Re: Deserted Island Sem Web reading list

2012-09-14 Thread Paola Di Maio
thanks for the v interesting thread a very good characterization of how humanity is being polarized on the one hand, the smart, connected, technowise elites (in some cases possibly paid for by public money) who cannot envisage how everyone else can be so behind , rant I travel a lot, in

Re: Deserted Island Sem Web reading list

2012-09-14 Thread Mike Dupont
On Fri, Sep 14, 2012 at 8:28 PM, Paola Di Maio paola.dim...@gmail.com wrote: however, Mike - me thinks that pressure should be made to put people online, to make internet and free computers available yes, of course. But lets look at the situation of bad internet, power outages etc. if you can

Re: Deserted Island Sem Web reading list

2012-09-13 Thread Olivier Berger
Hi. Denny Vrandečić denny.vrande...@wikimedia.de writes: I have the feeling that if you are on a deserted island, the Semantic Web might not be the most urgent topic to learn about. My suggestion would be to take some books that teach you how to build and navigate a raft, return to a place

Re: Deserted Island Sem Web reading list

2012-09-13 Thread Mike Dupont
Hi there, how about a list of books that are creative commons or some other license that we can translate freely into another language? thanks mike On Thu, Sep 13, 2012 at 11:01 AM, Olivier Berger olivier.ber...@it-sudparis.eu wrote: Hi. Denny Vrandečić denny.vrande...@wikimedia.de writes:

Re: Deserted Island Sem Web reading list

2012-09-13 Thread Keith Alexander
Hi, http://patterns.dataincubator.org/book/ is Creative Commons licensed and http://linkeddatabook.com/editions/1.0/ is freely available on the web. Cheers, Keith Alexander On Thu, Sep 13, 2012 at 10:34 AM, Mike Dupont jamesmikedup...@googlemail.com wrote: Hi there, how about a list of

RE: Deserted Island Sem Web reading list

2012-09-13 Thread Michael Hopwood
-Original Message- From: Keith Alexander [mailto:k.j.w.alexan...@gmail.com] Sent: 13 September 2012 10:54 To: Mike Dupont Cc: Olivier Berger; Denny Vrandečić; public-lod@w3.org Subject: Re: Deserted Island Sem Web reading list Hi, http://patterns.dataincubator.org/book/ is Creative Commons

Re: Deserted Island Sem Web reading list

2012-09-13 Thread Karl Dubost
Le 13 sept. 2012 à 05:01, Olivier Berger a écrit : Uh, URIs for references of these on the SemWeb ? ;) http://www.w3.org/2001/sw/wiki/Books -- Karl Dubost - http://dev.opera.com/ Developer Relations, Opera Software

Re: Deserted Island Sem Web reading list

2012-09-13 Thread ProjectParadigm-ICT-Program
, September 12, 2012 4:53 PM Subject: Re: Deserted Island Sem Web reading list I have the feeling that if you are on a deserted island, the Semantic Web might not be the most urgent topic to learn about. My suggestion would be to take some books that teach you how to build and navigate a raft, return

Re: Deserted Island Sem Web reading list

2012-09-13 Thread Mike Dupont
I agree, we need such a package for kosovo/albania. We need to deliver the resources in an offline format. they need to be open so that they can be translated. No company will ever pay to translate to Albanian, there is no market. mike On Thu, Sep 13, 2012 at 5:17 PM, ProjectParadigm-ICT-Program

RE: Deserted Island Sem Web reading list

2012-09-13 Thread Michael Hopwood
comes up, as does the need to create techie manuals for various audiences... From: Mike Dupont [mailto:jamesmikedup...@googlemail.com] Sent: 13 September 2012 16:28 To: ProjectParadigm-ICT-Program Cc: Denny Vrandečić; public-lod@w3.org; semantic-web Subject: Re: Deserted Island Sem Web reading

Deserted Island Sem Web reading list

2012-09-12 Thread ProjectParadigm-ICT-Program
We are working on creating shortlists of books that are recommended for mastering complex issues in ICT for development (ICT4DEV). Because access to internet AND academic publications in a library AND science journals in a library AND off-the-shelf paperbacks via online vendors is a luxury

Re: Deserted Island Sem Web reading list

2012-09-12 Thread Denny Vrandečić
I have the feeling that if you are on a deserted island, the Semantic Web might not be the most urgent topic to learn about. My suggestion would be to take some books that teach you how to build and navigate a raft, return to a place with a reasonable internet connection, and learn by building

Re: Deserted Island Sem Web reading list

2012-09-12 Thread Melvin Carvalho
On 12 September 2012 20:30, ProjectParadigm-ICT-Program metadataport...@yahoo.com wrote: We are working on creating shortlists of books that are recommended for mastering complex issues in ICT for development (ICT4DEV). Because access to internet AND academic publications in a library AND

Re: Deserted Island Sem Web reading list

2012-09-12 Thread Dawson, Laura
I just finished it, actually - would you believe it's not available as an ebook? First print book I've read in ages. On Sep 12, 2012, at 4:59 PM, Melvin Carvalho melvincarva...@gmail.commailto:melvincarva...@gmail.com wrote: On 12 September 2012 20:30, ProjectParadigm-ICT-Program

Re: Deserted Island Sem Web reading list

2012-09-12 Thread Dawson, Laura
Practical RDF is also a great book - even if you're not going in for details on RDF itself, in the earlier chapters Shelley Powers explains the structure and theory behind the semantic web very well. On Sep 12, 2012, at 4:53 PM, Denny Vrandečić