LOD2 Creating Knowledge out of Interlinked Data

The LOD2EU-funded (FP7) research project aiming to take the Web of Linked Data to the next level. Main research challenges: improve coherence and quality of data published on the Web, close the performance gap between relational and RDF data management, establish trust on the Linked Data Web and ... project has a lot to offer – beside many other benefits – the linked (open) data software tools of the LOD2 partners.

To showcase these tools to the interested public we have set up the LOD2 webinar series starting by 01 June 2011 with the following webinar:

When: June 1st, 2011 (4PM CEST / 10AM EDT)
Who: the PoolPartyWeb based ontology manager which can serve as a central hub for your knowledge organization. With PoolParty you can organize and maintain knowledge models based on widely accepted specifications like RDF, SPARQL and SKOS. Team will hold a webinar about
What: “Semantic Search (via PoolParty)”

Abstract

• Semantic SearchPHP module for Drupal which allows for the building of search interfaces, indexes, and data synchronization using RDF stores. (http://www.openrdf.org/contrib.jsp) is an often quoted technology which promises to improve search in enterprisesA company is a form of business organization. In the United States, a company is a corporation—or, less commonly, an association, partnership, or union—that carries on an industrial enterprise. " Generally, a company may be a "corporation, partnership, association, joint-stock ... and on the web.
• Let´s take a closer look at semantic search: How can you benefit from it and what has to be done to establish such an application?
• Which role play thesauri and how can different data sources be integrated with PoolParty to make them searchable in a “semantic way”?

Semantic Search Slides – as a good preparation for the webinar:

This live-webinar (45 minutes) will give you an overview over “semantic search” and if you have questions around this hot topic – our “webinarists” will be happy to answer them.

All you need to join is a web browser, internet access and to register as follows

Information and registration click here!

This is the initial phase of the LOD2 webinar series – other software tools for linked (open) data by partners of the LOD2 consortium will follow – and I can tell you: there are really a lot of useful tools inside the LOD2 technology stack!

Excerpt of LOD2 Linked Open Data Software Tools:

• DL-Learner, University of Leipzig
• ORE – Ontology, an ontology is a formal representation of knowledge as a set of concepts within a domain, and the relationships between those concepts. It is used to reason about the entities within that domain, and may be used to describe the domain. In theory, an ontology is a "formal, explicit ... Repair and Enrichment, University of Leipzig
• OntoWiki, University of Leipzig
• SILK, Freie Universität Berlin
• D2R, Freie Universität Berlin
• Virtuoso, OpenLink Software
• Spotlight, Freie Universität Berlin
• Sig.ma, DERI Galway
• Sparallax, DERI Galway
• Triplify, University of Leipzig
• PoolParty, SWC

So stay tuned and follow the LOD2 webinar series!