separate stuff I haven't read into Activities
Glossary
Learning
Basics
- Skim read intro to linked data http://www.bbc.co.uk/blogs/radiolabs/s5/linked-data/s5.html
“Everything that's good about the web comes from links:
* wikis * blog permalinks * citations * sharing * social bookmarking * twitter * socialness in general…”
- Linked Data - The Story So Far (Heath, Berners-Lee, Bizer 2009) is a very clearly written article that will help you begin to understand the topic. After the first few pages it gets into more detail, but still manages to explain most of this in relatively simple language.
- http://learnlinkeddata.com/ from Swirrl IT has numerous resources to help you find your way
- Other starting points for linked data http://data.gov.uk/resources
Getting more serious
- simplified theory on advanced topics: Creating, Deploying and Exploiting Linked Data (Kingsley Idehen, 2008)
- more hands on to actually start doing it: How to Publish Linked Data on the Web (Bizer, Cyganiak, Heath 2007)
Planning
Powerful Decisions?
Can transcripts of committee meetings give reliable insight?
Public Sector Transparency Board http://data.gov.uk/blog/local-public-data-panel-%E2%80%93-fifth-meeting-21-october-2010
Hosting
Free data publishing services
- http://publishmydata.com/ - PublishMyData from Swirrl IT is a place to upload your databases, spreadsheets, images or text and have it appear as browsable, accessible linked data
- http://www.talis.com/platform/cc/faqs/ - Talis are offering free hosting for RDF using their rich toolset providing you publishing the data into the Public Domain
Other services
- OpenUp - TSO was formerly Her Majesty’s Stationery Office (HMSO) in the UK, now a part of Williams Lea, is offering this service, primarily aimed at government departments who have a duty to publish open linked data. TSO will host data in their OpenUp, based on Garlik 5Store, free for the first 3 months
Corporate usage
See Implementations
Valuable sources
- list of public data sources that enterprises will find valuable to link to their own data
Linked Open Data
The Linked Open Data (LOD) project has a cloud diagram of the data sources they include.
If you want more detail on the source look at the master list, or see some details, sizes and categories (though this may be slightly out of date).
LOD2
Following on from LOD's success in kick-starting Linked Data around the web, the EU funded LOD2 has just begun. Although it's due to carry on until 2014, it should be one to watch as it promises:
- enterprise-ready tools and methodologies for exposing and managing very large amounts of structured information on the Data Web,
- adaptive tools for searching, browsing, and authoring of Linked Data.
Journals to trawl for relevant articles
Other communities
UK Digital National Framework - Linked Data workshops
Providers
- See Good Relations
- check models shown at end of Scott Brinker presentation
Removed
see also Archived resources for the less relevant material that has been moved out of here
