The work packages of LOD2 fall into five activity clusters.
Activity Clusters
Activity Clusters
LOD2 Activity Cluster
A1 - Fundamental and integration activities
Fundamental and integration activities will form the ground work which provides the necessary infrastructure and integration methodology. In particular, these types of activities serve the following purposes:
- the efficient and uniform use of existing and complementary technology, and, …
A2 - Component activities
Within this cluster of activities we will develop the technologies necessary to deliver the LOD2 promise – creating an integrated infrastructure for semantic information integration on the Web. In this context, three core challenges need to be addressed:
- ensure the knowledge stores scale…
A3 - Use case activities
The effective deployment of the LOD2 Stack will be demonstrated within case studies driven by project members representing LOD2 end-user communities and describing real world application scenarios. The use of case studies is twofold. Firstly, they are used to extract requirements, which guide the c…
A4 - Maximizing real-world impact activities
A4 - Maximizing real-world impact activities contain specific measures related to the exploitation and dissemination of project results. While user-centric activities represent the customer perspective, this activity takes concrete steps towards successful exploitation from the point of view of the…
A5 - Management activities
A5 - Management activities will ensure that LOD2 runs smoothly in a coherent and cohesive fashion and that all contractual obligations are met.
Testimonials
Orri Erling (OpenLink Software, Virtuoso Program Manager)
Value from information increasingly depends on integration. RDF is a great model for this. LOD2 will make RDF a cost competitive alternative in the database space, without compromising ad hoc flexibility and expressive power.
readAndreas Blumauer (Semantic Web Company, CEO)
15 years ago we all were excited when we published HTML for the first time and it didn't take a long time until all of us were "on the internet". Now we are starting to publish data on the web. Based on semantic web technologies professional data management will be possible in distribut… read
Dr. Jens Lehmann (Universität Leipzig, Research Group Leader)
The size and number of Semantic Web knowledge bases published as Linked Open Data has been growing tremendously over the past years. The LOD2 project will be a key factor for sustaining this momentum. More importantly, the quality of knowledge bases and the scalability of methods access… read
Dr. Sören Auer (Universität Leipzig, LOD2 coordinator)
The Linked Data paradigm is a simple and efficient way for integration of heterogeneous information on the Web. Ultimately, we will, for example, be able to search for a new appartment and a close-by available spot in child care in one go.
readMartin Kaltenböck (Semantic Web Company, CFO)
Linked (Open) Data technologies offer a new way of data integration for the enterprise! Smooth interoperability between internal data sets can reduce costs as well as the enrichment of these data sets by external data can support new market intelligence paradigms for a better decisi… read
Tassilo Pellegrini (Semantic Web Company, R&D)
Semantic interoperability changes the technological and economic nature of metadata opening up exciting opportunities for value creation in various comercial and non-commercial areas. Linked Data is the blueprint for this new ecosystem and it will change the way we think about and use t… read
Dr. Giovanni Tummarello (Digital Enterprise Research Institute, Research Unit Leader)
Semantic Markups on the Web could drive information reuse to enable scenarios and applications which we can now only dream of. The idea is extraordinarely compelling, but we know now it won't simply realize itself. The LOD2 project is now a great opportunity for inspired and coordinated… read
Dr. Peter Boncz (Centrum Wiskunde & Informatica)
The publishing of ever more datasets by e.g. governments adds value for many key applications including business intelligence, which will drive the Linked Open Data (LOD) paradigm going forward. In the LOD2 project, CWI is working to increase the scalability and performance of querying … read
Christian Dirschl (Wolters Kluwer, Content Architect)
Linked (Open) Data will change the existing publishing paradigms! Creating high quality content for professional usage will remain an important factor in future publishing, but additional access points and new usage environments will equally define its success.
readBastiaan Deblieck (TenForce, Partner and Business Development Manager)
An internet of data opens up tremendous opportunities for our corporate and government customers. We intend to be on the forefront of this evolution.
readGregory Grefenstette (Exalead, Chief Science Officer)
Enterpise search is all about providing correct, complete, and appropriate information to the employee and decision maker. LOD2 promises to not only allow internal company information to be linked up to the growing amount of Open Data on the web, but to also provide the mechanisms for … read
Hugh Williams (OpenLink Software)
It is exciting to see the LOD2 project finally kick off in its quest to take the Linked Open Data cloud to the next level of scalability, performance and integration for the exploitation of the Web as a viable platform for enterprise level data and information integration.
readWouter Dewanckel (TenForce, WP Project Leader)
It is an honor to take part in this challenging integration project to create solutions that can generate business value out of emerging technologies.
readKingsley Idehen (OpenLink Software, CEO)
Three years ago, OpenLink Software enthusiastically contributed the prowess of Virtuoso to the grassroots effort that lead to DBpedia and the Linked Open Data cloud that coalesced around it. Today, we are both honored and enthusiastic about Virtuoso's critical infrastructure role in thi… read