams</a>, OGL, U.K.</p> <p>Abstract:<br />The Greater London Authority (GLA) is home to the Mayor of London and the London Assembly. As part of its commitment to openness and transparency, the GLA has published a number of datasets in their currently available formats on its data store site (<a href="http://data.london.gov.uk/">http://data.london.gov.uk/</a>). They would now like to consolidate this effort around a concrete data model enabling a general deployment as Linked Open Data. Initially, the Greater London Assembly members’ data is being considered for the Proof of concept dataset, with some of the challenges to be addressed being:</p> <ul> <li>Is this a suitable dataset for initial publication?</li> <li>How do we model the data?</li> <li>What do we do with the temporal aspect of the data?</li> <li>What is the best format to present this data to a community of developers?</li> <li>What is the technology for publishing linked open data?</li> </ul> </li> <li><a href="http://www.historischekommission-muenchen.de/index.php">Deutsche Bibliographie</a>, Historische Kommission, Germany <p>Team contact: <a href="mailto:riechert@informatik.uni-leipzig.de">Thomas Riechert</a>, ULEI, Germany</p> <p>Abstract:<br />The German Biography is an online project of the Historical Commission at the Bavarian Academy of Science. The original print version of two biographical lexica contains information about 47.000 biographies, including 45.000 additional persons and over 12.000 places. Funded by the German Research Foundation (Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft), some 55 volumes in print have already been digitalized and tagged according to TEI-P5, while all persons have been aligned to the open data authority file PND. This information is publicly available at <a title="http://www.deutsche-biographie.de/" href="http://www.deutsche-biographie.de/" target="_blank">http://www.deutsche-biographie.de/</a>.</p> <p>The aim of the current project with PubLink is to provide metadata about the individual biographies to enable the visualization of interpersonal relations, for instance. The publication of the metadata in RDF will make the retrieval of such information and inference of new statements not only possible, but also very flexible. Likewise, the integration of the biographical metadata into the Linked Data Cloud will also enhance the use of the biography for researchers. In this way, it is also an example of how European cultural heritage is merged into the digital world. The project is supported by PubLink in the transformation and publication of the data as RDF and helps to foster the establishment of a knowledge engineering methodology.</p> <p>You can see the result of the support activities by LOD2/PUBLINK here: <a href="http://ndb.publink.lod2.eu">http://ndb.publink.lod2.eu</a>.</p> </li> <li><a>City of Vienna</a>, Austria <p>Team contact: <a href="view/">Martin Kaltenböck</a>, SWCG, Austria</p> <p>Abstract:<br />The City of Vienna is the capital of Austria with about 1.8 Mio inhabitants. The IT department as well as the head of administration of the City of Vienna is highly interested in learning more about the benefits of Linked Open Data technologies.</p> <p>In the course of the kick off meeting of the Publink project in March 2011 the following procedure for the PUBLINK consultancy has been discussed and agreed on:</p> <p>3 half day workshops to ensure knowldge- and technology transfer from LOD2 to the City of Vienna in the area of Linked Open (Government) Data:</p> <ul> <li>WS1 - From open data to linked (open) data (Open Data principles, Linked Open Data principles - Benefit of LOD)</li> <li>WS2 - Open Government Data topics: Status of Open Data in Vienna / in Austria, license issues, business models and possible exploitation of (linked) open data</li> <li>WS3 - Linked Open Data: LOD principles, LOD tools, a concrete demo on data of the City of Vienna (and potential & opportunities using linked data versus other technologies), hands on LOD demo</li> </ul> <p>The workshops have been prepared, accomplished and post processed in April and May 2011. on 17 May 2011 the City of Vienna launched its Open Data Portal here: <a>http://data.wien.gv.at</a> also on the basis of the mentioned LOD2 Publink workshops.<br /> The LOD2 project is mention on the Viennese data portal here: <a>http://data.wien.gv.at/formate/lod.html</a></p> <p>As a last step in this Publink project 2-3 data sets from the open data portal of Vienna (<a>http://data.wien.gv.at</a>) will be transformed to RDF as well as furthermore to Linked Open Data to demonstrate the LOD principles & techniques and enable to benefit from LOD.<br /> This final step is still in progress and will be finalised until end 2011 after decision of the City of Vienna what data sets to use for this.</p> </li> <li>Instituto Canario des Estadística – ISTA, Canary Islands <p>Team contact: <a href="mailto:michael.hausenblas@deri.org">Michael Hausenblas</a>, NUIG/DERI, Ireland</p> <p>Abstract:<br />The Instituto Canario de Estadística (ISTAC) <a href="http://www.gobiernodecanarias.org/istac">http://www.gobiernodecanarias.org/istac</a> is the central organ of the regional statistical system and official research center of the Canary Islands. ISTAC is extending their Dissemination Environment JAXI-2 with Linked Data capabilities. JAXI-2, based on a combination of Tomcat, Alfresco and an Oracle DB, allows the publication of meta-report statistical resources based on PC-Axis. The main open questions are around conversions of statistical data from PC-Axis and in future from SDMX as well as integration aspects into the JAXI-2 workflow.</p> </li> <li><a href="http://ec.europa.eu/information_society/digital-agenda/scoreboard/index_en.htm">Digital Agenda Scoreboard</a>, Belgium<br /> <p>Team contact: <a href="mailto:Bastiaan.Deblieck@tenforce.com">Bastiaan Deblieck</a>, Tenforce, Belgium</p> <p>Abstract:</p> <p>The EC Directorate General Information Society and Media (DG Infso) is one of the larger DGs in the European Commission and aims at supporting the development and use of information and communication technologies (ICTs) for cultural, societal and economic benefits. The PubLink project with the DG Infso has mainly focused on the publication of the Digital Agenda Scoreboard as Open Data with a flexible but pragmatic visualization through the support from the LOD2 consortium. This statistical information had previously been published as a report in PDF format. Yet, this format used to have extremely limited capabilities for reuse and browsing.</p> <p>In May 2010, the European Commission adopted the Digital Agenda for Europe (DAE) - a strategy to take advantage of the potential offered by the rapid progress of digital technologies. The DAE is part of the overall Europe2020 strategy for smart, sustainable and inclusive growth. The Digital Agenda contains commitments to undertake 101 specific policy actions (78 actions to be taken by the Commission, including 31 legal proposals, and 23 actions proposed to the Member States) that are intended to stimulate a virtuous circle of investment in and usage of digital technologies. It identifies thirteen key performance targets to show whether Europe is making progress in this area. The present Scoreboard only addresses policy actions planned for the last twelve months in the Digital Agenda.</p> <p>You can see the result of the support activities by LOD2/PUBLINK here: <a href="http://ec.europa.eu/information_society/digital-agenda/scoreboard/graphs/index_en.htm">http://ec.europa.eu/information_society/digital-agenda/scoreboard/graphs/index_en.htm</a></p> </li> </ol> 2 <ol> <li><a href="http://www.umweltbundesamt.at/en/">Umweltbundesamt GmbH</a>(Environment Agency Austria), Austria <p>Team contact: <a href="mailto:Bastiaan.Deblieck@tenforce.com">Bastiaan Deblieck</a>, Tenforce, Belgium</p> <p>Abstract:<br />The Federal Environmental Agency of Austria (UBA) is the leading expert organisation for all environmental issues and media. It works for the conservation of nature and the environment and thus contributes to the sustainable development of society. Its core tasks include the monitoring, management and evaluation of environmental data.</p> <p>The UBA intends to learn how Linked Open Data can help them to aggregate, share and publish data. As the UBA primarily deals with measurements, statistics, research results and geolocation, they face the following specific challenges:</p> <ul> <li>how to align meta-data</li> <li>how to connect data in general</li> <li>how to geolocate the data</li> </ul> <p>LOD2 PubLink is currently defining the scope of a small consulting project.</p> </li> <li><a href="http://www.london.gov.uk/who-runs-london/greater-london-authority">Greater London Authority</a>, U.K. <p>Team contact: <a href="mailto:Hwilliams@openlinksw.com">Hugh Williams</a>, OGL, U.K.</p> <p>Abstract:<br />The Greater London Authority (GLA) is home to the Mayor of London and the London Assembly. As part of its commitment to openness and transparency, the GLA has published a number of datasets in their currently available formats on its data store site (<a href="http://data.london.gov.uk/">http://data.london.gov.uk/</a>). They would now like to consolidate this effort around a concrete data model enabling a general deployment as Linked Open Data. Initially, the Greater London Assembly members’ data is being considered for the Proof of concept dataset, with some of the challenges to be addressed being: </p> <ul> <li>Is this a suitable dataset for initial publication?</li> <li>How do we model the data?</li> <li>What do we do with the temporal aspect of the data?</li> <li>What is the best format to present this data to a community of developers?</li> <li>What is the technology for publishing linked open data?</li> </ul> <p>LOD2 PubLink is currently defining the scope of a small consulting project.</p> </li> <li><a href="http://www.historischekommission-muenchen.de/index.php">Deutsche Bibliographie</a>, Historische Kommission, Germany <p>Team contact: <a href="mailto:riechert@informatik.uni-leipzig.de">Thomas Riechert</a>, ULEI, Germany</p> <p>Abstract:<br />The German Biography is an online project of the Historical Commission at the Bavarian Academy of Science. The original print version of two biographical lexica contains information about 47.000 biographies, including 45.000 additional persons and over 12.000 places.  Funded by the German Research Foundation (Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft), some 55 volumes in print have already been digitalized and tagged according to TEI-P5, while all persons have been aligned to the open data authority file PND. This information is publicly available at <a title="http://www.deutsche-biographie.de/" href="http://www.deutsche-biographie.de/" target="_blank">http://www.deutsche-biographie.de/</a>.</p> <p>The aim of the current project with PubLink is to provide metadata about the individual biographies to enable the visualization of interpersonal relations, for instance. The publication of the metadata in RDF will make the retrieval of such information and inference of new statements not only possible, but also very flexible. Likewise, the integration of the biographical metadata into the Linked Data Cloud will also enhance the use of the biography for researchers. In this way, it is also an example of how European cultural heritage is merged into the digital world. The project is supported by PubLink in the transformation and publication of the data as RDF and helps to foster the establishment of a knowledge engineering methodology.</p> <p>You can see the result of the support activities by LOD2/PUBLINK here: <a href="http://ndb.publink.lod2.eu">http://ndb.publink.lod2.eu</a>.</p> </li> <li>The City of Vienna, Austria<br /> <p>Team contact: <a href="mailto:m.kaltenboeck@semantic-web.at">Martin Kaltenböck</a>, SWCG, Austria</p> </li> <li>Instituto Canario des Estadística – ISTA, Canary Islands <p>Team contact: <a href="mailto:michael.hausenblas@deri.org">Michael Hausenblas</a>, NUIG/DERI, Ireland</p> </li> <li><a href="http://ec.europa.eu/information_society/digital-agenda/scoreboard/index_en.htm">Digital Agenda Scoreboard</a>, Belgium<br /> <p>Team contact: <a href="mailto:Bastiaan.Deblieck@tenforce.com">Bastiaan Deblieck</a>, Tenforce, Belgium</p> <p>Abstract:</p> <p>The EC Directorate General Information Society and Media (DG Infso) is one of the larger DGs in the European Commission and aims at supporting the development and use of information and communication technologies (ICTs) for cultural, societal and economic benefits. The PubLink project with the DG Infso has mainly focused on the publication of the Digital Agenda Scoreboard as Open Data with a flexible but pragmatic visualization through the support from the LOD2 consortium. This statistical information had previously been published as a report in PDF format. Yet, this format used to have extremely limited capabilities for reuse and browsing.</p> <p>In May 2010, the European Commission adopted the Digital Agenda for Europe (DAE) - a strategy to take advantage of the potential offered by the rapid progress of digital technologies. The DAE is part of the overall Europe2020 strategy for smart, sustainable and inclusive growth. The Digital Agenda contains commitments to undertake 101 specific policy actions (78 actions to be taken by the Commission, including 31 legal proposals, and 23 actions proposed to the Member States) that are intended to stimulate a virtuous circle of investment in and usage of digital technologies. It identifies thirteen key performance targets to show whether Europe is making progress in this area. The present Scoreboard only addresses policy actions planned for the last twelve months in the Digital Agenda.</p> <p>You can see the result of the support activities by LOD2/PUBLINK here: <a href="http://ec.europa.eu/information_society/digital-agenda/scoreboard/graphs/index_en.htm">http://ec.europa.eu/information_society/digital-agenda/scoreboard/graphs/index_en.htm</a></p> </li> </ol> 2